More than a year of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, various women's groups launched a "survival" cookbook featuring peasant women and mothers' recipes of coping up with dwindling household incomes and rising food prices. (Photo from Amihan) The Amihan National Federation of Peasant...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid For some time now, early studies of Philippine education had shown in several assessments that much needs to be done in reforming the system so that it can begin to catch up with the more progressive countries in the region. These studies are the Monroe survey...
A total of 221 Filipino professors, academics, and education workers from various universities here and abroad signed a unity statement to call for an end to President Duterte's “misrule.” Academics Unite for Democracy and Human Rights The unity statement of the academic sector was released on...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended financial assistance to two soldiers who were wounded during separate encounters with terrorist groups in Northern Mindanao. Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Director Mari-Flor A. Dollaga hands over financial...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far assisted 5.6 million individuals in crisis situations, disbursing financial aid worth about P22.6 billion. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was reported by DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista during the pre-State of the...
Even as the World Bank already apologized for inadvertantly releasing a report on the poor learning outcomes of Filipino children, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian believed that the government should be open to accepting its findings to address what he also considered a "crisis" in the Philippines'...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s call for the Philippine government to declare an “education crisis” did not sit well with Education Secretary Leonor Briones. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (DepEd / FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) “I don’t know who should judge whether we have a crisis in...
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. has expressed his support for Vice President Leni Robredo’s suggestion that a crisis in education must be declared. During her weekly radio show, Robredo proposed that the government must declare an “ education crisis ” in...
The Philippine government must declare an “education crisis,” Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, July 11, noting the “bad data” on the education system in the country. Vice President Leni Robredo (FEDERICO CRUZ / MANILA BULLETIN) This suggestion came after the World Bank apologized...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara Recently, news articles came out about a very disconcerting World Bank assessment on Philippine education. Specifically, the report underscored that one in every four Grade 5 students does not have the reading and mathematics skills for Grade 2 or 3, and four in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) warned the public Friday, July 9, against some groups promising to grant assistance to individuals in crisis situations. (DSWD Facebook page) The DSWD cautioned the public against transacting with private organisations, particularly with the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed Friday, July 9, to look into and “take appropriate action” against individuals who were posing as agency personnel, and were asking for one’s personal information in exchange for financial assistance. Department of Social Welfare...
