Budget issues on the salary grades of new teaching positions to be created under a proposed measure stopped the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, from approving the unnumbered substitute bill that would ensure public school teachers are well-compensated and can...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Lasers have been very much in the limelight since it was alleged that a Chinese Coast Guard ship trained a laser beam on a Philippine Coast Guard ship that was on a re-supply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in the West Philippine Sea. This incident temporarily...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and Ambassador Fu Ying, one of China’s top diplomats, discussed the latest incidents in the contested Ayungin Shoal between the two countries’ Coast Guards as they vowed to further strengthen the relationship despite the maritime tensions. Chinese...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian has asserted that the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ship did not use a military-grade laser against the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel, saying it was only equipped with an ordinary laser that detects distance and speed. Photo: Philippine Coat...
Four Camarines Sur-based congressmen are batting for the increase in salaries of public school teachers, as well as a permanent allowance for their teaching supplies. A teacher giving lessons to students online (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Despite their heavy workload and essential...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Between the President and his Vice President, this is how they summed up the state of education: We have failed our teachers. We have failed our students. Might we assume that the two highest officials of the land were referring to our public school system, not the...
With 240 affirmative votes, the House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the bill seeking to suspend the implementation of mother tongue or first language as the medium of instruction for pupils in kindergarten to Grade 3. (Erika Fletcher/ Unsplash) Passed during plenary...
The National Achievement Test for Grade 12 (NATG12) for School Year (SY) 2022-2023 will be administered this month, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. Photo taken at Signal Village National High School, Taguig City June 2019 / file photo / DepEd Public Affairs Service Undersecretary and...
DALA'S painting on exhibit at the SM City Event Center in Lucena City. (Photo via Danny Estacio) LUCENA CITY, Quezon -- A 15-year-old Grade 10 student is staging a solo exhibit of her paintings from Dec. 19 to Dec. 23 at the SM City Lucena Event Center. Rafaella Elizah Bragais Dala dubbed her...
BACOLOD CITY – A grade 10 student who attended a Christmas Party in school, was killed after he was run over by a truck in Barangay 2 Poblacion, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 15. The name of the 16-year-old boy, a resident of Barangay Cudangdang, was withheld. Rescuers arrive...
BACOLOD CITY – A Grade 11 student was allegedly raped and killed in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental over the weekend. A POLICE officer checks the area in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental where a 16-year-old girl allegedly raped was found dead last Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Negros...
Debt-watcher S&P Global maintained the Philippines' investment grade status with stable outlook as it expects the economy to remain robust on the back of strong domestic demand. S&P on Thursday, Nov. 17, kept the country's long-term foreign-currency rating at "BBB+," which is one notch away...
