Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday said the government should include private schools in its plans to resume limited face-to-face classes. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said private schools have the capacity to invest in health protocols and have...
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (Cocopea) said that some regional offices of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) are still imposing a 30-percent income tax rate on proprietary education institutions despite the suspension of the order by the Department of Finance...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Thursday, Oct. 21, reiterated that the mandatory inspection of motor vehicles at private motor vehicle inspection centers (PMVICs) is still suspended. A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people crossing the overpass days after Metro...
A group said that hundreds of private schools could have been spared from closing down amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic if only they were given subsidies that would help them sustain their operations. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “With this pandemic, there is a...
Faculty unions, associations, and educators from the private education sector on Saturday, Oct. 16, called on the next leaders of the country to pay attention to the plight of private schools especially amidst the pandemic. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers -...
In order to address challenges in education, the Department of Education (DepEd) underscored the importance of support coming from various quarters especially from the private sector. (Photo from DepEd) Education Secretary Leonor Briones, during the online Management Association of the Philippines...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the measure that seeks to clarify that all private schools –both non-profit and for profit—are entitled to the one percent preferential tax rate under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law. Senator Pia Cayetano,...
Associations of private schools lauded members of the Senate for “crossing party lines” to pass a bill on second reading that will “prevent the collapse of proprietary educational institutions” in the face of a massive increase in tax rates during the pandemic. (Photo from Unsplash) In a...
The Senate approved on second reading Wednesday, September 22, the bill that would ensure that private schools will not be imposed with hefty taxes under the country's laws. (Rio Deluvio/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Members of the upper chamber quickly gave their nod to the passage of Senate Bill...
As it supports the concrete preparations of the government for the reopening of schools, a private schools group pointed out that consent and liability should be very “clear” in the guidelines for the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes. (Photo from Unsplash) Coordinating...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion cannot help but feel upbeat about the vaccination of workers in the private sector following the "timely" arrival of 600,000 AstraZeneca jabs on Friday morning, Sept. 17. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and...
Pateros contact tracers (DILG Pateros) The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPi) urged the national government to improve its contact tracing efforts to break the chain of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission. PHAPi President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano said that the...
