BREAKING: Duterte arrives at Comelec, personally files COC for president

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Won’t stop can’t stop, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte just arrived at the Commission on Elections today, December 8, to file for his Certificate of Candidacy (COC). Together with him is his vice presidential running mate Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QUHCYImJYErZ3k91CI1iEAjImH9J-A-nECNtOPqnwSOFDEeNh5B1ni1wsd2WYvHxhlk-VyEgLpbT4Vi90GMLFu4PVZVeA5nerN12yKrI3v1s2CDmksq1xHwtv5K4mXWnO2NkxTyfWuDO/s1600/duterte-sub-pdp-laban.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Duterte arrives at the COMELEC to personally file COC for president" border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QUHCYImJYErZ3k91CI1iEAjImH9J-A-nECNtOPqnwSOFDEeNh5B1ni1wsd2WYvHxhlk-VyEgLpbT4Vi90GMLFu4PVZVeA5nerN12yKrI3v1s2CDmksq1xHwtv5K4mXWnO2NkxTyfWuDO/s640/duterte-sub-pdp-laban.jpg" title="Duterte arrives at the COMELEC to personally file COC for president" width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pursuant to a COMELEC resolution, Duterte personally arrived at Intramuros this morning to file his COC as president. Photo credit: philstar.com</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Duterte supporters holds vigil in Intramuros</b><br /><br />Outside the Palacio del Gobernador, supporters of Duterte flocked around the area as early as last night as an evidence of their unwavering support for the presidential candidacy of the mayor. They pledged to remain there until December 10 (Thursday), the day that the COMELEC will announce its verdict on whether Duterte’s substitution over Martin Diño will be allowed.<br /><br />Duterte arrived today to personally file a new COC as a presidential candidate to make sure that his camp will be able to comply with the necessary requirements as pursuant to the COMELEC Resolution No. 9984 requiring the physical appearance of a candidate to sworn before an authorized figure or notary public. It can be remembered that a representative already filed a COC for president on behalf of Duterte right after withdrawing his mayoralty candidacy for Davao city the same day. His daughter, Sara will run for the mayoralty post of Davao City, having done so in the past.<br /><br /><b>He can run of course, but will he be allowed?</b><br /><br />Now that he is running, the question is will he be allowed to do so? On December 4, the COMELEC was on Duterte’s favor by disregarding a petition to declare Martin Diño, PDP-Laban’s original presidential bet, to be a nuisance candidate. By stabilizing the situation that Diño is a qualified contender, Duterte’s substitution can be a possibility. But that is only a part of the story, as Diño was allegedly filed a faulty COC which may prove to be a solid ground for his disqualification, and when that happens, a Duterte substitution for an already disqualified candidate will fade away.<br /><br />Stay tuned for more updates on this story.<br /><br /><b><i>- Michael Santiago/TheSummitExpress</i></b></div>

BREAKING: Duterte arrives at Comelec, personally files COC for president

MANILA, Philippines - Won’t stop can’t stop, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte just arrived at the Commission on Elections today, December 8,...

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List of Passers: October 2015 NQESH Principals' Test results

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) release results of the 2015 National Qualifying Examination for School Heads (NQESH) also known as Principals' Test in several months after the exam. The complete list of passers and top 10 (topnotchers) are available on this page once announced online.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dhkvoNDQhXMoag97Fee4idc7EO4Kj0CagtVotQDDT_jq3WdTLSt7JWc6blfPPtM8mSbIuynr4G5Azg9J26ZrefXjGcF8Avec79BCGqtMrSXHzFm9BNb9pcSQpNC4_JTLFCLuc7ENnQVg/s1600/NQESH-results-2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="October 2015 NQESH Principals' Test results" border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dhkvoNDQhXMoag97Fee4idc7EO4Kj0CagtVotQDDT_jq3WdTLSt7JWc6blfPPtM8mSbIuynr4G5Azg9J26ZrefXjGcF8Avec79BCGqtMrSXHzFm9BNb9pcSQpNC4_JTLFCLuc7ENnQVg/s640/NQESH-results-2015.jpg" title="October 2015 NQESH Principals' Test results" width="560" /></a></div><br /><br />NEAP simultaneously administered the NQESH for 19,372 total examinees across the country on October 25, 2015. <br /><br />The official NQESH results include the complete name of the examinees, region, raw score and standard score.<br /><br /><i>Updating for the results...</i><br /><br />The 2015 Principals' Test was originally scheduled for the first quarter of the year but has been deferred as advised by Maria Lourdes Pantoja, Director III of NEAP. Though it has been scheduled last September 27, NEAP postponed the exam again and was reset to October 2015 exam. <br /><br />The revised examination covered 200 multiple choice items anchored on the role of a school head as stipulated in the National Competency-Based Standards for School Heads (NCBSSH) & 21st Century Managerial Skills.<br /><br />Cut-off score of the 2014 NQESH is placed at Percentile 90 based on the total standard score obtained by the examinees in all performance domains covered by the examination.<br /><br />In last year's NQESH, 1,301 test takers passed the exam or have met the Cut-Off score. The exam which was administered on January 12, 2013 has results posted online in about 4 months (May 10, 2014.)<br /><br />In 2013 exam, 1,454 out of the total 14,567 hurdled the exam which was administered on January 20. Results were released online in less than 3 months (April 8, 2013).<br /><br /><i><b>The results of October 2015 NQESH are expected to be released anytime in January to February 2016.</b></i><br /><br />On NEAP's announcement on social media, the agency advised examinees to patiently wait for the announcement of results and cut-off passing score in the next months while the 19,000+ answer sheets are being processed.<br /><br />"Individual certificates of rating of all test takers will be forwarded to the regional and schools division offices," NEAP added.<br /><br />NQESH is open to all aspirants for the Principal I position and all applicants under the Reclassification of school Heads Position (RPHS) as acquired under DepEd Order No. 97, s. 2011 entitled “Revised Guidelines on the Allocation and Reclassification of School Head Positions.”<br /><br />The Principals' Test serves as a mechanism for selecting school heads in the public education sector. The test is open to all interested applicants for Principal I positions.<br /><br />The application process and guidelines for the 2016 Principals' Test will be announced next year. <br /><br />TheSummitExpress will update this page for the full results of NQESH 2015. Like Us on Facebook or Follow Us on Twitter to receive updates. You may also Subscribe to our RSS Feeds or E-Mail List.</div>

