Dr. Pio Valenzuela Scholars Batch 16 Announced

Out of more than 500 applicants, a total of 70 incoming college freshmen were awarded with contracts as recipients of Batch 16 Dr. Pio Valenzuela Scholarship Program. ...

CSWDO, STI Bring Computer Education At The Grassroots Level

Around 500 Valenzuelanos learned hands on training in digital image manipulation using GIMP on a four-day hands-on training in Barangays Marulas and Veinte Reales courtesy of the City...

Valenzuelano Bar 7th Place Topnotcher Welcomed At Home City

2010 Bar Exam 7th Place topnotcher Krystal Lyn T. Uy of Barangay Karuhatan, recently paid a courtesy call to Valenzuela C...

Dialogue On Valenzuela City History Kicks Off At The Museo Valenzuela

The Museo Valenzuela Foundation together with the City Cultural and Tourism Office launched a series of round table discussion focusing on the history a...

Valenzuela’s Education 360 bags Galing Pook plum
by: Rafael Carpio Cañete

Valenzuela City on Tuesday, September 1, earned its second Galing Pook award after the city government&rsqu...

Valenzuela City Instills Early Vigilance Against Dengue

As preparation ahead of the possible rise in the cases of dreaded disease dengue during the forecasted early onset of the rainy season when the disease is known to be at its peak, the City ...

Valenzuela City Launches Work-to-Study Program For the Youth

In an effort to keep the students in the classrooms and prevent them from dropping out, the City Government, through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) and the Pub...

P225M Classroom Infrastructure Earmarked For Valenzuelano Students

Students of six public schools in the city now experience a far more comfortable and convenient learning as 50 new classrooms were completed by the City Government in time for the ope...

ValPoly Gets Upgraded Computer Laboratory for Students

Gone are the days of splitting the class whenever students of Valenzuela City Polytechnic College (ValPoly) would use their computer laboratory. They are now ab...

Valenzuela City, DepEd Forge Agreement on Counterparting Program for 68 New Classrooms
by: Lauro Zyan Caina

A counterparting agreement with a total fund of PhP 103,834,392.38 for the construction of 68 classrooms in Valenzuela City was inked this morning by the City, through Mayor Sherwin T...

ValSci Students Bag 1st Place In Metrowide Science And Technology Quiz Bee
by: Michael King Urieta

Valenzuela City’s investments on education are now paying off as two brilliant students of Valenzuela City Science High School bagged the topmost award in the recently concluded...

Wyeth Sponsors 8-Month Supplementary Feeding Program For 600 Kids
by: Mark Lester Cayabyab

Almost 600 grade one pupils of Gen. T. De Leon Elementary School will benefit from a supplementary feeding program sponsored by Wyeth after the pharmaceutical company partnered with t...

Valenzuela City Tops National Achievement Test for Elementary Schools
by: Lauro Zyan Caina

Valenzuela City once again reaps the fruit of its programs in education, topping the National Achievement Test (NAT) at the Elementary level in the National Capital Region (NCR) held last March....

Valenzuela City Aims For Employable High School Grads
by: Lauro Zyan Caina

The City’s public high schools will soon produce graduates with competitive advantage to get employed. This is one of the future innovative plans City May...

Seven New Day Care Centers To Empower Education Of Young Valenzuelanos
by: Wynndee Penolio

In continuous campaign for quality education, City Mayor Sherwin T. Gatchalian led the blessing and opening of newly-built Day Care centers in various locations in different barangays...

DepEd, Valenzuela Honor Outstanding City Public School Educators
by: Wynndee Penolio

The City Government of Valenzuela and the Division of City Schools-Valenzuela paid tribute to 17 public school teachers for their contribution in uplifting the quality of education in...

Library Hub To Turn Valenzuela Into A Reading City
by: Lauro Zyan F. Caiña with reports from Liezl Fulgencio

The realization of the aim to transform Valenzuela City into a “Reading City” is now within reach with the formal inauguration of a Library Hub which shall serve as reposi...

