Instead of splitting the release of their salaries, a group on Monday, Nov. 8 urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to work on the “real issue” the pay hike for teachers. (FILE PHOTO / DEPED) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said this after DepEd announced its plan to release...
Raymond Sarmiento, left, and Francis Casey Alcantara (From Alcantara's FB page) Francis Casey Alcantara and Fil-American Raymond Sarmiento blasted Estonia's Johannes Seeman and United States’ Wally Thayne, 6-4, 6-2, to capture the M25 Calabasas ITF World Tennis Tour title recently in Calabasas,...
The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) continued to carry out its role of helping improve the fiscal position of the local government units (LGUs) by professionalizing the country’s local treasury service. In a statement Monday, Oct. 25, Niño Raymond Alvina, BLGF executive director, said...
Real property valuations of local government units (LGUs) are not increasing fast enough to keep up with the market values of land in the country, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. During the virtual Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) webinar Thursday, Oct. 21, Jose Antonio Tan III, ADB...
(From left) Meralco's Raymond Almazan, Allein Maliksi and Nards Pinto (Photos from PBA) Allein Maliksi’s timely shooting, a career game from Nards Pinto and Raymond Almazan’s return were all the key ingredients that kept Meralco alive in the PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series with Magnolia...
Raymond Gutierrez took to Instagram to update fans after getting into a car accident in Los Angeles recently. In his Instagram stories, the TV host shared a photo of the damaged vehicle. “Still shaken up,” he wrote. “My Uber driver got into an accident. Good thing I was wearing a seat belt...
Photo from PBA Raymond Almazan will not be available for Meralco in Game 3 of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series with Magnolia Pambansang Manok due a sprained left ankle he suffered in the 92-78 loss last Oct. 6. Coach Norman Black confirmed his starting center’s absence in the match which...
This week’s expected restart of the PBA Philippine Cup eliminations is considered very crucial for teams needing an early momentum in their quarterfinal bids. Meralco Bolts (PBA) Teams are scheduled to undergo RT-PCR tests, the final step before the league can map out the first set of games for...
President Duterte (Malacañang photo) A teachers’ group on Friday, Aug. 27, said that the “Duterte” variant -- pertaining to President Duterte -- is the bigger threat to the education sector amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country. “Hindi po Delta variant ang...
To monitor the “true” on-the-ground state of school opening for school year (SY) 2021-2022 and seek responses and resolutions from the Department of Education (DepEd) on gathered reports, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Friday, Aug. 27, launched its “Bantay...
A group on Friday, Aug. 20, slammed the Department of Education (DepEd) for the “questionable” use of distance learning funds amidst the pandemic. Photo taken in Latian Elementary School in Alabel, Sarangani in January 2021 (DepEd Tayo Sarangani Facebook page) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, Aug. 17, asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to recall its order on the computation of the proportional vacation pay (PVP) of public school teachers. (FILE PHOTO from DepEd) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines was extremely dismayed...
