Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill that requires all school buses to be equipped with seat belts, including lap safety belts, to protect students from injury in case of accidents. Senate Presdient Pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada “The safety and security of our...
Teachers have expressed support for an investigation into alleged "ghost" beneficiaries in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program, urging transparency and accountability in the implementation of the financial assistance scheme. (MB file photo) The...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, March 6, announced that it will renew and hire over 7,000 administrative support personnel to alleviate the workload of public school teachers, allowing them to focus on delivering quality education. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “Our...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Science High School-Western Visayas Campus (PSHS-WVC) in this city is set to become the seedling nursery of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power). STUDENTS and faculty of Philippine Science High School-Western Visayas Campus (PSHS-WVC) with executives of MORE...
A Grade 11 student reportedly died while he was playing basketball during his school's intramurals on Feb. 22, the boy's school announced. In a statement , the Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College (OLOPSC) in Marikina confirmed the death of Shann Mikhail Estaquio while participating in the event....
4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (PPAB) House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan is upbeat over the third and final reading passage a bill establishing a new state-owned college of medicine in Eastern Samar. Libanan...
CEBU CITY – A public school teacher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion Occidental, Consolacion town, Cebu province. Jedeestel Luvite Pernito, 50, and his two alleged cohorts, Jerom Casipong Nuevo, 23, and Clint Cuyos Gersale, 25, were cornered past midnight on Friday,...
(Photo from Facebook) Two students were wounded when a schoolmate stabbed them with a folding knife during a brawl in Pasig City on Thursday, Feb. 20. In a now viral video on social media, seven students, all minors, from Rizal High School were seen engaging in a fistfight. During the fight, one of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) plans to roll out the revised curriculum for Grades 11 and 12, or the Senior High School (SHS) Program, this coming School Year (SY) 2025-2026. Education Secretary Sonny Angara (DepEd file photo) “Maganda ang takbo (It is going well),” DepEd Secretary...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara said on Wednesday, Feb. 19, that the agency is investigating whether individuals have served as “accomplices” in the fraudulent use of the Senior High School (SHS) Voucher Program. (DepEd / Manila Bulletin) “Yun talaga ang pinag-aaralan...
Senators on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 slammed the alleged reported existence of “ghost students” in the senior high school (SHS) voucher program of the Department of Education (DepEd). Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed Senate Resolution No. 1316, asking...
On the afternoon of Feb. 1, 2025, Makati Hope Christian School marked a momentous milestone—its 40th anniversary—at The Theatre at Solaire in Parañaque City, coinciding with the festive spirit of the Chinese New Year. This spectacular event, hosted by the school’s board of directors, drew...
