Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has renewed his call to the Teacher Education Council (TEC) to align the K to 10 MATATAG curriculum to teacher education and training. “One rationale to strengthen the Teacher Education Council is that disconnect between pre-service and in-service. The...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino on Saturday, Oct. 21, raised the issue of using artificial intelligence (AI)-aided election campaign and propaganda materials. Tolentino raised this issue before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and requested further study for future policy formulation,...
Former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said that there is no such thing as "legalized corruption" in Congress via a concurrent resolution. Lacson made the statement following a social media post, which claimed that he paved the way for legalized corruption through Concurrent Resolution No. 10....
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is inviting nominations for the Pamanang Lingkod Bayani (PLBi) program to honor the sacrifices of civil servants who have met their untimely demise in the line of duty. CSC Chairperson Karlo Nograles on Oct. 17 urged agency or regional office heads to submit...
As higher education in the Philippines continues to suffer from setbacks, students and faculty or staff regents, student councils and publications, and faculty and employees unions called for the restoration of all budget cuts and further increase the allocation for higher education for Fiscal Year...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) George Erwin Garcia said on Friday, Oct. 20 that the poll body will not hesitate to use its powers against those who commit or are involved in election-related violence. Comelec Chairman George Garcia leads the dismantling of election paraphernalia such as posters...
As the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan election candidates run their campaigns between Oct. 19 and 28, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded the nation's 1.9 million government employees to abstain from taking part in electioneering and partisan activities. It refers to electioneering...
Micro-insurance companies collected over P6.7 billion worth of premiums in the second quarter this year, surging by 22.7 percent from P5.5 billion in the same period last year. Latest data released by the Insurance Commission (IC) showed that the number of lives insured under micro-insurance...
Netizens were quick to react over how fast election materials have flooded the news feed of their Facebook accounts since the start of the campaign period for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Thursday, Oct.19. Campaign posters for Barangay and Sangguniang...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the shelf registration of bonds and preferred shares by Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. and San Miguel Corporation (SMC), respectively, with a total value of P100 billion. In its Oct. 17 meeting, the Commission En Banc resolved to render...
House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Screenshot from Zoom) The House of Representatives knows that it is not "exempted" when comes to auditing by the Commission on Audit (COA). This was underscored by House Majority Leader...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered the Eulogio Amang Rodriquez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST) to pay Mars Laboratory Instruments Center (MLIC) P3.5 million, the amount still due to the firm for the 4-in-1 Multimedia Language Laboratory System installed in 2014. In a four-page...
