<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-td-post-header" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:12px;height:auto"><div class="gmail-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1018px;max-width:1200px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span12" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1018px;float:none;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;min-height:1px;margin:0px auto;border-left:none rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-top-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-right-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-bottom-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01)"><div class="gmail-article-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;clear:both"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:6px 0px 7px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.02em;background:transparent;padding:0px;display:inline;font-size:60px;font-family:Georgia,serif;line-height:78px">CHED clarifies GE curriculum policy not anti-Filipino, vows support for language development</h1></div><div class="gmail-meta-info" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans",arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-top:15px"><span class="gmail-td-post-date" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;margin-right:0px">May 29, 2019 | 8:15 pm</span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1018px;max-width:1200px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span12" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1018px;float:left;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;min-height:1px;margin-left:0px;border-left:none rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-top-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-right-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-bottom-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01)"><div class="gmail-td-post-actions" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:20px auto 0px;border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);float:none;padding:15px 0px"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span8" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:658.656px;float:none;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;min-height:1px;margin-left:0px;border-left:none rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-top-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-right-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01);border-bottom-color:rgba(230,230,230,0.01)"><div class="gmail-td-post-share" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block"><div class="gmail-a2a_kit gmail-a2a_kit_size_30 gmail-addtoany_list" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;line-height:30px"><a class="gmail-a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.bworldonline.com/#facebook" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(205,123,23);border:0px;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;padding:0px 4px 0px 0px;vertical-align:middle;text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-a2a_svg gmail-a2a_s__default gmail-a2a_s_facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;height:30px;line-height:30px;padding:0px;width:30px;float:none;border-radius:4px;opacity:1;background:0% 0%/30px rgb(59,89,152)"></span><span class="gmail-a2a_label" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;height:1px;width:1px;display:inline-block;float:none;border-radius:4px;opacity:1">Facebook</span></a><a class="gmail-a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.bworldonline.com/#twitter" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(205,123,23);border:0px;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;padding:0px 4px;vertical-align:middle;text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-a2a_svg gmail-a2a_s__default gmail-a2a_s_twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;height:30px;line-height:30px;padding:0px;width:30px;float:none;border-radius:4px;opacity:1;background:0% 0%/30px rgb(85,172,238)"></span><span class="gmail-a2a_label" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;height:1px;width:1px;display:inline-block;float:none;border-radius:4px;opacity:1">Twitter</span></a><a class="gmail-a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.bworldonline.com/#linkedin" title="LinkedIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(205,123,23);border:0px;display:inline-block;font-size:16px;padding:0px 0px 0px 4px;vertical-align:middle;text-decoration-line:none"><span class="gmail-a2a_svg gmail-a2a_s__default gmail-a2a_s_linkedin" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;height:30px;line-height:30px;padding:0px;width:30px;float:none;border-radius:4px;opacity:1;background:0% 0%/30px rgb(0,123,181)"></span><span class="gmail-a2a_label" style="box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;height:1px;width:1px;display:inline-block;float:none;border-radius:4px;opacity:1">LinkedIn</span></a></div></div><div class="gmail-td-post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 the K to 12 Transition Program Fund.</p></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>