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Last May 23, in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus assured the nation that books intended for public schools have already been properly evaluated and that they are error-free and available to every student.

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In a letter to The STAR, Antonio Calipjo Go, the academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City who first exposed that grade school textbooks "Harnessing English Arts Today" and "Simply Science in the Next Century" published by Phoenix Publishing House are filled with errors, is criticizing the response of the National Book Development Board (NBDB) to his complaint regarding the two textbooks.
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"I am not afraid! I just want the truth to come out," Antonio Calipjo Go told The STAR in a telephone interview.

He is the academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City and has been with the school for the past 10 years.

He said that in October last year, he received a "corona" or a floral wreath given to the dead during wakes. The wreath was hung at the school gate one morning. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281925 [Title] => Book publisher issues correction booklets [Summary] => Phoenix Publishing House Inc., the publisher of two sets of allegedly defective school textbooks, gave assurances to the public yesterday that correction booklets are now in the process of being distributed nationwide.

Phoenix was reacting to an article published in The STAR yesterday charging that two of its releases — "Harnessing English Arts Today" and "Simply Science in the Next Century" — were packed with errors based on an analysis submitted to The STAR by Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282057 [Title] => Book publisher issues correction booklets [Summary] => Phoenix Publishing House Inc., the publisher of two sets of allegedly defective school textbooks, gave assurances to the public yesterday that correction booklets are now in the process of being distributed nationwide.

Phoenix was reacting to an article published in The STAR yesterday charging that two of its releases — "Harnessing English Arts Today" and "Simply Science in the Next Century" — were packed with errors based on an analysis submitted to The STAR by Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282189 [Title] => Book publisher issues correction booklets [Summary] => Phoenix Publishing House Inc., the publisher of two sets of allegedly defective school textbooks, gave assurances to the public yesterday that correction booklets are now in the process of being distributed nationwide.

Phoenix was reacting to an article published in The STAR yesterday charging that two of its releases — "Harnessing English Arts Today" and "Simply Science in the Next Century" — were packed with errors based on an analysis submitted to The STAR by Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281814 [Title] => Grade school books: Errors still abound [Summary] => It seems that the textbook controversy is far from over.

After a review panel convened by the Department of Education (DepEd) confirmed that there were indeed factual and grammatical errors in some history and science books used in public and private schools since the early 1990s, everybody assumed there would now be efforts to correct the errors and that publishing houses would be more careful with their facts.
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Last May 23, in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus assured the nation that books intended for public schools have already been properly evaluated and that they are error-free and available to every student.

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In a letter to The STAR, Antonio Calipjo Go, the academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City who first exposed that grade school textbooks "Harnessing English Arts Today" and "Simply Science in the Next Century" published by Phoenix Publishing House are filled with errors, is criticizing the response of the National Book Development Board (NBDB) to his complaint regarding the two textbooks.
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"I am not afraid! I just want the truth to come out," Antonio Calipjo Go told The STAR in a telephone interview.

He is the academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City and has been with the school for the past 10 years.

He said that in October last year, he received a "corona" or a floral wreath given to the dead during wakes. The wreath was hung at the school gate one morning. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281925 [Title] => Book publisher issues correction booklets [Summary] => Phoenix Publishing House Inc., the publisher of two sets of allegedly defective school textbooks, gave assurances to the public yesterday that correction booklets are now in the process of being distributed nationwide.

Phoenix was reacting to an article published in The STAR yesterday charging that two of its releases — "Harnessing English Arts Today" and "Simply Science in the Next Century" — were packed with errors based on an analysis submitted to The STAR by Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282057 [Title] => Book publisher issues correction booklets [Summary] => Phoenix Publishing House Inc., the publisher of two sets of allegedly defective school textbooks, gave assurances to the public yesterday that correction booklets are now in the process of being distributed nationwide.

Phoenix was reacting to an article published in The STAR yesterday charging that two of its releases — "Harnessing English Arts Today" and "Simply Science in the Next Century" — were packed with errors based on an analysis submitted to The STAR by Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282189 [Title] => Book publisher issues correction booklets [Summary] => Phoenix Publishing House Inc., the publisher of two sets of allegedly defective school textbooks, gave assurances to the public yesterday that correction booklets are now in the process of being distributed nationwide.

Phoenix was reacting to an article published in The STAR yesterday charging that two of its releases — "Harnessing English Arts Today" and "Simply Science in the Next Century" — were packed with errors based on an analysis submitted to The STAR by Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of Marian School of Quezon City. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 281814 [Title] => Grade school books: Errors still abound [Summary] => It seems that the textbook controversy is far from over.

After a review panel convened by the Department of Education (DepEd) confirmed that there were indeed factual and grammatical errors in some history and science books used in public and private schools since the early 1990s, everybody assumed there would now be efforts to correct the errors and that publishing houses would be more careful with their facts.
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