Francis Varela, Great Loss to Education

The Department of Education (DepEd) was shocked on the news of the untimely death of one of the education key officials in a freak vehicular accident that had occured sometime in the morning of August 29 in Pililla, Rizal.

Usec F.Varela

It's terrible for the DepEd to bear such incident of Undersecretary Francisco M. Varela's death.

What a great loss to the agency for losing a principled man so dedicated to his job, making things done in the virtue of honesty .

Mr. Varela is well-loved by his education colleagues as a leader, as a catalyst for reforms in education, "judicious spender" in education, advocate of anti-corruption, compassion on learner's plight, and a great exemplar of hardwork and honesty.

Assistant Secretary and Chief of Staff Rey Laguda and Asst. Sec. for Planning and Development, Jesus Lorenzo R. Mateo have recalled their memorable moments with Usec Francis Valera while working together respectively.

How Honest Are You?

Lamp of Truth

"Honesty is the best policy" Do you agree with this policy?

I remember when one of our Church leaders talked about honesty. He relayed it through a story. One day, he told, a certain wise man went out from his home in the middle of the night, carrying his oil lamp, roaming around the community. Every time he was met by the people, he was asked what he was doing in the very wee hours of the night. He simply replied, "I am looking for an honest man?"

Are you one of those honest persons? How do you know that you're honest of yourself? Honesty is very subjective. You may be honest one time, sometime, but not all the time. Don't you?

Two Honest Filipina Street Cleaners Recognized

Honest people are still abounding around us. They're doing good, even though no one is watching them.

Recently two Filipina, Marilyn Campos, 39, a single mother, and Analyn Aquino, 26, were rewarded by city Mayor Lani Cayetano of Taguig for their honesty. Each received a cash gifts of P10,000.

While doing their day-to-day chores as a street cleaners, they accidentally found the P95,000 cash in a trash can inside the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) compound in Bicutan, Taguig City, last week, the news said.