Mayor WIN Vows to Help ARMM Mayors in Attaining Quality Education
by: Mark Lester Cayabyab

DAVAO CITY - Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin T. Gatchalian vowed to help the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in attaining quality education at a conference held recently at ...

Valenzuela City Inaugurates 52-Million Peso 36 New Classrooms
by: Michael King Urieta

In the aim of reducing the student-to-classroom ratio in Valenzuela City, four...

School Children In Valenzuela To Learn Proper Coughing Manners
by: Wynndee Penolio

“Bata, bata paano ka umubo?” (Kid, how do you cough?) This is the question the doctors ask in setting off the UBOkabularyo, a citywide info...

Dozens Foresee Brighter Future As Dr. Pio Valenzuela Scholars
by: Lauro Zyan F. Caiña with reports by Beng Bautista

Some 148 Valenzuelano youth hold high hopes for a better future ahead as they finally sign contracts as blessed recipients of the city’s Dr. Pio Valenzuela Scholarship Program.&...

School Supplies Price Cut Down Through Valenzuela City Government Trade Fair
by: Lauro Zyan F. Caiña

Valenzuelanos got the much-needed relief from the escalating prices of basic commodities through a three-day special trade fair organized by the City Government to offer at discounted...

Valenzuela City REXponsableng Scholars Commence Journey to Academic Excellence
by: Liezel N. Fulgencio

The proper route to academic excellence was inculcated to some 230 Valenzuelano youth in the recent orientation rites of Congressman REX Gatchalian’s educational scholarship pro...

Municipality of Taraka Adopts Valenzuela’s Good Governance Practices
by: Liezel N. Felgencio

How revenues can be raised efficiently and how good governance is practiced through financial management ...

Rep. Teddy Casiño Joins Valenzuela City In Celebrating Day Care Workers Week
by: Liezel N. Fulgencio

Bayan Muna Party-list Representative Teddy Casiño boosted the morale of Valenzuelano Day Care Teachers during the city’s celebration of the Day Care Workers Week last Fri...

Mayor WIN Assures BPOs With Quality Graduates To Keep Industry Competitiveness
by: Mark Lester S, Cayabyab

Makati City - Valenzuela City Mayor WIN Gatchalian told business leaders that significant government investment in human capital development is essential in keeping the country’...

Valenzuela City Tops Accreditation and Equivalency Test for ALS Learners
by: Liezel N. Fulgencio

VALENZUELA CITY once again proved its high quality stance on education upon bagging the highest passing rate in the Alternative Learning System’s (ALS) mandatory Accreditation a...

City Government Distributes Free Notebooks To Public School Students
by: Lauro Zyan F. Caiña

MORE than half a million notebooks were distributed for free to public school students in the City of Valenzuela to help enhance their learning as part of City Mayor WIN Gatchalian&rs...

Valenzuelano Green Archer Makes it to the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines
by: Liezel N. Fulgencio

NOTED for his unique perspective about the youth of today, a Valenzuelano pride was recently acclaimed as one of the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) at the Malaca...

Valenzuela City, Ateneo Jumpstart City-wide In-School Feeding Program
by: Evelyn Samson Bautista

Valenzuela City and Ateneo Center for Education Development (ACED) recently led the commitment signing and inauguration ceremony of the 318 square-meter central kitchen for the local ...

Valenzuela City, DepEd Fête Outstanding Educators
by: Lizel Fulgencio

In pursuit of the City Government of Valenzuela to promote and sustain the culture of success in the education sector, 36 exemplary individuals, who demonstrated remarkable dedication...

Valenzuela City Hosts 7th Goiter Awareness Week Kickoff
by: Liezel N. Fulgencio

Various medical associations and governmental bureaus have recognized the dedication of the City Government of Valenzuela in actively advocating healthcare and wellness to its constit...

Better Data Helps Valenzuela City Solve Education Woes
by: Mark Lester S. Cayabyab

Representatives from different local government units, development planners, academe and other sectors learned about Valenzuela City’s centerpiece of development as Mayor Sherwi...

