EDITORS DESK The cybersecurity industry has been discussing the cybersecurity talent shortage for years. The Philippines and the rest of the world find it challenging to hire cybersecurity talents due to a skills shortage. Yeo Siang Tiong, general manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky, said:...
To implement or not to implement the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is a hotly contested issue. There are vocal supporters and passionate oppositionists. Both have valid arguments and data showing why it is beneficial — or useless — to our nation. The consensus that is...
Malacañang disclosed that 10 priority bills, including the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund Bill and Mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), were adopted for passage by June 2 this year. Speaker Martin Romualdez, along with fellow legislators and members of the Cabinet, listens...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon has welcomed Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.’s clarification Tuesday, Feb. 7 that the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program can't cure mental health issues. P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Facebook)...
“Anti-people” government policies, such as mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), will neither cure nor solve mental health problems of the country's youth, said Gabriela Women’s Partylist on Tuesday, Feb. 7. This was after National Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. got...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said that the proposed mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program will help build the resilience of the trainees which may positively foster good mental health. Department of National Defense Secretery Carlito Galvez...
P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon disagrees with Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.'s claim that the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program can help "cure" mental health problems among Filipino youth. P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Facebook)...
Making the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps compulsory would help resolve the mental health issues of students and at the same time develop their survival instincts, proponents of the measure seeking to make ROTC mandatory said on Monday, February 6. Contrary to claims by oppositors of the bill...
Senator Robinhood C. Padilla reminded the youth about the importance of military training in ensuring the country's preparedness for any threat or eventuality. During Monday, February 6 hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education, Padilla said the Philippines...
An alliance of student councils with members coming from various schools nationwide warned against the impact of mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), especially on the mental health of students. MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO “Mandatory ROTC will worsen the mental health crisis in...
Amid concerns about the possible revival of the mandatory Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in the country, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) assured that it will be “different” this time around. CHED / MB Visual Content Group CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a radio interview...
The Department of National Defense (DND) “fully supports” the revival of the mandatory Reserve Officers Training Course (ROTC) in higher education institutions (HEIs) which is now being discussed by lawmakers. (Juan Carlo de Vela / Manila Bulletin File Photo) This was the assurance given by...
