For Education Secretary Leonor Briones, the opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022 is a celebration of “victory and success” despite the challenges brought by the pandemic. Education Secretary Leonor Briones / DepEd / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “Last year, I declared victory with the opening...
Teachers were reminded by President Duterte to “remain dedicated” to their sworn profession as a new school year opens on Monday, Sept. 13. President Duterte (Screenshot from DepEd Philippines Facebook page) “To our dear teachers, I hope that you remain dedicated to your sworn profession and...
To accommodate late enrollees, the Department of Education (DepEd) has extended the enrollment period for School Year (SY) 2021-2022 until the end of this month. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) During the virtual National School Opening Day on Monday, Sept. 13, DepEd Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo...
Despite earlier plans to run as either president or vice president, it looks like former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is putting those on the back burner as he revealed that he will likely seek another term as senator. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) During a recent...
Disgruntled education stakeholders welcomed the first day of classes for school year (SY) 2021-2022 with various protests as public schools in basic education remained in a “lockdown” more than a year since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic started. Photo from Alliance of Concerned...
(Photo from Pixabay) The hashtags PagodNaKami and AcademicBreakNow became trending on Twitter as the School Year (SY) 2021-2022 officially opened in public schools on Monday, Sept. 13. Screenshot from Twitter Currently, #AcademicBreakNow has 13.4K tweets while #PagodNaKami has 12.5K tweets. Most of...
Teachers’ groups maintained that the Department of Education (DepEd) is “not ready” for the Sept. 13 school opening as concerns under the distance or blended learning set-up, which was first implemented last school year, remain “unaddressed.” (Photo from ACT Philippines Facebook Page) The...
To mark the opening of classes for School Year (SY) 2021-2022, the Department of Education (DepEd) is set to hold a virtual National School Opening Day program on Monday, Sept. 13. school opening The National School Opening Day, which will feature the key developments and updates for safe return to...
Police forces in Metro Manila and other urban areas were ordered to help secure the voter's registration in malls as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) expanded the efforts to have more Filipinos register for the 2022 elections more than two weeks before the September 30 deadline. Gen. Guillermo...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Sept. 12 vowed to ensure that more money would be allocated to fund the needs of healthcare workers who are struggling to provide medical services amid the COVID-19 pandemic by making sure there are programmed funds for them. Drilon noted that the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday, Sept. 12 renewed her appeal for the state economic managers to boost the government’s COVID-19 response by allocating a bigger budget for contact tracing in the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Echoing other colleagues sentiment, Binay said she is...
Students from the National University (NU) and Far Eastern University (FEU) prodded Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend voter registration beyond the Sept. 30 deadline. (PNA / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing lockdowns that impede the voter application process, NU Student Government asked the poll...
