ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has thrown her weight behind the calls to review to the Enhanced Basic Education Act, popularly known as the K to 12 educational system. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) "The K to 12 program has brought with it a countless number of problems with shortages...
Recognizing its contribution to "enhancing the effectiveness of public institutions to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Science for Change Program (S4CP) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) won in the 2022 United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA). (Photo...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has expressed hope that incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will appoint an Energy secretary who can address the country’s problem on power supply. Gatchalian noted that the current leadership of the Department of Energy (DOE),...
Education Secretary Leonor Briones lauded five internal auditors from the Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office who were among the top 15 of the batch 3 completers of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) capacity-building training on the Revised Philippine Governmental Internal...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) urged parents to protect their children against Covid-19 through vaccination as the conduct of face-to-face classes is set to resume in the coming months. “Kailangan lang siyempre (Of course), as individuals and as their parents,...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire will soon lead the National Covid-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC), the state health agency announced on Wednesday, June 22. In a statement, the DOH said that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) assured the public that they have an adequate supply of blood for dengue patients. (PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) In a statement released by PRC on Wednesday, June 22, they said that they have already served 700 blood units to 239 dengue patients as of June 20. Based on the...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The rest of the children aged 12 to 17 will be able to get their Covid-19 booster shots in the coming days, the Department of Health (DOH) said. On Wednesday, June...
The Philippines and Australia have established a more robust relationship in terms of defense and logistics, the Department of National Defense (DND) said Wednesday, June 22. Department of National Defense Spokesperson Arsenio Andolong (File photo) Such endeavour was achieved as the DND hosted the...
The Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) asked its stakeholders, scholars, applicants, and the public to be vigilant in light of of fake and suspicious social media groups and pages bearing the name or logo of the DOST-SEI and/or its flagship DOST...
Makati CBD skyline Metro Manila is projected to see up to 2,000 Covid-19 infections per day in July amid the increasing trend of cases in recent days, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that this was based on the projection of the Australian Tuberculosis...
A new project designed to capacitate and enable various sectors to sustainably access and use space data has begun pre-implementation through the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). The participants of the first PINAS Workshop held in Iloilo City on June 17, 2022. (Photo courtesy of PhilSA / MANILA...
