Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday, February 13 has called on Congress to fast track the passage of the bill that seeks to protect motor vehicle drivers involved in road accidents but have sufficient proof of their defensive driving. Ejercito made the call for the passage of Senate...
As the competitiveness of the Philippines’ sugar industry slowly deteriorate, Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to review the country’s existing laws, particularly the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) charter and the Sugar Industry Development Act (SIDA) of 2015. Hontiveros...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, February 11, welcomed President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s move to prioritize key education and child protection measures, including the proposed Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act, amendments to laws against online sexual abuse of...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, February 10, sounded the alarm over potential mass layoffs and the intensification of contractualization and privatization policies amid a planned World Bank-led review of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
Newly-installed Senate Committee on Foreign Relations chairman Erwin Tulfo on Sunday, February 8 pushed the Senate to expedite the passage into law of the bill which seeks to institutionalize the teaching on the country’s maritime territories, including the West Philippine Sea (WPS), in order to...
A group of education workers has warned that “mass promotion” in public schools is a symptom of systemic failures in the education system, not a problem rooted in individual classrooms. In a statement issued on February 4, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines responded to the...
While welcoming the Department of Education’s (DepEd) efforts to explore more flexible loan arrangements for public school teachers, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Thursday, February 5, warned that extending loan terms will only worsen educators’ growing debt burden if...
A group of education workers on Friday, January 30, blamed corruption and patronage politics for the country’s worsening classroom shortage. In a statement, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) warned that the backlog—now at 166,000 classrooms and projected to reach 230,000 by...
League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) National President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora expressed his hope for more classrooms to be built across the country following a forum tackling the Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act aimed at addressing classroom shortage and other...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri lauded the Senate’s third reading approval of Senate Bill No. 1513, or the Comprehensive Lupus Prevention Act. Zubiri said that the landmark measure seeks to create a national program for the prevention, monitoring, and treatment of Systemic...
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has welcomed the approval of the country’s first nationwide digital connectivity master plan, saying it will provide clearer direction to reforms under the Konektadong Pinoy Act. Cayetano made the statement after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had...
Senator Risa Hontiveros will take over the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. Lacson, who chairs the committee, said he will give the panel to Hontiveros since he needs to focus on the investigation into...
