Saturday Youth-Oriented Show Ka-Blog celebrates their 1st Year Anniversary this coming September 12, 2009. Hosted by Mico Aytona, Lucky Mercado, Andrea Torres, and Monica Verallo, they brought different features on their episodes about culture, the latest in technology and the issues that involves teen life. In line with their 1st year anniversary, Ka-Blog is serving you with one blasting night of rock and roll this September 12 at 7PM as the hottest bands in the country unite to celebrate Ka-Blog’s first birthday in “KA-BLOGAN!, The Ka-Blog 1st Anniversary Concert ” happening at Eastwood City in Libis. Tune in this Saturday and join with your favorite Ka-Blog barkada this Saturday as they celebrate this special event.

A Film festival that tackles about the environment will be screened in selected SM Malls for people’s awareness about the factors that affect our environment today. Dubbed as the ” Green Film Festival “, it highlights environmental issues like climate change, scarcity of water, environmental decay and the need for people and nations to work together for a sustainable future. Green Film Festival is an international festival staged yearly in different countries worldwide, this time they will feature 8 films that is for free. It will be held at the Mall of Asia, Megamall & North EDSA this September. The Green Film Festival begins September 22 & 23 at the SM Mall of Asia then on September 28-29 at the SM Megamall and at the SM North EDSA on October 5-6, 2009. Watch out for It!

At least P14 billion budget was eyed by the Commission on Higher Education to cover 10 percent of the total number enrollees at the tertiary level across the country for the next five years to come. According to CHEd chairman Dr. Emmanuel Angeles, the infusion of more resources would ensure that the CHED meet its target as contained in the commission’s Philippine Higher Education Modernization Program that includes expansion of access to higher education for poor and marginalized families through scholarships and other student assistance. He also added that CHEd records showed that of this year’s enrollment of 2,600,000 only 200, 000 students are covered by scholarship programs. With this new budget, CHED would be able to enrol 200, 000 more students every year.

The Commission on Higher Education or CHED wants to convert the Local Universities and Colleges into community colleges and polytechnic schools. According to Dr. Emmanuel “Manny” Angeles, CHED chairman, proliferation of LUC is affecting the quality of higher education level in the country as they were just duplicating the functions of state universities and colleges (SUC). CHEd would push for such conversion following the justice department’s ruling that the commission has supervision and control powers over LUCs despite the autonomy granted to local government units under Republic Act 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991. LGUs provide the minimum standards and guidelines for compliance for LGU-run schools in accordance with the declared state policies on higher education as well as the policies, standards and thrusts of the CHEd under RA No. 7722.

Department of Education will hire additional 9,403 teachers that will help beef up the department’s human resources and to ease the lacking of public school teachers in the country and to augment the unequal ratio problem of the teachers and students among public schools in the country. According to Secretary Jesli Lapus, they will be improving
the efficiency of DepEd-wide systems and processes and focus on the professional growth and welfare of our teachers and administrative support staff. Those who will be hired will be divided in elementary and highschool level and will now increase to 501,108 in total.

Weather Bureau PAGASA has reported that we will be experiencing a partial solar eclipse this coming July 22. According to them, the path of the moon’s umbral shadow will begin in India and is expected to cross Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Central China, the Pacific Ocean, Ryukyu Island, Marshal Island and Kiribati. The event will be observed as a partial solar eclipse, which will also include most of eastern Asia, Indonesia and the Pacific Ocean, including the Philippines. Some parts of the country will also be experiencing the said phenomenon.

Weekend Educational Show “Matanglawin” will guest the Goi’n Bulilit Kids as Kuya Kim performs some science experiments. Watch Camella Homes Kid endorser Chacha, Miguel, Aaron and Baste as they participate in some of Kuya Kim’s “simple science experiments” . Also witness if a man can walk on water, or will he just sink in. See more of this kids this coming Sunday in one of the amazing episodes of “Matanglawin”, 11:00 a.m on ABS-CBN.

Today starts the opening of classes in all level after it was postponed last week due to the alarming spread of A-H1N1 virus in different Universities in Manila. Over 2.6 million students are expected in school today as the classes resumes. CHED has appealed to students to take extra precautions and implement strict measures to prevent the disease from spreading inside the campus. Meanwhile, DOH confirmed yesterday an additional 36 flu cases, bringing to 147 the number of infected persons in the country. DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapuz expressed full support for the opening of classes today and emphasized that the campaign against the disease should be centered in the community and not in schools.

DepEd Asst. Secretary Teresita Inciong said the “no uniform policy” was meant to ensure that school children who don’t have the uniforms are not discriminated upon and their rights to have access to education to respected. But she also reminded the parents to know what is the proper school attire for their children particularly in high school to go to class with long hair and earrings or wear hip-hop attire. She also discouraged students from wearing expensive or flashy clothes, tight-fitting pants, blouses, dresses, mini skirts, short shorts, blouses with plunging necklines and sleepwear. The proper uniform prescribes for boys a polo shirt/t-shirt with sleeves of any plain color or with minimum prints. Pants can be long or short of any color. For girls, it can be a dress, skirt and blouse, blouse and pants of any color and any print. They also have the choice of a footwear they want to use.

Another Educational TV Show is about to amazed the young ones every Saturday Mornings as Love Anover and Ms. Joy Viado, together with Patricia Gayod and Jermaine Ulgasan brings you “Happy Land”. The show will teach a lot of values and informative lessons such as math, science and general knowledge. It is also composed of a state of the art technology like animation and digital technology to give more life to the show. Directed by Bb. Joyce Bernal, Happy Land will have its pilot episode on June 6, Saturday 9:30 – 10:00 a.m., replacing Lovely Day: Force of the Guardians who just ended recently.