Instead of repeatedly warning teachers and other personnel against electioneering, the Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to empower its massive workforce to responsibly exercise their rights and freedoms amid the election season through education. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) lamented the shortened quarantine period for medical frontliners exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying it will "further accelerate the proliferation and spread of infection." (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health, through the...
A group of education workers claimed that the living standards of teachers as well as their families have “practically deteriorated” in the last few years. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) For the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines Raymond Basilio, one of the...
The safe reopening of schools amid the pandemic might still not be possible with the approved budget for the education sector, a group of education workers said. Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2021 during the first day of pilot face-to-face classes in Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in Manila. (ALI...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his running mate, vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpioreturned to the typhoon-hit provinces in Visayas and Mindao on Wednesday to extend more assistance to those affected by Typhoon "Odette." Marcos Jr. was welcomed by Southern...
A group on Thursday, Dec. 23, urged the government to grant the benefits of teachers and non-teaching personnel especially those that were severely affected by typhoon Odette (international name: Rai). (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
The alliance of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio is eyeing the expansion of Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ro-Ro) terminal system in the country to expedite future response time in far-flung areas that will be hit by natural calamities....
The alliance of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio is eyeing to promote more sports programs and activities in Mindanao to keep the children there from violence as well as to develop new athletes to represent the country. The duo...
To press the government to grant their demands, teachers in Manila held a Christmas-themed protest at Mendiola on Friday, Dec. 17. (Photo from the ACT) Members of the Manila Public School Teachers' Association (MPSTA), an affiliate of the Alliance of Concerned (ACT) National Capital Region (NCR)...
A total of 51 agriculture groups – composed of farmers, fishers, and producers – have joined forces to sign a petition against the mega trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The groups think the deal will result in further “import surges, price depressions, and...
As more schools announced the resumption of face-to-face classes by next year, a group of education workers on Tuesday, Dec. 14, expressed opposition to the plan of authorities to deploy police forces in the vicinity of schools, colleges and universities. National University holds limited...
The People's Reform Party (PRP), which was founded by late Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, and the Hugpong ng Pagbabago, a party chaired by vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio, has formally formed a political alliance for the upcoming 2022 elections. This came after PRP, currently headed...
