A new study has revealed that there is an “alarmingly high prevalence of insufficient physical activity” among Filipino children and adolescents, with only 15.4 percent meeting the global physical activity recommendation. This is according to the Youth Physical Activity Report Cards released by...
Health workers from public, private hospitals and health facilities nationwide holds a "day of protest" infront of the Department of Health (DOH) along Sta. Cruz, Manila, on 24 November 2022. Health workers demand for swift release of their One Covid-19 allowance and health emergency allowance and...
A group of education workers on Thursday, Nov. 24, lauded the move of the Senate to rechannel millions in confidential funds to other items in its approved version of the 2023 budget. Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) staged a picket protest in front of the House of...
The bilateral relations of the Philippines and United States is stronger now more than ever, according to the two countries’ defense chiefs. (L-R) United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III and Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., officer in charge of the Department of National...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez cited on Monday afternoon, Nov. 21 the benefits that the Philippines stands to receive on the strength of United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris's visit to country. House Speaker Martin Romualdez “The visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris is a welcome...
On a visit to bolster the United States ties with the Philippines on wide-ranging areas of cooperation, US Vice President Kamala Harris believes that the basis of the relationship of the two countries is "multifaceted." In a bilateral talk with President Marcos on Monday, Harris noted how the US...
With the "worsening" economic crisis, public school teachers urged the government to implement relief measures as soon as possible. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) Hundreds of public school teachers under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and ACT National Capital Region (NCR) Union staged...
A group once again called on the government to increase the salary of teachers as they continue to lose a significant portion of their monthly pay to inflation. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “With the country’s inflation rate hitting a 14-year high of 7.7 percent in October 2022, the...
A teachers’ group on Monday, Nov. 14, reiterated the need for a “higher budget” for the education sector as the country grapples with the learning crisis brought about by school closures amid the pandemic. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) “There is a marked deflation in the grades of our...
Alliance Global Group Inc. (AGI), the investment arm of tycoon Andrew Tan, reported a slight decline in net income to P17.1 billion in the first nine months of 2022 from the P17.33 billion posted in same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said its...
Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City assemble before going inside their classrooms on the first day of opening of face-to-face classes on August 22, 2022 (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) Gaps in education resources marred the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 22,...
Members of ACT hold sunrise protest to demand government responsibility for safe school reopening (Photo courtesy of ACT Philippines) At sunrise, public school teachers on Monday, Aug. 22 staged a picket protest at Mendiola in Manila to call on the government to take on its responsibility for the...
