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                    [Title] => Random drug tests in high schools continue; officials to collect 200 urine samples
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MANILA, Philippines -- Personnel from the Health and Education departments today made the rounds in 20 high schools in Metro Manila to collect a total of 200 urine samples from students in connection with the government’s  random drug testing program.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-05 15:08:51 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 430197 [Title] => DepEd orders random drug tests in private, public schools [Summary] =>

The Department of Education (DepEd) will again conduct random drug tests among students in public and private high schools this year following reports of an increasing number of young people using illegal drugs.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338744 [Title] => Aside from teaching load: Educators tasked to help monitor students' health [Summary] => Amid reports on the high incidence of malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies among students, public school teachers have been directed by the Department of Education to monitor the health of their students aside from their teaching chores.

DepEd Health and Nutrition Center director Thelma Santos said that if teachers would be more observant of their students, they would contribute to the early detection or prevention of illness among students and ease the pressure on DepEd's health workers.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 320231 [Title] => Maambong heaps kudos on DepEd [Summary] => Provincial Board member Victor Maambong has lauded the Department of Education for the launch of the New Gintong Ilawan - Teodoro Alonso Educators Awards in recognition of outstanding female principals.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 209378 [Title] => 400,000 teachers back as students [Summary] => More than 400,000 public school teachers are going back to school today — as students.

Some 250 school health officials from the Department of Education (DepEd) will be giving the teachers an intensive orientation on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and other ailments common to public school students such as lice infestation, luga (otitis media), dengue fever, leptospirosis, tuberculosis, tooth decay and malnutrition.

The orientation will last at least two to three days, possibly until Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204419 [Title] => DepEd setting up SARS alert network [Summary] => The Department of Education (DepEd) will be setting up a SARS "preventive alert network" covering all public elementary and high schools all over the country in preparation for the opening of classes on June 9.

Thelma Santos, director of the DepEd’s School Health Education Center, said school principals and head teachers will be tapped as SARS investigators in their respective areas.

They, in turn, will coordinate with municipal or city health officers to find out the SARS situation in their respective communities, she said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 161838 [Title] => P.E. at CAT class bawal sa tanghali [Summary] => Nagbabala kahapon ang Department of Education (DepEd) sa mga pinuno ng mga paaralan na mahigpit na ipatupad ang pagbabawal sa pagsasagawa ng klase ng P.E at CAT sa gitna ng init ng araw partikular na sa katanghaliang tapat dahil sa posibleng ito ang maging dahilan nang kamatayan ng mga mag-aaral na may mahihinang katawan,
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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