For teachers to have enough rest, a group on Friday, July 8, urged Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte to move to mid-September or early October the opening of classes for School Year (SY) 2022-2023. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Teachers’ Dignity...
With the plan to fully implement in-person learning by November this year, a group of education workers urged the national government to double the School Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) to ensure a safe reopening of classes. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has agreed with the proposal to require Filipinos to get the first booster shot as the country attempts to arrest the spread of Covid-19 Omicron subvariants, the state media reported. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. discusses the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. called Department of Health (DOH) officials for a meeting in Malacañang to ensure that vaccinating the population against Covid-19 continues amid plans to fully reopen schools by November this year. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. discusses the...
Following the government’s announcement of its plan to fully implement 100 percent face-to-face classes by November, teachers’ groups on Wednesday, July 6, said that measures that would ensure the safety of both teachers and students should be in place first. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Vice President Sara Duterte, who sits as Education secretary in concurrent capacity, is looking to impose full in-person classes by November after starting face-to-face classes in some schools in September this year. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from Marcos...
After years of online classes, face-to-face sessions in school may trigger the anxiety of students due to the continuing pandemic, which has also caused lost social skills, deteriorated social connections, and fear for safety. This restlessness may cause concentration difficulties, repeated...
CEBU City Mayor Michael Rama with then Transportation Secretary Art Tugade. (FB) CEBU CITY – Mayor Michael Rama has signed an executive order (EO) paving the way for the return of full face-to-face classes in colleges and universities here. Rama issued EO No. 174 entitled “Order Balik Eskwela,...
When was the last time you read a book? Do you click a title that says ‘five-minute read’ – and finish reading the whole article? Reading is one of the most important skills because it leads to knowledge, self-improvement, and better comprehension of the world around us. Even though that is...
Vice President-elect Sara Duterte and outgoing Education chief Leonor Briones will meet face-to-face on Saturday, June 25, to discuss their plans for the agency, her spokesman said. VP-elect Sara Duterte (left) and DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones (right) Lawyer Reynold Munsayac, who was just named...
A group of education workers opposed the move to go back to pre-pandemic class sizes by easing physical distancing during the conduct of face-to-face classes. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines today questioned the plan of the Department of...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) urged parents to protect their children against Covid-19 through vaccination as the conduct of face-to-face classes is set to resume in the coming months. “Kailangan lang siyempre (Of course), as individuals and as their parents,...