List of Passers: October 2015 NQESH Principals' Test results

The Department of Education (DepEd) and the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) release results of the 2015 National Qualif...

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#WalangPasok: Malacañang Palace declares class, work suspension for December 8

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang Palace on Monday night declared class and work suspensions for tomorrow, December 8, 2015 in some areas of Manila and Luzon.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHG386MBn2pVDAFMG6WBoN-caAg1blnSxfSluEiIpjfjbybB-CyXr6D_jnFaJPKqWGO_gZcTO7WZuYoIry4PkAXORleRY3WxwktAZFxy1d411z6v8ZjBSC-kuL37C80iPyvp9wVG5eNsxQ/s1600/walang-pasok-december-8-2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Malacañang Palace declares class, work suspension for December 8" border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHG386MBn2pVDAFMG6WBoN-caAg1blnSxfSluEiIpjfjbybB-CyXr6D_jnFaJPKqWGO_gZcTO7WZuYoIry4PkAXORleRY3WxwktAZFxy1d411z6v8ZjBSC-kuL37C80iPyvp9wVG5eNsxQ/s640/walang-pasok-december-8-2015.jpg" title="Malacañang Palace declares class, work suspension for December 8" width="560" /></a></div><span id="goog_416217452"></span><span id="goog_416217453"></span><br /><br />Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Executive Secretary, by authority of President Benigno Aquino III announced that December 8 (Tuesday) is a special non-working day in Taguig City based on proclamation No. 1175 as it marks the foundation day of city.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/walangpasok?src=hash">#walangpasok</a> • TAGUIG CITY: Tomorrow, December 8, is a special (non-working) day. <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/YPtKvzLVC6">https://t.co/YPtKvzLVC6</a> <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/qVfogpSe00">pic.twitter.com/qVfogpSe00</a></div>— Official Gazette PH (@govph) <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/govph/status/673845893217525761">December 7, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Proclamation No. 1172 declared special non-working day in Antipolo City for the 424th Foundation Day on Tuesday.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/walangpasok?src=hash">#walangpasok</a> • ANTIPOLO CITY, RIZAL: Tomorrow, December 8, is a special (non-working) day. <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/BkiSCZvJ9H">https://t.co/BkiSCZvJ9H</a> <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/vRRbmpvM7w">pic.twitter.com/vRRbmpvM7w</a></div>— Official Gazette PH (@govph) <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/govph/status/673838227464286208">December 7, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />Batac, Ilocos Norte will also celebrate founding anniversary tomorrow.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/walangpasok?src=hash">#walangpasok</a> • BATAC CITY, ILOCOS NORTE: Tomorrow, December 8, a special (non-working) day. <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/2EYti33hGm">https://t.co/2EYti33hGm</a> <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/l3YMWyg55s">pic.twitter.com/l3YMWyg55s</a></div>— Official Gazette PH (@govph) <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/govph/status/673843226881691648">December 7, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />The whole province of Batangas will also be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the Foundation Day.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/walangpasok?src=hash">#walangpasok</a> • BATANGAS PROVINCE: Tomorrow, December 8, is a special (non-working) day. <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/eRQ5AmubG9">https://t.co/eRQ5AmubG9</a> <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/UfR2r7kbW5">pic.twitter.com/UfR2r7kbW5</a></div>— Official Gazette PH (@govph) <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/govph/status/673840704175611904">December 7, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center><br />The Municipality of Agoo, La Union marks the celebration of its 437th Foundation Day.<br /><br /><center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/walangpasok?src=hash">#walangpasok</a> • AGOO, LA UNION: Tomorrow, December 8, is a special (non-working) day. <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/0Bx4aNcPS4">https://t.co/0Bx4aNcPS4</a> <a rel='nofollow' href="https://t.co/RCK8oNA1Nj">pic.twitter.com/RCK8oNA1Nj</a></div>— Official Gazette PH (@govph) <a rel='nofollow' href="https://twitter.com/govph/status/673835729399767041">December 7, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></center></div>

#WalangPasok: Malacañang Palace declares class, work suspension for December 8

MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang Palace on Monday night declared class and work suspensions for tomorrow, December 8, 2015 in some areas of...

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