The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, April 19, expressed readiness to investigate alleged degree purchases by Chinese students in Cagayan. (Photo from CHED) “This is a serious allegation that universities are accepting foreign students and are being used as 'milking cows',” said...
(CHED file) The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, April 18, officially announced the appointment of its new commissioner Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela. “With Dr. Valuenzuela’s extensive professional experience in higher education, I am confident that she will be...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, April 18, confirmed that a “significant number” of Chinese nationals are enrolled in a private Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Cagayan province. (CHED file photo) In a statement, CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III issued a...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia said on Thursday, April 18, that they are planning to file a motion for reconsideration (MR) on the Supreme Court's (SC) ruling on the poll body's decision to disqualify Smartmatic-TIM Corporation from the public bidding in connection...
Amid allegations of delayed Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) payments for Academic years (AYs) 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Prospero de Vera III on Wednesday, April 17, denied news reports about his negligence of duties and responsibilities. (CHED Chairman...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Tuesday, April 16, a high number of voter registrants in its inaugural two-day Special Register Anywhere Program (SRAP) and satellite registration inside the military camps of Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte and Camp...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard Gordon urged parents to vaccinate their children to prevent further outbreaks. (Photo courtesy of PRC) In a statement on Friday, April 12, the chairman emphasized the importance of following through with vaccination...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The provincial government of Ilocos Sur and the city government of Vigan have offered a P100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the gunmen of former Sangguniang Kabataan chairman Marionne Tugade. POSTER offering a P100,000 reward for information...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A former Sangguniang Kabataan chairman from Caoayan, Ilocos Sur was gunned down on Quirino Boulevard here on his birthday on Monday afternoon, April 8. MARION Tugade poses for a selfie hours before he was killed on his birth anniversary on Monday,...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Monday, March 25, that they have deemed it "necessary" to conduct internet voting for the midterm polls in 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia) Garcia said this during the the signing of a...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard "Dick" Gordon, on Wednesday, March 20, remembered former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) as a "staunch supporter" of the country's premier humanitarian organization. (PRC Chairman Richard Gordon with former...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) welcomed the appointment of five new officials. CHED welcomes five new officials (Photo courtesy of CHED) “I congratulate and welcome our new CHED officials,” said CHED Secretary Popoy De Vera in a statement. “They all come with impressive...
