Taking the cue from her brand of leadership, supporters or “kakampinks” of Vice President Leni Robredo have started going from one house to another to personally campaign for her even in the country’s farthest and smallest communities. Actress Pinky Amador and Dr. Penny Bundoc conduct...
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that the conduct of early registration in public elementary and secondary schools for the school year (SY) 2022-2023 will start on Friday, March 25. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a memorandum signed by Education Secretary Leonor Briones...
Photo 1 After the pandemic transformed the office, the country's $27 billion Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) sector needs a strategy to shift to hybrid work over the long term, according to Cisco Philippines. The IT-BPM sector employs at least 5 million Filipinos and is...
DUNDGOBI, Mongolia -- Nurse Sodkhuu Galbadrakh clutches a box of COVID-19 vaccines on his lap as he journeys along a bumpy track through a remote region of the Mongolian steppe, going home-to-home to offer booster doses to herders. Mongolia's vaccination program has seen huge take-up with more than...
A multi-stakeholder movement composed of education experts, teachers, parents, and students called on the government to reopen more schools in an effort to address the challenges in learning outcomes. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “The critical situation should prompt government and...
Visayas State University (VSU) vowed to strengthen its remote learning system and academic integrity practices through integrating Turnitin, an Internet-based plagiarism detection. Visayas State University (Photo from vsu.edu.ph) After a series of consultation meetings with administrators, deans,...
To assist schools and monitor the progress of learners in households struggling with remote learning, a group is proposing the hiring of 26,000 para-teachers. (Photo from Unsplash) Para-teachers, also called Learning Support Aides (LSAs) by the Department of Education (DepEd), refer to individuals...
Despite no commitment yet from Vice President Leni Robredo, opposition coalition 1Sambayan on Thursday, September 30, said it’s a “remote possibility” that she will reject their endorsement for her to run as president in the May 2022 polls. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares)...
Work-from-home computers in the Philippines are now primary targets of cybercriminals, with almost 5 Million attacks, up 98.41 percent in the first half of 2021 versus the same period in 2020, according to the latest Kaspersky report. In the first half of last year, Kaspersky recorded just half the...
Senator Joel Villanueva lamented on Wednesday, September 1, the P15.1 billion supposedly being requested by the Department of Education (DepEd) for producing self-learning modules in 2022. Printed modules remain the most preferred learning delivery modality of parents and learners, according to the...
Public schools like the Sta. Ana Elementary School in Manila use enrollment drop boxes to cater to parents who wish to enroll their children this SY 2021-2022. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Education (DepEd) is enjoining learners who were not able to attend school last year to...
As the remote work setup continues in the pandemic, mobile malware plagues businesses in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia(SEA), according to the latest report of cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky. Mobile malware is malicious software infecting mobile devices - handsets, tablets and other...
