As it steps up efforts to address bullying and other risks in schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) emphasized that strengthening partnerships among schools, families, and communities is crucial to preventing violence and ensuring student safety. In a statement issued on January 17, DepEd...
Teachers and education workers staged a protest on Thursday, January 15, calling on the Marcos administration to release the full 2025 Service Recognition Incentive (SRI), implement meaningful salary increases, and submit a supplemental budget to ensure regularization and benefits for public school...
Senator Joel Villanueva believes that the government should boost the country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to address the lingering unemployment and underemployment problem. Villanueva, reacting to the latest job data, said the General Appropriations Act of 2026 should focus on...
Senator Risa Hontiveros and Akbayan Party-list have filed a bill seeking amendments to the Party-List System Act to guard it against abuses by political dynasties and contractors. Hontiveros has filed Senate Bill No. 1656 which primarily seeks to ban political dynasties from participating in the...
Senator Erwin Tulfo urged Congress on Sunday, January 11 to conduct a random inspection of all government projects that are funded under the 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA). Tulfo pushed for a random on-ground inspection as he expressed support to the creation of a Joint Congressional...
A teachers’ group on Thursday, January 8, warned that President Marcos’ veto of portions of the 2026 national budget may trigger a "massive exodus" of faculty members and staff in state universities and colleges (SUCs), citing worsening job insecurity and mounting workloads. In a statement, the...
Senator Joel Villanueva expressed optimism over the implementation of the Doktor Para Sa Bayan law after the program was granted P1.095 billion in funding under the 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA). "We 're very grateful to President Bongbong Marcos for supporting our Doktor Para Sa...
Teachers’ groups on Thursday, January 8, expressed deep condolences over the untimely passing of a teacher in Muntinlupa City and called for urgent reforms to protect the welfare of educators nationwide. In separate statements, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers – Philippines (ACT) and the...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced it has launched an internal review and pledged full cooperation with investigators following a Commission on Audit (COA) report flagging P20 billion in unliquidated and delayed education subsidy grants under the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES)...
A group of education workers on Wednesday, January 7, branded the Marcos administration’s 2026 national budget as “Binigong Pilipinas,” criticizing what it said were misplaced spending priorities that favor "pork barrel" allocations over education, teachers’ salaries, and basic social...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian rejected on Tuesday, January 6 insinuations that the 2026 national budget was crafted to include efforts to pursue the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. This, after Sen. Imee Marcos, in a video posted on her Facebook page, floated the possibility that the...
The Supreme Court can declare the contentious Unprogrammed Appropriations as unconstitutional, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday, January 6. Gatchalian made the remark following President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to veto P92.5-billion unprogrammed items when he signed...
