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Every year in march, we celebrate the International Women’s Month, a celebration made to show that women are also people that can are contributors in this world, and is the reason why we celebrate it. The celebration aims to let people recognize and see the empowerment of women.   It is important for us to commemorate the women’s month as it is the time for us to reflect on the courage of women and recognize their efforts throughout the history to the current present. Women are also people who lives every single day. As such, we mustn’t fight each other and instead, we must treat each other as equals and with respect. The women’s empowerment was also made to grant women with the same rights as men and to give them freedom. There are also some laws to help women such as the Republic Act 9262 and Republic Act 6725.   Women are as important as men in this world, as they have the skills and the potential that could be greater than anyone else in this world. They are the li...

Up until now, I never realized how the time flies so fast. The third quarter of this school year is nearing its end, and it’s time to look back at what happened during the past two months of this quarter. During this quarter, I learned a lot of things and knowledge that I didn’t knew before. In this quarter, I have discovered more about towns and including their traditions, history, culture, and more.   This quarter have taught me a lot of things, preferably more about community-based studies. Researching about our community’s history and culture have opened my eyes on another whole world and have widened my understanding on our town. Discovering more things like tourist attractions, learning about the town’s traditions made me enjoy studying the topic and it was quite fun overall.   As we’re moving on forward into another quarter of our semester, we should look back and think about the fun and struggles that went by with just a blink of an eye during this quarter. Let...

Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic has started, the doctors are scientists have tried their best to make a vaccine against the Covid-19 virus. Even though the vaccine was made for the good of people, parents often wonder if there will be any side effects to their child if they get vaccinated. And because of this, rumors have spread, conspiracies have been made, and the majority of parents were afraid of the vaccines because of some potential negative effects on their children.   Even with the potential side effects of the vaccines, we cannot achieve resistance on the virus without some risks involved. Some risks may be inevitable that is why doing vaccine research is in motion to prevent these effects not just on children, but also adults. Vaccination is also important as such will be important to reduce the cases of the virus and to prevent the virus from spreading further.   Because of the virus steadily increasing by the second, everyone wants to get vaccinated for th...

  During the World War 2, Philippines has experienced non-stop battles from other countries. The battle of Bataan was the United States’ first major land fights of World War 2, and lots of life has been sacrificed during this battle. The Day of Valor, also known as “Araw ng Kagitingan” is commemorated on April 9 every year by Filipinos. From December 8, 1941 to September 2, 1942, the Philippines was a part of the World War 2. The Battle of Bataan started on January 7 and was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against Japan during World War 2 as Japan wanted to invade Philippines. On April 9, 1942, Army Major General Edward P. King surrendered to Japanese General Masaharu Homma, and ended the Battle of Bataan. After that, the Bataan Death March has begun and it was one of the bloodiest catastrophes in history. In which 76,000 prisoners of war were forced to march an estimated of 66-80 miles by the Japanese Military to endure in April 1942. And becaus...

Lenten Season, is a celebration that the Catholics are celebrating every year. It is for remembering the sacrifices of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lenten has been a tradition for Catholics and has been a special day for the religion. It is because Lenten is the day that showed how our Lord Jesus Christ had sacrificed himself for our very own sake long time ago.   Every day, on the day of April 14-15 every year, is the day for us Catholics to remember the sacrifices of Jesus Christ. In this day, the Catholic Church advises that all Catholics to fast and abstain from eating meat in specific days. Abstinence is refraining from eating meat while fish is permitted, while fasting is eating only a single full meal per day.   This Lenten season has become an important occasion for us Catholics as it is a reminder for us to not forget all the sacrifices our Lord Jesus Christ had done for us.

