Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Friday, December 5, visited two high-performing public schools in Las Piñas City to observe successful literacy and feeding initiatives that the agency aims to scale up nationwide. Angara’s visits included Moonwalk Elementary School and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, September 30, said it has urged Congress to prioritize amendments to key education laws, including the School-Based Feeding Program and the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE), during the first...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, September 22, said it has placed student health, safety, and inclusive learning at the heart of its proposed 2026 budget. Highlighting both recent achievements and future goals under the administration of President Marcos, DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara...
The Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing a historic P928.52-billion budget for 2026, the closest the agency has come to breaching the P1-trillion mark. In a statement issued Tuesday, September 16, DepEd said the proposed allocation will go toward building more classrooms, expanding...
In a landmark move to combat childhood malnutrition, the Department of Education (DepEd) has officially launched the expanded School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP), providing daily meals to all public Kindergarten learners across the Philippines for the first time in history. The universal rollout of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) highlighted significant improvements in early grade reading outcomes during its 2025 summer programs, attributing the gains to food support initiatives aligned with President Marcos’ push for stronger learning recovery and child nutrition. DepEd said the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that it has expanded the Gulayan sa Paaralan Program (GPP) to 44,965 schools nationwide for School Year 2025–2026—a 50.6 percent increase from the 2022–2023 school year. This initiative aligns with President Marcos’ directive to integrate...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has increased the budget for its Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP) to P5.182 billion for the School Year 2025–2026 to provide nutritious meals to about 1.5 million schoolchildren in public early childhood care centers nationwide. DSWD...
Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo (Rep. Rillo's office) Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo has highlighted Congress' allocation of P17 billion to vital school- and community-based feeding programs aimed at combating child...
Senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan is calling for the decentralization of government feeding programs, citing urgent reforms to prevent food waste. Senatorial candidate Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of Kiko Pangilinan) The former food security secretary, who is running on the platform...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government has resumed its feeding program for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees in three localities in Negros Occidental. A COMMUNITY kitchen conducts a feeding program established by the provincial government for evacuees of Kanlaon Volcano in La Castellana, Negros...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Duterte's Facebook page) Members of the “Young Guns” bloc of the House of Representatives are pushing Vice President Sara Duterte to address the issues that plagued the feeding program of the Department of...
