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5-year-old tears up cash worth PHP 351,000

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The child had been playing with the notes before tearing them into pieces.</h2>
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A father in China was shocked to return home to the pile of torn cash worth PHP 351,000.00</h2>
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His five-year-old son, who was left alone at home, had found the hidden cash.</div>
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The child had been playing with the notes before tearing them into pieces.</div>
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The father, Gao, went to the bank to get the money exchanged but was asked to reconstruct the cash before having them exchanged.</div>
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According to the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4529850/Five-year-old-tears-banknotes-worth-5-500.html" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0384da; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Daily Mail</a></em>, workers at the bank told him he would have to stick all of the pieces together before they would give him fresh cash.</div>
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"The pieces are too small making it impossible to reconstruct them. I carefully tried for two days, but really can only put together a few. Some were torn into three pieces while others were torn into a dozen,"father said.</div>
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Gao, who is a businessman, had taken the money as loan from the bank.</div>
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“Manganganak na lang, kilay is life talaga!”Mother Gives Birth To A Healthy Baby With Her Eyebrows On Fleek!

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://www.theconfidentialfiles.com/2016/05/manganganak-na-lang-kilay-is-life.html">(CF)</a> “</span><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="61851900-832f-4b4b-b0e0-e65b81640a04" id="4d07b9a6-d41d-4c0d-a9eb-3bad98cada3c" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">Kilay</gs><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"> is life.” This has been the typical line uttered by girls who are obsessed with makeup and other cosmetic products. Ladies like this make sure that, before they leave their houses, their makeup is “on </span><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="90a525cf-89d5-4b42-8a60-6b17dd31967d" id="137c517b-f9d0-4f53-954d-0f65329c3ea8" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">fleek</gs><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">.”  Recently, a mother went too far with her makeup obsession when she decided to put her makeup on while giving birth.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="80cd2509-77be-488e-9726-d17914cef9c0" id="af875548-1e58-4ba0-9014-36890f9eae60" style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">Dheza</gs> Samson recently gave birth to a healthy baby. But her story went viral online for a completely different reason. While going through labor contractions, she also showed off her makeup skills by sculpting her eyebrows.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">MANGANGANAK NA LANG, KILAY IS LIFE TALAGA!</b></span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></b></span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></b></span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">Yung manganganak na lang ako pero kahit masakit mag-labor pinilit ko pa rin magkilay para maganda parin ako sa first meet namin ni baby ko.</span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">– <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ab3dfd00-41cb-41e1-950c-aac80eda1e7d" id="ae1a32a2-e1aa-47ba-8d2e-da3ab843698b" style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">Dheza</gs> Samson </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">Many <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7051a1aa-6f93-445b-9955-5385abd176bc" id="05ea9b44-b0c6-4d78-9034-d8f3498560dc" style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">netizens</gs> expressed admiration and adoration for this extraordinary mommy who overcame the pain of giving birth for the sake of vanity. They were amazed at how she managed to look beautiful despite the killer pain she probably felt during labor.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">But not everyone liked what she did. Anne Delos Reyes-Villafuerte wrote a scathing critique of Dheza’s decision to put vanity before the well-being of her baby. She said:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">“The answer is quite simple actually. Make-up and nail polish hinders the surgeon’s ability to monitor your well being during surgery. Since you cannot communicate with the surgeon on how you are feeling, the surgeon will monitor the signs from your body to let them know.</span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">When you were in surgery, you will have a probe placed on the end of your finger to read the oxygen level in your blood. This probe cannot read through artificial nails or nail polish. Also, if your oxygen levels do drop, your fingernails would turn blue; signaling it to the surgeon, but this would be hidden by your nail polish.</span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">Face makeup can mask your true skin color, which is an easy signal to the surgeon on how your body is handling the surgery. In addition, if the surgeon needs to put tape on your face or body, it may not stick to the make-up or cream on your skin.”</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">Her social media activity which was featured by the Facebook page Philippine Factor has already gained more than 11,000 reactions and has been shared almost 5,500 times.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">Do you think what Dheza did was right? Do you know anybody else who prescribes to the “<gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="991a83da-e5a6-4c40-b69b-3accda3fe02c" id="9abf4788-6b1b-4959-bfdb-c213626ba470" style="position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">kilay</gs> is life” maxim? Tag them in the comments section below!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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LifeStyle Parenting Viral “Manganganak na lang, kilay is life talaga!”Mother Gives Birth To A Healthy Baby With Her Eyebrows On Fleek!

(CF) “ Kilay is life.” This has been the typical line uttered by girls who are obsessed with makeup and other cosmetic products. Ladies l...

