What's wrong with Secretary Briones?

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I can’t believe someone in f*cking DEPED just told students to fucking iron their modules? Hello how is she? Did she get hit in the head? I hope she has it checked immediately, otherwise more students will also get suicidal.

DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones saying to just iron the wet pages of modules and maghanap ng sariling paraan in spite of the calamity eh sila itong may bidding worth of P4.2 Million allocated for ham & cheese na pang Christmas party nila. Shame!

Petition also for Briones to marry the modules since she's obsessed with it.

Seriously, what's wrong with Secretary Briones?

No offense, but the fact that Briones prioritized modules and education over someone’s life? What’s the use of education if they dont have humanity? This proves that mannered people are better than educated ones.

I'm very convinced she is senile and crazy already. No sane person would tell students to just go on with studying after a devastating disaster.

Honestly, can Briones just retire already? Obviously she doesn't care about the welfare of the students, but they have funds for ham and cheese for Christmas. 

Briones should retire. Replace her with someone who understands the situation of every students and teachers. We want someone who is responsible and logical enough to make wise decisions.

Some students stopped their studies because of the pandemic. Why stop? Parents lost their jobs or businesses. The home is not conducive to learning. I've learned that students are not learning at all with this modular or online setup as most work are even done by the parents since students couldn't catch up or understand the teachings.

DepEd did give out gadgets like tablets for public schools and laptops for Science schools, but did DepEd shouldered the Internet connection cost, or the added electricity cost? Should parents stay at home to accompany their child instead of working or running a business?

Now after a typhoon that struck Rizal, Marikina, Cagayan, Isabela, and many more, they want the students to dry and iron the wet and muddy, many torn to pieces, modules?

Please replace her with someone who isn't stupid enough to think that wet paper is just like wet clothes that is hanged to dry and ironed to straighten.

What the f*ck Briones? First you wanted 4.3M on ham and cheese for your so called Christmas celebration. Now you also want the students to learn the Korean language? DepEd_PH please take action, many students are hardly coping up with our country's language and culture then you do this nonsense?

I think Briones should educate herself more. Nasa mataas na pwesto siya pero feeling ko mas edukado pa yung mga bata sa kaniya.

Dapat ang namumuno talaga sa DEPeD ay isang fully pledge na guro at hindi isang economist o kung ano pa man.  Dahil ang isang tunay na guro ay alam ang hinaing ng kaniyang kapwa guro at estudyante.

Someone who can plan and understand the need of the new generation should be in that position. 

No Student Left Behind: Ateneo prepares for mass academic strike in protest of the government's poor calamity response

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"We cannot sit idly by and do our modules, ignoring the fact that the Philippine nation is in shambles." -Ateneo students

Students from Ateneo have pledged not to submit any academic requirements starting November 18 as a protest against the ineffective typhoon response of the government and this would last until a proper response is made.

'The national government must act now or step down from their positions. No compromises,' says the statement of Ateneo students.

“Babagsak kayo.” - Palace spokesman Harry Roque responds to the students of Ateneo de Manila University who declared a mass student strike to condemn what they call the government’s “criminally neglectful response” to the recent typhoons that ravaged the country.

“Mawawalan kayo ng kinabukasan”??? 

To work collectively to demand accountability and competence from the government? Do you realize that what these students are fighting for IS their future?

Harry Roque is scum. Pass it on.

“Walang babagsak.” - Ateneo teacher Richard Bolisay counters Roque’s statement that students holding a mass strike will fail in school if they continue the protest action.

Some students from Ateneo have houses that also flooded till the second floor, with some houses completely submerged. They don’t deserve this gross negligence — NOBODY does. 

and that is precisely why this is such a HOLLOW response from a Presidential Spokesperson because we should never value grades over LIVES.

Ateneo de Manila University’s student publication The GUIDON on Saturday said that “over 150” students will go on academic strike starting Wednesday next week, Nov. 18, as protest vs the government’s response to recent calamities. 

"So I appeal to the teachers to please get to know where your students are from; reach out to them and be considerate. This is when the distance that's created by online learning needs to be crossed over for cura personalis." - Office of the VP, Ateneo Loyola Schools 

"Now more than ever, the entire Ateneo community, together with the Filipino people must strengthen their ranks and mobilize against the fascist Duterte regime." 

- League of Filipino Students

The Ateneo community is taking action, both academically and politically. 

From the Ateneo to UE, we're seeing classes being suspended school after school!

This is brought about by the collective action of our students for their demands!

If we can achieve this, then we can certainly achieve greater demands in holding the Duterte regime accountable! 

Holcim, Human Nature partner for sustainable management of plastic wastes

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Holcim Philippines and social enterprise Human Nature have teamed up to lessen plastics going to landfills with the former using used shampoo bottles and other plastic packaging as alternative fuels in making cement.

Leading building solutions provider Holcim Philippines, Inc. and natural personal care and home care social enterprise brand Human Nature have agreed to partner in sustainable waste management with the former using the latter’s used plastic packaging as alternative fuel in cement manufacturing.

Under the partnership, customers may turn over their dry, empty, and clean Human Nature bottles to the company’s select Metro Manila stores* under its “Balik Bote” initiative. The used bottles will then be delivered to Holcim’s plant in Norzagaray, Bulacan, where the materials will be shredded by Geocycle, the company’s partner waste management unit. Afterwards, the pre-processed materials will be used as alternative fuels and raw materials for cement manufacturing using co-processing technology.

Geocycle Vice President Frederic Vallat: “We are proud to be a partner of Human Nature, a company that is serious in its commitment to have a positive social impact and be respectful of nature. We share the same commitments at Holcim Philippines and are glad to help in their efforts to address the waste management challenge in the country.”

Human Nature President Anna Meloto-Wilk on the partnership with Geocycle: “We have been looking for a credible recycling partner for a long time who can help us manage our plastic waste and stay true to our commitment to steward the environment. We are so happy to have a partnership with Geocyle who shares our passion for stewardship and high quality. We hope many other companies will likewise discover the benefits of extending our responsibility not just to the products that we make but also the waste we generate.”

Human Nature’s “Balik Bote” initiative is part of the company’s thrust to help lessen wastes ending up in landfills. Aside from this, they also follow pro-environment practices such as ensuring that raw materials are naturally derived, processed with less energy and waste, and contain no harmful chemicals toxic to humans and the environment. Human Nature is also one of the pioneers of safe, sustainable, and accessible refilling stations for home care products that significantly reduce plastic waste. Other landmark efforts include transitioning to earth-friendlier paper packaging and shifting to plastic bottle-free products in waterless formulation such as natural shampoo bars which they launched late 2019.

Meanwhile, the use of alternative fuels and raw materials using co-processing technology is a key driver of improving Holcim Philippines’ sustainability performance.

Co-processing allows the company to produce cement with lower carbon footprint, reduce its consumption of non-renewable resources and provide partners a sustainable alternative for managing their wastes. In co-processing, qualified waste materials are pre-processed as alternative fuel and fed into the high-temperature kilns along with other traditional fuels to produce cement. This process transforms wastes to alternative fuel and converts these into energy for cement production. The technology is recognized globally and is approved by the Philippine authorities due to its proven advantages in environmental and safety performance.

In 2019, Holcim Philippines pre-processed as alternative fuel the segregated wastes of several local governments near its plants in Luzon and Mindanao and expressed readiness to help more communities on this matter. The company has also co-processed tens of thousand tons of non-recyclable plastics as it continues to provide waste management services to partners in various industries.