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+ May 17, 2021 Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, 1st District) is not seeking re-election next year, ending an illustrious political career that spanned more than half a century. A source very close to the family said that Gullas planned his retirement as early as in 2019, fifty years after he won as congressman of the district, then still known as the 3rd, by a slim margin of 16 votes over the late Antonio Cuenco. A formal announcement will be made after he has met with his political leaders, I was told.
Eddiegul is the only surviving member of the delegation from Cebu to the 7th Congress which was supposed to serve a four-year term starting in a January, 1970 but was unable to do so because Ferdinand Marcos abolished it when he declared martial law in 1972.
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SunStar File February 26, 2021 JOSE “Dodong” Gullas, a champion of Cebuano arts and music, educator and journalist, died in a hospital in Cebu City at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.
He was 87. His death was first reported by The Freeman on its Facebook page.
In his January 2019 The Freeman column, lawyer Josephus Jimenez paid tribute to Gullas: “Sir Dodong is one very low-key, unassuming leader who talks less and achieves more, who runs UV, leads The Freeman, promotes arts and music, especially Cebuano music, and also remains an unassuming pillar of lay faithful’s support to the Catholic Church.”
Jose Gullas was the chairman of the board of trustees of The Freeman and executive vice president of the University of the Visayas at the time of his death.
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In a series of tweets, poet and screenwriter Jerry Gracio slammed the statement of Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas who attributed the dismal performance of students in global reading, math, and science assessment to failure to teach effectively in elementary and high schools.
Gullas called on the Department of Education to map out plans to boost the teaching of English in schools, noting that poor English reading and comprehension skills “have handicapped our students in math and science.”
“Ba’t mahina tayo sa math at science? Dahil kailangan munang matuto mga bagets ng Ingles bago matuto ng math at science. Kung ang science problema ay nakasulat sa isang lengguwahe na di mo naiintindihan, paano mo sasagutin ang science problem, e pinoproblema mo pa ang Ingles?” Gracio wrote.
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Citing the dismal performance of Filipino students in global reading, math and science assessment, Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas called on DepEd to map out plans to boost the teaching of English in schools.
“DepEd should devote more funds to improve the English language skills of all classroom teachers,” Gullas said, adding that poor English reading and comprehension skills have “handicapped the Filipino students in math and science.”
In a statement, Tanggol Wika deplored Gullas’ suggestion for DepEd to reinforce English as the sole medium of instruction at all levels of education.
It instead urged DepEd to strengthen Filipino as the primary medium of instruction.