Daughter of OFW Banners 8th Batch of Local University Graduates
by: Rafael C. Cañete

A Secondary Education graduate lead the 67I highly-potential graduates of the city government-run Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela (PLV) as valedictorian during its 8th ...

Biggest Batch of Dr. Pio Valenzuela Scholarship Grantees Announced
by: Eunice Francisco

The biggest batch of grantees faced their future brimming with hope as 150 incoming college students signed official contract last Friday, April 5, as part of the Dr. Pio Valenzuela...

City Jail Inmates Seal Brighter Future As ALS Graduates
by: Eunice G. Francisco

The second batch of Alternative Learning System (ALS) graduates through the “Kakosa sa Karunungan” project took their diplomas yesterday, July 3, proving that bein...

Daycare Students Receive Free Worktexts, Uniforms
by: Eunice G. Francisco

Some 40,580 worktexts were distributed for free to 8,116 enrolled daycare children in the city to nurture learning as part of the WIN ang Edukasyon Program as carried over by Mayor ...

More Than Half A Million Notebooks Distributed Free To Valenzuelano Students
by: Rafael C. Cañete

The City Government of Valenzuela through the City Special Projects Office started distributing free notebooks to students of the 58 public elementary and high schools in the city. &n...

Valenzuela City Elementary Schools Receive Thousands of Worktexts
by: Maricar Eunice Francisco

Elementary students in Valenzuela City are now equipped with more educational tools, as the local government recently distributes 89,400 worktexts in 39 schools citywide....

Valenzuela City Education Plan Zeroes in on Reading
by: Maricar Eunice Francisco

Improving students’ reading skills forms the focus of the education action plan of the Valenzuela City local government. In his ...

Take social work, Mayor REX tells scholars
by: Rafael C. Cañete

Valenzuela City Mayor REX Gatchalian on Tuesday, April 15, said this year’s grantees of a city government-funded scholarship program should consider taking up social work in col...

Brigada Eskwela Kicks Off at Valenzuela City
by: Rafael C. Cañete

The Department of Education-NCR called forth volunteers to lend their hands in fixing up public schools in Metro Manila from May 19 through 23 for their annual Brigada Eskwela proje...

Reading Camp Improves Reading Skills of Valenzuelano Children
by: Rafael Cañete

A remedial reading program organized by the local school board in Valenzuela City in May has significantly improved the reading skills of elementary school pupils, turning around 40% ...

Pio Valenzuela’s Bio Now School Lesson
by: Rafael C. Cañete

To most Filipino scholars, native patriot Dr. Pio Valenzuela is the Katipunan honcho who flew to Zamboanga in 1896 to convince the exiled Jose Rizal to join the revolutionaries. &n...

High Tech HS Campus to Lure in Math Wiz, Junior Scientists
by: Rafael Cañete

Painted in platinum and white, streamlined, and grid-based, the design of the brand-new Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science (ValMaSci) building in Barangay Malinta, whic...

435 Classrooms to Rise in Valenzuela in 2 Years
by: Rafael C. Cañete

More than 400 public school classrooms are expected to rise in Valenzuela City in two years as the local government builds more to keep up with the rising number of students in public...

Want to make geniuses out of kids? Read them stories, prof says
by: Rafael Carpio Cañete

For parents and teachers who want their children and pupils in the league of Leonardo da Vinci and Albert E...

Traditional Muslim schools to teach culture, curb discrimination
by: Rafael Carpio Cañete

With the opening of the first madaris (plural form of madrasah) in the city, officials of the city governme...

Valenzuela youngsters to ‘become better persons’ at baseball, softball camp
by: Rafael Carpio Cañete

Having observed that the young are spending too much time playing online games and so little playing the re...

Student inventors find inspiration in tragedy, win science tilt
by: Rafael Carpio Cañete

When a Grade 10 class at the ...

