The Department of Education (DepEd) on Saturday, Nov. 11, mourned the death of two learners in a public school in Taguig City and expressed commitment to assist in the ongoing probe. (DepEd / Manila Bulletin) “The loss of young lives is a devastating blow to any community,” DepEd said,...
Vice President Sara Duterte congratulated the winners of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) Elections 2023, and urged the defeated candidates not to lose their will to serve the people. Vice President Sara Duterte takes a selfie with her fellow Davaoeños after she casts her vote in the...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte visited the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) command center at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) head office to check on the adequacy of measures for the protection of public school teachers, as well as provisions for...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the government will continue to provide career advancements and allowances to public school teachers next year. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM has proposed an allocation of P38.63 billion to support over 900,000 teachers in the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, October 5 said he would soon file a bill that seeks to update the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, or Republic Act No. 4670 to provide them better pay and benefits. Gatchalian said among the new provisions the bill will introduce is the...
CEBU CITY – Officials of an elementary school in Barili, Cebu were shocked when they found out that one of their teachers was arrested for illegal drugs. Sheila Ares, principal of Mantalongon Elementary School, said they didn’t hear any reports or notice that 39-year-old teacher Glenn Pacaldo...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is supporting the Palace's plan to provide salary hikes for public school teachers on top of the daily adjustments they get annually under the Salary...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved a total of 5,000 non-teaching positions in public schools nationwide. These job posts were created to aid in lessening the administrative works of public school teachers, Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said on Wednesday, Aug. 30....
The Department of Education (DepEd) will be releasing the P5,000 cash allowance to eligible teachers once classes in public schools start by the end of this month. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Good news to our teachers!,” said DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla in a Facebook...
An official from the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 11, explained the delay in the release of the 2021 performance-based bonus (PBB) for public school teachers. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Education) DepEd Undersecretary Michael Poa decried the use of the word “delay”...
Public school teachers made their version of a letter certifying as “urgent” the passing into law of salary increase bills. (Juan Carlo de Vela / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines made this move after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. asked the...
The 24-member Senate on Monday, May 22, passed on third and final reading a measure which seeks to increase the yearly supplies allowance of teachers in all public schools. With a unanimous vote of 20 senators present, Senate Bill (SB) 1964, or the Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act, inches towards its...