Hello there my dear viewer, the yearly Kannawidan Festival is over in just a blink of the eye. Have you seen the opening of the Kannawidan festival? Did you with your friends or family? The Kannawidan Festival is one of the most important festivals for us ilocanoes and it is almost a must to go to place every year.   The Kannawidan Festival is important to us ilocanoes especially since we can only celebrate this festival once every year. During this festival, a lot of events appear here and there such as the “Saniata” which if you didn’t know, is a pageant show where every girl represents their own towns and barangays. Of course, the saniata is not just what you can in in the festival, like food stalls are more!   We ilocanoes celebrate this festival with love and excitement within our hearts. And I hope that soon, the pandemic would be gone for us to celebrate this festival next year with no more worries together with our friends and family.

It has been 2 years since the pandemic started and the Covid-19 virus is still a concern in our world. Because of this, celebrating Christmas has few changes here and there. And for the safety of everyone, some areas in Vigan are limited and prohibited.   In Ilocos Sur, especially in Vigan City, Bigue ñ os celebrate these festivities in a unique kind of way because of the limitations. Some of them are celebrating outside whether it be at restaurants or some tourist spots, some of them also just celebrate indoors inside their houses.   No matter where and how we celebrate Christmas, we shouldn’t forget that Christmas is a day for everyone to celebrate with their family and friends together. I hope that the Covid virus would be gone after everything that happened so that our usual lives would be back to normal. Now that the Christmas and New Year are over, we should brace ourselves and face the future ahead of us. https://i1.wp.com/www.travelworldheritage.com/wp-content...

In this second quarter, a new world has been introduced to us students. This is the world of html. We have been taught how to use, as well how to create html tags. It was fun and challenging proceeding as I learn about html tags.   It was the most enjoyable subject to me because it picked my interest and helped me solve problems like internet connections and how to address them. Overall, it was the best learning experience for me so far especially with the ongoing pandemic that learning is a little bit harder.   But now it is time for me to go forward and learn more things, facing me is the second half of the semester, the third quarter. What would be the new stuff for me to learn? Only the future knows.

Every year, places in the world celebrates a special occasion every year. One of them is the “Kannawidan Festival” in vigan.   We see an increase in the number of cases in our country every single day. And because of that there may be difficulties while celebrating Kannawidan on January 25 th .   Here in Ilocos Sur, we are in the third level alert, so it is critical to maintain a distance and to follow the rules and guidelines. But just not because of this, we cannot celebrate festivals, because it is also possible to celebrate indoors.   Festivals are a good way to celebrate culture and traditions, as they are made for people to rejoice and connect with their loved ones. But we shouldn’t forget that the safety of our friends and family are more important in our lives.

         Another year has passed and it’s time for us to say goodbye to 2021. Welcoming us 2022, another year in our life, a new beginning in life. The new year is a day that brings everyone happiness throughout the world that happens only once in a year. A day in which everything is bright and decorated. A day that gives everyone a hope.        January 1, the day celebrated as the new year. The day where everyone wears new clothes, and wishes a happy new year to each other, the day where everyone is happy bonding together, bursting out laughing, singing karaoke, where you see fireworks and hear firecracker here and there, and exchanging gifts to each other.        The new year is also the day where often people try to change their selves, in which they make a new year’s resolution, which are goals they would like to achieve or changes they would like to make to their lives. One may try to make their selves lose we...

Christmas has been a tradition for so long I can remember, for us to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We celebrate it every year on December 25. This tradition includes exchanging gifts, caroling at houses, and enjoying a nice Noche Buena with your family and friends. Christmas is the day everyone is looking forward every single year. However, the virus called Corona virus, also known as Covid-19 spread all over the world from previous year. Everyone can still have a Christmas celebration, but it’s not the same as it was on the previous years. Our world is now quarantined, preventing everyone from going outside, and is also governed by protocols. In this pandemic, families that are distant from each other celebrates Christmas with each other with the help of internet, but it is still not the same as when you are with each other. Even in this pandemic, we are still free from celebrating Christmas as long as we follow the protocols to keep everyone safe. Christmas is a wonderful day loved b...

