Instead of outright suspending the Mother Tongue-Based Multi-Lingual Education (MTB-MLE), a group of teachers called on the government to improve its implementation. (DepEd file photo) “Children, especially those in the early grades of education learn better if the language used in teaching is the...
As the Department of Education (DepEd) reviews the K to 12 program, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) is pushing for a basic education curriculum that can be realistically implemented. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN EDCOM 2, the national commission tasked to...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Fifty Police Regional Office-13 lawmen successfully completed a Basic Logistics Course on Friday, July 7. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Pablo G. Labra II, guest of honor and speaker, declared the participants graduates of the 208-hour course that started...
Manufacturers of 15 basic goods are asking the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for up to 10 percent increase in their suggested retail prices (SRP). The 15 basic goods categories include canned sardines, condensed milk, evaporated milk, powdered milk, coffee refill, coffee 3-in-1, salt,...
Listed firm Basic Energy Corporation is eyeing to develop a 155-megawatt onshore wind farm power facility that will straddle sites in San Joaquin and Miag-ao in Iloilo; and also at Hamtic in Antique. The company apprised the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that it just recently secured the approval...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 18 renewed his call for the government to fast track reforms in the Philippine education sector to boost Filipinos competitiveness especially in the international market. Sen. Sherwin...
CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Forty-five police commissioned officers from the Police Regional Office-13 (PRO-13) are participating in a training to enhance their investigative skills. FORTY-FIVE police commissioned officers (PCOs) from the Police Regional Office-13 join Police Major...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Thursday, June 8, that the list of testing centers and school assignments in relation to the conduct of the Basic Competency on Local Treasury Examination (BCLTE) set on June 11 can now be accessed online. CSC said in a statement that it...
As the nation celebrates the Global Day of Parents, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called for the full enforcement of the law that seeks to strengthen parents’ involvement in education. Gatchalian is referring to the Parent Effectiveness Service Act or Republic Act No. 11908 which establishes the...
Amid the ongoing review of the country’s basic education program, an advocacy group deemed it “unfair” to dub the K to 12 program a failure. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “I think that we must really first look at and completely really do a comprehensive assessment of the...
*FIRST RESPONDERS applying basic life support intervention. (Shutterstock)* Knowing how to intervene when someone is injured is valuable knowledge. It could mean saving a life. There’s a way to learn this through the Basic Life Support (BLS) training which is now offered not only to medical...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will host a meeting with its partner groups and organizations to gather support in strengthening the country’s basic education. (Courtesy of DepEd Facebook Page) In a Facebook post on Wednesday, May 24, DepEd said that this program aims to “realign and...
