WASHINGTON, United States -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed Sunday to Qatar on his first trip since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan as he seeks a united front with allies shaken by the chaos. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives to board an aircraft in Joint Base Andrews,...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) A Ramon Magsaysay awardee for education urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to address issues and concerns on the current curriculum in order to solve the educational crisis in the country. “The Philippines is in a crisis. We cannot really afford to look at the...
She didn't point fingers but it is obvious the Megastar is not happy with the ongoing pandemic creating a huge economic snag. The "Revirginized" star took to social media recently to air her opinion on the matter, going on to call on everyone, particularly the wealthy, to rise above "ayuda" and...
On International Youth Day, Aug. 12, the National Youth Commission (NYC) stressed the youth's role in protecting human life and planetary health for the generations to come. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook video message, NYC Chairperson Ryan Enriquez urged the youth to focus their attention on...
After suffering a backlash from educators following his push to improve teacher quality purportedly to address the education crisis, a group of education workers advised Senator Sonny Angara to study the working conditions of teachers to “better understand the education crisis.” (ALI VICOY /...
To address the new threats posed by the emerging variants of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a new crisis action plan was launched by the national government's task forces that are overseeing the country's pandemic response. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of...
In response to the learning crisis in the country, advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) urged President Duterte to certify as urgent the Education Commission (EDCOM) Joint Resolution. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are in a learning crisis unlike any other,” said PBEd...
Our addiction to plastics is hurting our climate and our chances of survival. You’ve probably heard news or read reports citing the Philippines as one of the world’s top plastic-polluting countries due to our tremendous plastic consumption yet paltry plastic waste management efforts, with a...
Executive Order No. 29 (s. 2017) declared July as National Disaster Resilience Month to raise awareness on disaster prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and rehabilitation and recovery. For us in the Climate Reality Philippines, this is an opportune time to underscore the fact that...
Global passenger demand this June showed "a very slight improvement in both international and domestic air travel markets", remaining significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels due to international travel restrictions, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced last night (July 28)....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 27 expressed his disappointment that President Duterte did not mention the current "education crisis" in the Philippines in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA). Gatchalian said he was hoping the President would tackle the education crisis that...
The amount of plastic that has been produced since the 1950s is equivalent to the weight of one billion elephants. Today, the plastic crisis has reached the point where everyone is already consuming and inhaling microplastic particles. The main contributors of the worsening plastic waste pollution,...