    This new normal started different and many kids are suffering in this pandemic. Students are struggling a lot during this pandemic because of schoolwork. Online learning may sound and look good, but it has its own struggles too. Online learning requires you to study by yourself which is hard to some people like me, some teachers might try to discuss lesson to us but not all have internet and the devices needed for it, and the mountain of tasks to be done in such a short time and notice is hard. It is far much better to have face to face learning again even though its hard in this pandemic is so that more students would learn more efficiently than online learning. This is how the pandemic affected the kids, kids weren’t able to go out and play with their friends whenever they want to, being stuck in our homes can cause not just physical but also mental illnesses not just to kids but adults too. The pandemic gave everyone inconvenience and kids should be protected by giving ...

The environment is the most beneficial thing in our world. It provides our world with the supplies and necessities we require in our daily life. But what would happen if our ecosystem is ruined? Our environment gone one day? The world will be put into chaos and everything will fall apart because there are no more trees, plants and animals. Everything is changing every second in our world as well as the environment and ourselves. And no one knows when everything will go downhill someday, that’s why we need to preserve and protect our environment because as our society gets bigger, our needs also increase, this means everything will change from new housings and infrastructure and more. We can save our environment by preserving our ecosystem and to do this we need to prevent any disaster from land to the seas, as well as the sky. Planting trees are important because they can prevent soil pollution and other calamities, cleaning the sea and avoiding chemicals prevents water pollution preve...

The start of the school year 2021-2022 just started in September 13, time flies so fast that the first quarter of this school year is nearing its end. Looking back at it, I learned a lot about things like the history of the internet and I also learned how it helped people during this pandemic. This pandemic really changed the lifestyle of many people including myself. The new way of education helped the students to continue learning. But there is always a price for everything, online learning came with problems. One of the common problems facing students like me is connection problems, a lot of uncomplete modules, short deadlines, and more. One way to prevent these problems is changing my lifestyle and myself, and it’s not an easy task to tackle. Moving on, I will study hard to reach my dreams and have a great job in the future. For now, let’s all hope that the Covid stop and bring back everything to normal. https://pixabay.com/photos/book-reflection-table-books-heart-4944519/

  Education provides people knowledge about our world and to hone our own skills for the better. Education also helps us prepare to have our own points of view and form our own opinions on different in life.  In this pandemic people still try to find ways to help people from learning. One of these are The Department of Education also known as DepED, they are finding ways on how can students still learn during this pandemic. One of these is online learning, and the other one is modular learning. Online learning uses the internet so that the students and also the teachers to connect to each other to have a class, but there is a huge problem with this, not all students and teachers have the necessary equipment to have an online class because of poor internet connections and financial problems. So the other option now is the modular learning where in students are given the printed materials for them to study and work on their activities. https://www.povertyactionlab.org/blog/8-31-...

It has now been almost ages when the Philippines was taken by other countries and we need to prepare incase that happens once again. Philippines needs to adapt to everything that could happen, like how we are not prepared to face Covid-19. To become a better country for everyone, Philippines needs to be more resilent and flexible. To achieve this, we need to have sustainable resources, reliable infrastructures and the ability to fight and withstand threats such as natural or man-made threats. These are essential to any country for it to survive. We may not be able to do it right away but we’ll make it happen in the future, for everyone to be safe and happy. https://www.ttgmice.com/2021/06/02/philippines-mice-roadmap-2030-to-undergo-recalibration/

Cabaroan Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur September 22, 2021 Dear Mr. President Good morning, Mr. President. I am Shawn Andrieve Battung, a grade 10 student of Ilocos Sur National Highschool. How are you, I hope you’re doing well. I am writing this letter for you to express my sincerest gratitude for all the good things you’ve done in our country and for your effort for everyone during this pandemic. In your time of being the president, a lot of things have changed in the Philippines, you’ve changed the Pasig River, stopped many criminals, made one of the longest bridge in the Philippines, and more. You made the Philippines better. I know that being the president of a country is hard and you’ve done well. Many people may support or love you. You are one of the best presidents in my eyes. And lastly, I hope that you keep safe. Student, Shawn Andrieve C. Battung https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%253A%252F%252Fs3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%252Fpsh-ex-ftnikkei-393...