The updated guidelines for the implementation of the revised Kindergarten to Grade 10 curriculum, or the MATATAG Curriculum, will take effect this month, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Thursday, Sept. 19. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “Implementation begins in the second...
To improve support for educational programs in public schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) has formed a partnership with the Rebisco Group of Companies. (Photo from DepEd) DepEd and the Rebisco Food Group signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) early this week for the REBISCOVER Learning...
Public funds will serve its purpose under the new roadmap the government has put in place, President Marcos said. In receiving the Public Financial Management (PFM) Reforms Roadmap 2024-2028, Marcos has assured the public through the roadmap, public funds will be used to expand social services,...
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) will assist the Philippine government in rolling out five big-ticket public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects, worth a total of P62 billion. The private-sector arm of the World Bank Group recently disclosed it will provide transaction advisory...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is looking to secure financial and technical assistance from bilateral and multilateral development partners to roll-out more flood control and other climate projects, Public Works Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan said. On the sidelines of a business...
BACOLOD CITY – The city government is planning to enter into a public-private partnership to establish a P2.2-billion centralized command system. THE construction of the Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Command Center in Barangay Taculing is ongoing. (Photo courtesy of Disaster...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 59-year-old school teacher was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay on Friday, September 6. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 identified the suspect as Gemma Lahaman Isnain, 59, of Laminusa, Siasi, Sulu. Isnain yielded three packs of suspected...
CEBU CITY – The City Health Department has recommended the declaration of a state of public health emergency here due to increasing dengue cases. Dr. Daisy Villa, who made the recommendation to acting Mayor Raymond Garcia, said that the declaration will help combat rising cases. She said the...
Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) DAVAO CITY — Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua, who was recently appointed as the head of the House of Representatives panel that oversees the misuse of...
An official from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has expressed doubt over Shiela Guo's story that she fled the Phillippines by boat together with Alice Guo and Wesley Guo, noting the multiple inconveniences they could have encountered while at sea. Senator Raffy Tulfo presides over the public...
After a series of hearings on the sexual harassment case involving actor Sandro Muhlach, Senator Robinhood Padilla seeks to update legislation on incidents such as this, filing three bills on the issue. Sen. Robinhood Padilla files three bills following the holding of several hearings of the...
The number of teaching, teaching-related and non-teaching personnel in the country's public schools dwindled by 38,463 from 1,016,066 in 2022 to 977,603 in 2023. Despite the reduced number of teaching personnel, the Commission on Audit (COA) said its state auditors recorded an increase in the total...
