By JAKE SORIANO BACOLOD City — Last Thursday, the International Day for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), select local governments here received whistles from an international nonprofit. These whistles, to be distributed to children with disabilities, are intended to serve as protection tools they could use to signal distress and call for assistance. Child Fund Philippines,
OUT of school children and youth, including those with disabilities, can as early as now enroll for the upcoming school year (2015-2016), which begins in June. The Department of Education (Dep Ed) has declared January 24 to February 27, 2015 a period of early registration for school-age children who are not currently enrolled. The order
By ARIEL C. SEBELLINO
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Jenmabel Gie Mendoza sashayed confidently across the room full of adults and spoke with ease and authority. Momentarily, there was a hush, as all eyes and ears were on her. Jenmabel introduced herself as a CWD (or one of ‘children with disabilities’).