Dead snake found in school meal

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Carrot sticks were found in the rice being served to the students</h2>
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The chief minister's flying squad inspected six schools in the district after a snake was found in the mid-day meal served to children in Faridabad to take stock of the situation.</div>
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A snake was found in the food served to children in government Girls Senior Secondary School in NIT No-2 area in the district on May 11.</div>
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The squad checked mid-day meals in schools at Uncha Gaon, Chandravali, Ahairvad and Tigaon Road in the district.</div>
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"We took in writing about any shortcomings in the quality of food being served in their schools from the principals concerned," said Deputy Superintendent Dinesh Yadav.</div>
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Carrot sticks were found in the rice being served to the students, said Rajendra Singh, Assistant sub inspector in the squad.</div>
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The report about the quality of the food has been sent to the chief minister, he added.</div>
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A Hindu nationalist organisation is promising to help Indian couples conceive "superior" babies with high IQs and<br />
fairer skin than their parents, sparking media criticism.</div>
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Karishma Mohandas Narwani, head of the Garbh Vigyan Sanskar project, said it advised prospective parents on<br />
how to undergo a "purification" process to ensure their babies were born free of all vices.</div>
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"We have to ensure the seed is good, which means the quality of the sperm and the ovum has to be top-class,"<br />
 Narwani, a practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine, said on Tuesday.</div>
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"If that is taken care of, then the baby will have the desired mental, physical and spiritual quality."</div>
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She said couples could produce "superior offspring" by following the organisation's advice on every-thing from<br />
diet to thinking good thoughts.</div>
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"Actually our aim is to produce superior offspring, full of values and culture. The secrets are all there in our<br />
ancient Hindu texts," said Narwani.</div>
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The project, whose name translates as 'scientific purification of the womb', is based in Gujarat, the west-ern<br />
home state of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is treating around 400 couples.</div>
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Narwani denied newspaper re-ports that it was linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), an influential<br />
 right-wing Hindu organisation seen as the ideological fountainhead of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.</div>
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But she said she was working with the help of Arogya Bharti, a group often described as the health wing of the<br />
 RSS.</div>
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Ashok Kumar Varshney, an RSS campaigner and secretary of Arogya Bharti, said the group's methods made it<br />
possible for 'parents with low IQ to have offspring with high IQ'. "It is also possible for a dark-skinned couple to<br />
 have fair babies," he added.</div>
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The scheme was criticised in the Indian media, with one report saying it was "straight out of the Nazi playbook".</div>
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 Eugenics - the controversial belief that one could improve the human race by selective breeding - was a<br />
popular idea in the first half of the 20th century and was notably used by the Nazis.</div>
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But Varshney said the organisation was merely engaged in "motivational activity". </div>
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"A farmer will have a good yield only when he prepares the soil properly. Similarly, the purification of the<br />
sperm and egg is very important," he said by phone. "The purification can be done through the right diet,<br />
massage and detox methods."</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Straight out of the Nazi playbook</strong></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">> Nationalist organisation</strong> is promising to help couples conceive 'superior' babies</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">> It advises prospective parents</strong> on how to undergo a 'purification' process to ensure their babies were born<br />
free of all vices'</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">> Couples could produce 'superior offspring'</strong> by following the organisation's advice on everything from diet<br />
 to thinking good thoughts</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">> The group's methods made it possible</strong> for 'parents with low IQ to have offspring with high IQ'</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">> It is also possible for a dark-skinned couple</strong> to have fair babies</div>
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<a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/india/now-made-in-india-tailor-made-babies"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source: Khaleej Times</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">RA 8972 or the Solo Parent’s Welfare Act provides for benefits and privileges to solo parents and their children. It aims to develop a comprehensive package of social development and welfare services for solo parents and their children to be carried out by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as the lead agency, various government agencies including NSO and other related NGOs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">1. A woman who gives birth as a result of rape and other crimes against chastity even without a final conviction of the offender, provided that mother keeps and raises the child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">2. Parent left solo or alone with the responsibility of parenthood due to the following circumstances:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">a. Due to death of spouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">b. Spouse is detained or is serving sentence for a criminal conviction for at least one (1) year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">c. Physical and/or mental incapacity of spouse as certified by a public medical practitioner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">d. Legal separation or de facto separation from spouse for at least one (1) year, as long as he/she is entrusted with the custody of the children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">e. Declaration of nullity or annulment of marriage as decreed by a court or by a church as long as he/she is entrusted with the custody of the children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">3. Unmarried mother/father who has preferred to keep and rear her/his child/children instead of having others care for them or give them up to a welfare institution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">4. Any other person who solely provides parental care and support to a child or children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">The employer shall provide for a flexible working schedule for solo-parents, as long as it shall not affect individual and company productivity.