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Coming home to teach? OFW educators are guaranteed a slot, Cordillera officials say
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (320+ words) Filipino educators who built careers overseas will not have to fight for a slot when they come home to teach, officials in the Cordillera Administrative Region said Thursday, pointing to a government pathway that reserves teaching items specifically for them....
How a Filipina found her calling in special education, all the way in California
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (470+ words) In special education, progress rarely arrives as a dramatic breakthrough. It comes in fragments'a student making eye contact for the first time, a single word spoken aloud, a hand reaching for a tool instead of hesitating. For Jovy Martinez Franks,…...
Marcos hands out learning supplies as San Juan rolls out 13, 000 tablets
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (219+ words) Thousands of San Juan City learners stand to benefit from a fresh wave of education support, after a turnover ceremony on Thursday placed both digital devices and classroom essentials into the hands of public school students across the city. The…...
Abu Dhabi taekwondo club opens door to education with new scholarship deal
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (293+ words) Two Filipino student-athletes in Abu Dhabi are set to begin the coming school year with their tuition partly covered, the first recipients of a new scholarship arrangement that ties martial arts training to formal education funding. Elijah Sunglao, entering Grade…...
Mother arrested after being filmed shouting exam answers to her son
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (265+ words) A short clip of a woman calling out test answers from outside a school in Egypt has turned into a criminal matter, with the parent now facing charges and her son left to sit the rest of his exams alone....
Plan your retirement before leaving, OFWs told at Quezon City summit
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (292+ words) The Global Filipino Magazine Patience, not haste, was the lesson Engr. Emerson Suarez offered overseas Filipino workers gathered for a plenary discussion at the OFW Global Summit 2026, held this afternoon at the M. I. C. E. Center in Quezon City. "You need to be…...
Filipino student in Abu Dhabi makes it to national informatics team for Uzbekistan olympiad
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (294+ words) A student from QAT Blended Learning Education ME in Abu Dhabi has earned a place on the four-member Philippine team that will compete at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2026 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan this August. John Lorenz Nunez, a QAT…...
The Filipino math teacher who built a career across the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and the US
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (237+ words) Today he teaches at Stanton County Junior-Senior High School in the United States, coaching alongside his classroom work for international math competitions. But the path that brought him here started in a far smaller room, in a country he left…...
Meet the 'nurse-maker' guiding Filipino nurses to a new life in Australia
1+ week, 1+ day ago (230+ words) The nickname is doing more work than it first appears. Tolentino is the founder, CEO and director of Aust Phil Training Solutions, and on paper her role is straightforward: prepare overseas-trained nurses to pass Australia's registration exam. In practice, the…...
Filipino teacher wins prestigious Harvard award for helping girls succeed in science
1+ week, 1+ day ago (330+ words) A Filipino educator who turned a science classroom with no laboratory into a launchpad for first-generation Latina scientists has been recognized with one of the Harvard Graduate School of Education's most distinguished honors. His first year did not go as…...