The fate of the K-to-12 education hangs on a balance as Vice President-elect Sara Duterte admitted on Monday, June 20, that it will be taken up by the next administration. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte, the incoming Education chief, said the...
Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara on Monday, June 20 said the push to abolish the K-to-12 education system should be reviewed. ‘’Not necessarily with a view to abandoning it kasi sa tingin ko di pa talaga siya naimplementa ng maigi (because it was not implemented well),’’ Angara said. The...
Incoming Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Jose Faustino Jr. vowed to continue the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as the DND looks to give more emphasis now on territorial or external defense. Retired general Jose Faustino Jr. (File photo...
Another mobile outreach program will be mounted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on June 22, 2022. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) This time, it will be held in San Fernando, La Union and it will be spearheaded by PRC Rosales, Pangasinan branch from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Services that will be...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The government is targeting to start administering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots to immunocompromised children aged 12 to 17 next week, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. "We are looking at mid-next week to start with immunocompromised," said Health...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that they will be conducting a two-day mobile outreach program next month. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The Commission, in an advisory, said that the outreach program will be conducted from July 7 to July 8, 2022, and it will be held in Bongabong...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) granted a total of P221 billion of loans to 1.38 million active members and pensioners nationwide from January 2021 to May 15, 2022. (GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM) “We rolled out several programs under our 'Ginhawa for All' benefit bundles to...
Individuals who are aiming to avail of the Professional Regulation Commission’s (PRC) services may now conveniently do so as PRC Baguio is set to conduct a mobile outreach program on June 24. PRC / Manila Bulletin PRC, in an advisory issued on Tuesday evening, June 14, announced that PRC Baguio...
Cavite 4th district (Dasmariñas City) Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has slammed Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III for what the solon described as the "stonewalling" of his year-old request for the agency to lift its 11-year ban on new nursing programs in the...
In line with its efforts to provide quality and relevant second chance basic education to Filipinos, the Department of Education (DepEd) has been working with various organizations. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) In particular, DepEd has been closely working with UNICEF to help provide opportunities for...
The Department of Health (DOH) is keen on educating the public about the Covid-19 pandemic, but it lacks the “agility” or sense of urgency in protecting the people, a public health expert said. (Tara Yap / Manila Bulletin) Health reform advocate and former special adviser of the National Task...
Outgoing Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan on Friday, June 10 asked the government to free the farmers and peasant advocates who were arrested in Concepcion, Tarlac yesterday. Inquest proceedings on the charge of malicious mischief and obstruction of justice slapped against the 87 farmers...