Parenting camp helps mom, kids cope with cancer
by: Rafael Cañete

The lessons taught at the parenting camp held in Valenzuela City public schools Saturdays of September thro...

Valenzuela honor student: country first
by: Beng Bautista; with reports from Mark Cayabyab

At a time when United Nations estimates around 3,700 Filipinos leaving the Philippines to work abroad or migrate, a Valenzuela City graduate who topped his clas...

Valenzuela City earmarks P12M for 100 college scholars
by: Mark Cayabyab

The Valenzuela City Government has allotted P12 million for its flagship Dr. Pio Valenzuela Scholarship Pro...

Valenzuela Balik Eskwela project distributes 84,600 free school packs
by: Beng Bautista

A total of 84,600 school bags complete with school supplies were distributed to children enrolled in Kinder...

At Valenzuela summer camp, kids learn reading the low-tech – but potent – way
by: Rafael Cañete

When it comes to teaching children how to read, Susan Gopez swears by the power of the MP3....

Turning Point: Valenzuela City 2015 in pictures
by: Public Information Office

2015 is a real turning point in Valenzuela City’s history. In this photoessay, we take you to a visua...

Chamber exec to grads: ‘Don’t be an employee all your life’
by: John Mark D. Exiomo

An executive of a local chamber of commerce in Valenzuela City is encouraging the newly graduated to not se...

‘Vote leaders to reform education, restore national pride’
by: King Al S.Mendoza

Who should get the youth vote these coming elections? ...

Valenzuela Opens First In-School Park for Learning
by: Rodrigo Carganilla de Guzman

A first-of-its-kind pupil’s park is inaugurated in Malinta Elementary School on August 1 to provide an additional breathing and study space for public grade school learners....

Valenzuela to Implement Full Tuition Fee Subsidy for Local University and College
by: Therese Ann Dizon

Starting this October, students of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela (PLV) and Valenzuela Polytechnic College (ValPoly) will enjoy a full tuition fee subsidy once the Valenzuela City Free Higher ...

Nanay-Teacher Parenting Camp to train daycare parents in Valenzuela
by: Therese Ann Dizon

Valenzuela City continues to involve the parents in fortifying the quality of education in the city by holding the 2nd Nanay-Teacher Parenting Camp for Daycare at Tanza Oasis Hotel, Cavi...

First Quarter Construction Boom in Valenzuela Focus on School Build-up
by: Liezel Fulgencio and Therese Ann Dizon

Consistent to his commitment that in Valenzuela, no one will be left behind in education, City Mayor REX Gatchalian inaugurates three new public high schools this first quarter of 2017....

Valenzuela City, Awardee of the Pilot Seal of Good Education Governance
by: Therese Ann Dizon

Valenzuela is once again cited as an outstanding local government unit (LGU) in providing high quality basic education with the conferment of the first Seal of Good Education Governance...

Six Valenzuela City High Schools Receive 300 Computer Units
by: Chatty Anne Decena

Amidst gloomy weather and continuous rain, warm smiles and ‘thank yous’ poured during the inauguration of the computer laboratories in six high schools in Valenzuela City, N...

Valenzuela City Opens Modern Local Public University
by: Therese Ann Dizon

Valenzuela City’s quest for high-quality public tertiary education continues to advance by leaps and bounds as it officially opens tonight, January 19, the PhP 361.6 Million new P...

Valsped Opens New Facilities for More Extensive Physical Rehab
by: Chatty Anne Decena

In addition to the innovative and progressive facilities in the Valenzuela Special Education Center (Valsped), the new Aqua Therapy Pool and Gross Motor Development Area were inaugurate...

Big Brothers, Big Sisters Prep up for 2018 Summer Reading Camp
by: Chatty Anne Decena

Summer break is fast approaching, classes will be over in a few days, and students will be off-school to enjoy their vacation. But for the 648 Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela (PLV) ...

Valenzuela City Prepares Young Athletes for International Soccer Tilt
by: Therese Ann Dizon

Summer is bound to be more productive for nearly 5,000 incoming Grade 2 and Grade 5 students as the City Government of Valenzuela kicks off one of its biggest grassroot sports activity,...

