As millions of Filipino learners face a second year of distance learning, a group of education workers called on the government to provide sufficient support for learners to be able to help them cope with the demands of distance learning. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) With over 28 million enrollees...
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) on Monday, Sept. 27, welcomed Senate Bills that seek to expand pandemic benefits to all health workers. (FLICKR / FILE PHOTO) In a statement, AHW National President Robert Mendoza hailed the introduction of Senate Bill No. 2371 or COVID-19 Benefits for Health...
Health workers on Monday, Sept. 27, expressed deep frustration and anger after the Department of Health (DOH) presented its "singular allowance" proposal on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) benefits for health workers during a Senate hearing. (TARA YAP / MB FILE PHOTO) In a statement, Alliance of...
A union of teachers and education workers on Friday, Sept. 24 denounced the Department of Education (DepEd) for “not fulfilling its promise to pay” overtime work rendered by public school teachers from June to October last year. Teachers sorting out printed modules to be distributed to students...
A group of teachers and education workers called on the public, especially the youth, to open their eyes to the “tyranny” of President Duterte as the country commemorates the 49th year since then President Ferdinand E. Marcos put the country under martial law. President Duterte / Malacañang...
For a group of teachers and education workers, the reported cheating among learners through “Online Kopyahan” Facebook page is a result of the “flawed design” of and lacking provision for distance learning. Photo from Unsplash The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Monday, Sept. 20,...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to explain further its claims of distributing laptops to public school teachers especially as the country opens another school year under distance or blended learning set-up. (File photo from DepEd) During DepEd’s budget last week, Undersecretary...
Contact tracers hired under DILG-Pateros and DOLE-TUPAD-PESO assist the Pateros Rescue in transporting COVID-19 patients to an isolation center. (DILG Pateros) The Healthcare Professionals Alliance Against COVID-19 (HPAAC) expressed concern over the government's new community quarantine scheme in...
Despite the recent typhoons that hit some parts of the country, fish producers in Batangas and Pampanga assured that there is enough supply of fresh water fish. The problem is there is no demand. In a briefing hosted by food advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan, Philippine Tilapia Stakeholders...
A group of teachers and other education workers on Tuesday, Sept. 14, decried the "budget cut" in the education sector as the country continues to grapple with the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. A Grade 2 pupil enrolled in a Manila public school attends an online class while...
In order to cover the needs of the education sector amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a teachers’ group on Tuesday, Sept. 14, called for bigger funding as Congress deliberated the proposed budget for the Department of Education (DepEd) for next year. Photo from ACT As the House...
Amid “unaddressed” challenges under the distance learning set-up first implemented last school year, a group of education workers criticized Education Secretary Leonor Briones for declaring a “successful” opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Grade 2 pupil Kesha Aranez from Atienza...
