As mandated by law, the Department of Education (DepEd) clarified that K to 12 Program will not be "abolished" and will continue to be implemented despite the launch of the new curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 10 (K to 10). DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Nagkakaroon ng confusion na when we...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (left) and DOF Secretary Benjamin Diokno (Screenshots from YouTube) Simply put, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno thinks that imposing a billionaires' tax is a bad idea. Diokno was asked of his...
Mother tongue, as a learning area or a subject, has been removed from the adjusted K to 10 curriculum launched by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 10. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “What we removed was mother tongue as a subject but not mother tongue as a medium of...
Before the phased implementation next year, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 10, announced that it will start pilot implementation of the revised K to 10 curriculum this school year. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Any product, no matter how good it is, will remain a...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 10, formally launched the adjusted curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade K to Grade 10 (K to 10) under the K to 12 Program. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte / DepEd / MB Visual Content Group Called the MATATAG curriculum, the...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Screenshot from YouTube) The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has told the various agencies in government that have low obligation rates in connection with the P5.268-trillion national budget this year to submit their...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from YouTube live) The national government's total expenditure on debt for next year will reach P1.939 trillion, or a whopping 33 percent of the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP). ...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged proponents of the bill seeking to reinstate the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program to present a scientific study that would validate that the current citizens’ defense program is a “total failure.” Sen. Francis "Chiz"...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez reiterated on Thursday, Aug. 10 his promise of an expeditious passage of the 2024 national budget. This, after the House of Representatives--through the Committee on...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations will formally begin to tackle the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) on Thursday, Aug. 10 when it hosts the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) for a briefing on the 2024 spending...
Vice President Sara Duterte shrugged off the comments made by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro against the P500-million confidential funds that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) requested, insisting instead that the matter must be left to Congress....
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Aug. 7, said the “recalibrated” K to 10 basic education curriculum will be launched this week. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “We have already been making arrangements with a venue so we will launch K to 10 curriculum this week,...