Valenzuela LGU Grants Cash Gift to Grade School Grads
by: Sharmaine Tan

The City Government of Valenzuela allotted a total of Php 17,928,000 for all its 11,952 graduating public elementary school students. Each one received PhP 1...

ValSped Stude Excels in Mainstream School
by: Therese Ann Dizon

For a student with special needs like John Denrick Lim, disability was not a hindrance to being an achiever. Although he belongs to the vulnerable group who may appear to some as less t...

Valenzuela City Publishes Story Books Written by Daycare Students
by: Sharmaine Tan

Mayor REX Gatchalian led the launching of the First Steps to Engaged Reading (FSER) program as Valenzuela City celebrates the rights and needs of children during the 26th...

Valenzuela City Opens 84th, 85th Daycare Centers
by: Sharmaine Tan

With the vision of providing every child with hope of a brighter future, the 84th and 85...

Competition for Young Valenzuelano Inventors Launched
by: William Chua

The City Government of Valenzuela opens a platform for young Valenzuelano science geniuses with the launch of the 1st Young Founders Summit Philippines – Valenzuela Cit...

In-School Nutrition Program Extends to Homes this Vacation Period
by: William Chua

While away from the corners of their schools, some 4,670 recorded as severely-undernourished K to 6 In-School Feeding Program beneficiaries at public elementary schools received1.2-kilo...

Valenzuela Answers Education’s New Normal With “Valenzuela Live Online Streaming School”
by: Angelica R. Porciuncula / Public Information Office

Bringing the “classroom feels” to a whole new level, students can now adapt to the new normal way of learning with Val...

Education 360° continues… Valenzuelano Students Receive School Kits and Learning Packets
by: Angelica R. Porciuncula / Public Information Office

On top of the learning packets and modules to be...

PLV, ValPoly and ValMaSci Students To Get Free Data Subscription from Valenzuela City
by: Angelica R. Porciuncula / Public Information Office

The transition to online learning has brought concerns rising from bringing the traditional classroom...

Valenzuela City Distributes Financial Assistance to Dr. PIO Scholarship Grantees
by: Public Information Office

Valenzuela Mayor REX Gatchalian personally awarded the City Government’s financial assistance to 717 new grantees of the Dr. P...

Valenzuela City Grants 24,000 Tablets to Students Who Have No Gadgets for Online Class
by: Public Information Office

Valenzuela City’s Education 360 Degrees Investment Program goes beyon...

Mayor REX Birthday Serbisyo Activities 2021 Kicks Off with New Public Elementary School
by: Jennyvie Leonardo / Public Information Office

Valenzuela City Mayor REX Gatchalian starts his birthday week with the inauguration and blessing of Pedro L. Santiago Elementary...

Valenzuela City Continues to Invest in Education, Opens New Public High School in Lawang Bato
by: Public Information Office

Despite the pandemic, Valenzuela City Mayor REX Gatchalian remains committed to the City’s education program with the buildi...

President Duterte Graces the Inauguration of New Public School Buildings in Valenzuela City
by: Angelica Porciuncula / Public Information Office

The City Government of Valenzuela, under the leadership of Mayor REX Gatchalian, witnesses another significant moment in its com...

Valenzuela City Bags Seal of Good Education Governance in 4th Consecutive Year
by: Angelica Porciuncula / Public Information Office

The City Government of Valenzuela, under the leadership of Mayor REX Gatchalian, grabs Synergeia Foundation’s Seal of Good Edu...

Valenzuela City partners with IBM to expand tech education programs in the city
by: Public Information Office

The City Government of Valenzuela inks a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with...

Inclusive City Through Education: Valenzuela City Inaugurates 32-Classroom Canumay East National High School
by: Janine Aguarino / Public Information Office

The celebration of Dr. Pio Valenzuela’s 152nd Birth Annive...

