Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo is under fire for “insulting” teachers. DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines and Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in separate statements issued...
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...
Lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc have questioned the validity of the sugar shortage and at the same time criticized President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for his plan to import 150,000 metric tons (MTs) of sugar despite rejecting the initial proposal to import 300,000 MTs of the sweetener....
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Aug. 17, confirmed that the Department of Education (DepEd) already requested for a “fraud audit” of the controversial P2.4-billion laptop purchase for teachers. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (Photo from...
The pilot run of face-to-face classes in Alangilan National High School in Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City in December 2021. (Photo courtesy of EOC-TF Executive Director Em Ang / MANILA BULLETIN) An infectious disease expert urged teachers to get vaccinated against Covid-19 before the start of...
Even if the Department of Education (DepEd) rejected calls to move the school opening date to a later date , teachers assured that they “they will not miss on their responsibilities to the schoolchildren” once classes for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 start next week. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA...
To help ease the deficiency in devices for education, a group on Sunday, Aug. 14, urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to distribute to teachers and learners the “unutilized laptops and tablets” discovered by the Commission on Audit (COA). (Photo from...
As the country prepares for the full resumption of face-to-face classes this incoming school year, a group of education workers on Saturday, Aug. 13, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to find a long-term solution to the shortage in basic education resources particularly in classrooms. (ALI...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) unveiled the oathtaking schedule of new passers of the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT). (Professional Regulation Commission / Manila Bulletin) In an advisory, the Commission disclosed that the oathtaking will be conducted on Aug....
A group of teachers on Friday, Aug. 12, asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to make its “no discrimination” on vaccination pronouncement a written policy to avoid confusion on the field once full face-to-face classes resume this school year. (NOEL B. PABALATE / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The Department of Education (DepEd) strongly condemned the sexual abuse committed against four elementary school teachers from Ocampo, Camarines Sur who were preparing for the opening of classes for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 scheduled this month. (DepEd file photo) “We denounce any acts of...
