DoST employees deny seeking the ouster of Alabastro.
Byline: MADEL R. SABATER The employees association of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) yesterday denied that it has called for the "ouster" of Secretary Estrella Alabastro, saying that it only recommended to President Arroyo that the next DoST chief should come from within the departmentas...

Laborist movement poised to take off.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ten hospital systems in the United States have started or are about to start using "laborists"--physicians whose sole focus is managing the patient in labor--Louis Weinstein, M.D., reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Using laborists makes sense,...

Abalos leads 65th anniversary rites of Comelec today.
Byline: E.T. SUAREZ The Commission on Elections (Comelec) celebrates today its 65th anniversary with simple but meaningful rites highlighted only by a thanksgiving Mass, without the usual party and merriment that normally mark the foundation day of a government agency. The Comelec, now led by...

Laborist movement poised to take off in 10 U.S. hospital systems.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ten hospital systems in the United States have started or are about to start using "laborists"--physicians whose sole focus is managing the patient in labor--Louis Weinstein, M.D., reported at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Using laborists makes sense,...

Court of Appeals employees vow no disruption in services.
More than 1,500 employees of the Court of Appeals (CA) assured yesterday Presiding Justice Ruben T. Reyes that despite the lack of funds that has affected even their fringe benefits, there will be no disruption of services in the country's second highest court. Alda Floria, president of...

What predicts student teacher self-efficacy?
Abstract This descriptive survey study investigated student teachers' sources of self-efficacy. Using simultaneous regression, we predicted student teachers' sense of efficacy using their relationship with mentors, amount of field experiences, and teaching support. The regression equation accounted for 27% of the variance in efficacy scores. Highly efficacious...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.
Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene police settle contract The 230 union-represented employees of the Eugene Police Department have been working without a contract since July 2005. After months of failed negotiations and mediation, the Eugene Police Employees' Association and the city of Eugene declared an impasse...

The effect of changes in hospital reimbursement on nurse staffing decisions at safety net and nonsafety net hospitals.
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) led to the largest change in hospital Medicare payments since the implementation of the Prospective Payment System of 1983. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) originally forecasted a reduction of $115 billion in Medicare expenditures owing to the BBA (Ernst & Young and...

Congress' jueteng probes.
CEBU Rep. Eduardo Gullas has the foresight of authoring Bill 2894 seeking to change the present bilingual policy in schools by requiring English to be the principal medium of instruction from grade school to the tertiary level with the exception of Filipino when it is taught as a language...

Boost BIR staff morale, experts urge.
Byline: EDITH B. COLMO BACOLOD CITY -- Former officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have urged Finance Secretary Margarito Teves to look and resolve the uncertainty plaguing revenue officers on account of the policy of imposing higher collection goals even as the economy wobbles. ...