Valenzuela City Ushers In New School Year with School Kits for Public School Students
by: Janine Aguarino / Public Information Office

It's all systems go for School Year (S.Y.) 2021-2022 as the City Government of Valenzuela starts distributing free backpacks a...

Valenzuela, Synergeia Prepare Teachers for Reading Camp 2022
by: Jenny Taborda

In preparation for the upcoming Reading Camp 2022, the City Government of Valenzuela in partnership with the Synergeia Foundation holds a Teachers’ Training for Reading Camp for p...

Reading Camp Relaunch Kicks Off in all Valenzuela Public Elementary Schools
by: Jenny Taborda

The annual Reading Camp is finally back after two years of a break as the City Government of Valenzuela, DepEd Valenzuela relaunches Reading Camp 2022 in over 42 public elementary schoo...

Valenzuela Provides School Supplies for ALS Learners
by: Regino Morata Jr.

Valenzuela City Mayor WES Gatchalian led the distribution of the ALS kit which includes a bag, notebooks, pencils, ballpens, sharpener and pad papers, to about 1,200 Valenzuelano Alternativ...

Valenzuela City Launches First Mobile E-Learning Hub
by: Regino Morata Jr.

Valenzuela City Government, in partnership with Sangguniang Kabataan of Barangay Gen. T. De Leon, launches “Just E-Connect”, a free Wi-Fi and mobile educational hub at Barangay ...

Valenzuela City Inaugurates the New Lawang Bato Elementary School Multi-Purpose Building
by: William Chua

Valenzuela City Mayor WES Gatchalian spearheaded the blessing and inauguration of the new Lawang Bato Elementary School Multi-Purpose Building located at Centro Street, Barangay Lawang Bato...

Education Summit 2022 to Boost Education Programs in Valenzuela City
by: Regino Morata Jr.

Bannering Valenzuela City’s Education 360 Degrees Investment Program, led by Mayor WES Gatchalian, held the first Education Summit under his term at the WES Arena, Barangay Puntur...

Valenzuela City Launches “Balik Eskwela, Bantay Kalusugan sa Valenzuela” Program
by: William Chua

With the students returning to face-to-face classes, Valenzuela City launches Mobile Medical and Dental Vans that will cater exclusively to children and schools. Dubbed as “Balik Eskw...

Valenzuela City Launches Localized Supplementary Feeding Program
by: Jenny Taborda

The City Government of Valenzuela together with the City Social We...

Valenzuela City Relaunches its Enhanced Citywide Feeding Program for K to 6 Valenzuelano Students
by: Mary Magat

After a 2-year hiatus, Valenzuela City as a trailblazer in Educati...

200 ValMaSci Students Received Financial Assistance from the City Government of Valenzuela
by: Mary Magat

Some 200 qualified students of Valenzuela City School of Mathemati...

Valenzuela City Implements Blended Learning Schedule for Public Schools
by: William Chua

The City Government of Valenzuela led by Mayor WES Gatchalian supports the decision of the Schools Division Office - Valenzuela (SDO-Valenzuela) as ...

Valenzuela City Launches Techno Camp 2023
by: Mary Magat

Valenzuela City Mayor WES Gatchalian, in partnership with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) an...

Valenzuela City Commences Reading Camp 2023 for all 42 Public Elementary Schools
by: Gillian Roldan

Committing to its goal of uplifting students who were having difficulty in reading, the City Government of Valenzuela...

16,252 Graduating Students to Receive Educational Incentives from the City Government of Valenzuela
by: Gillian Roldan

To further assist Valenzuelano learners and recognize their efforts to excel in their studies, the City Government of V...

Valenzuela City Awards Financial Incentives to 34 ValTech Latin Honors
by: Gillian Roldan

To acknowledge their efforts and exemplary academic performance, the City Government of Valenzuela granted financial in...

Valenzuela Turns Over 63 New WIN Serbisyo Vans to Public Schools
by: William Chua

In a move to further support the education system in the city, the City Government of Valenzuela, headed by Mayor WES G...