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">(2) No work discrimination. Employers are prohibited from discriminating against any solo-parent employee with respect to terms and conditions of employment on account of his/her status.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">(3) Parental leave. “Parental leave” means leave benefits granted to a solo parent to enable him/her to perform parental duties and responsibilities where physical presence is required. In addition to leave privileges</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">under existing laws, parental leave of not more than seven working days every year shall be granted to any solo-parent employee who has rendered services for at least one year with full pay, consisting of basic</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">salary and mandatory allowances.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">In order to benefit from the “parental leave,” a solo-parent employee should have rendered at least one year of service, whether continuous or broken. In addition, the employee should notify her or his employer that she or he will avail herself/himself of the leave within a reasonable period of time. Finally, the solo-parent employee must present to the employer his or her Solo Parent Identification Card. A solo-parent employee should remember that “parental leave” is not convertible to cash if not availed of." <i>- Atty. Lorna Kapunan</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">Any solo parent whose income in the place of domicile falls below the poverty threshold as set by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and subject to the assessment of the DSWD worker in the area shall be eligible for assistance. A Solo Parent can directly inquire from the following agencies to avail of their services:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">1. Health Services (DOH)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">2. Educational Services (CHED, TESDA)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">4. Parental Leave (Employer, DOLE, CSC) Solo parent whose income is above the poverty threshold shall enjoy only such limited benefits as flexible work schedule, parental leave and others to be determined by the DSWD.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">A solo parent shall apply for a Solo Parent Identification Card (Solo Parent ID) from the City/Municipal Social Welfare and Development (C/MSWD) Office. Once the C/MSWD Office issues the Solo Parent ID, a solo parent can apply for services he/she needs from the C/MSWD Office or to specific agencies providing such assistance/services.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #444444;">WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS IN SECURING A SOLO PARENT ID?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">1. Barangay certificate residency in the area;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">2. Documents/Evidence that the applicant is a solo parent (e.g. death certificate of spouse, declaration of nullity of marriage, medical certificate – if incapacitated); and</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">3. Income Tax Return (ITR) or certification from the barangay/municipal treasurer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #444444;">WHAT DOCUMENT/PROOF WILL A SOLO PARENT PRESENT IF HE/SHE HAS CHILD OR IS DE FACTO SEPARATED FROM HUSBAND/WIFE?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">A Certificate issued by the Barangay Captain indicating the circumstances on one’s being a solo parent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #444444;">IF A SOLO PARENT FILES THE APPLICATION, CAN AN ID BE SECURED RIGHT AWAY?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">No. The Social Worker has to complete the assessment/evaluation of the solo parent situation. The ID will be issued after 30 days from filing. The validity of the ID is one year and is renewable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">Parental Leave refers to leave benefits granted to a solo parent to enable said parent to perform parental duties and responsibilities where physical presence is required as provided under Civil Service Commission (CSC) Memorandum Circular No. 08, series 2004.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #444444;">IS PARENTAL LEAVE RETROACTIVE SINCE THE LAW TOOK EFFECT LAST NOVEMBER 2000?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">No. Parental leave is non-cumulative and can be availed only during the current year. Further, it can only be availed after the issuance of the Solo Parent ID.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">The law clearly indicates that the granting of the 7-day parental leave is on top of the 3-day special leave and other mandatory leave benefits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #444444;">CAN A SOLO PARENT APPLY FOR PARENTAL LEAVE FOR ANY CHILD?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">Yes, as long as the child is living with him/her, dependent for support, unmarried, unemployed and below eighteen (18) years old, or eighteen (18) years old and above but is incapable of self-support and/or with physical/mental defect/disability.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #444444;">WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING PARENTAL LEAVE TO SOLO PARENTS?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">The parental leave of seven (7) days shall be granted to any Solo Parent employee subject to the following conditions:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">1. The solo parent must have rendered government service for a least one (1) year, whether continuous or broken, reckoned at the time of the effectivity of the law on September 22, 2002, regardless of the employment status.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">2. The parental leave shall be availed of every year and shall not be convertible to cash. If not availed within the calendar year, said privilege shall be forfeited within the same year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">3. The parental leave shall be availed of on a continuous or staggered basis, subject to the approval of the Administrator. In this regard, the solo parent shall submit the application for parental leave at least one (1) week prior to availing the solo parent leave, except on emergency cases.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">4. The solo parent employee may avail of parental leave under any of the following circumstances:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">a. Attend to personal milestones of a child such as birthday, communion, graduation and other similar events;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">b. Perform parental obligations such as enrollment and attendance in school programs, PTA meetings and the like;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">c. Attend to medical social, spiritual and recreational needs of the child;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">d. Other similar circumstances necessary in the performance of parental duties and responsibilities, where physical presence of the parent is required.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #444444;">5. The head of agency/office concerned may determine whether granting of parental leave is proper or may conduct the necessary investigation to ascertain if grounds for termination and withdrawal of the privilege exist.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #444444;">CAN A SOLO PARENT AVAIL OF THE MATERNITY LEAVE?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: xx-small;">Source:</span><a href="https://psa.gov.ph/content/q-solo-parents-welfare-act-and-parental-leave" style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"> psa.gov.ph </a></div>
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