The Search for Most Outstanding Implementers of School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) for School Year (SY) 2020-2021 is on. Elementary school children wearing face masks sit in a classroom on Natuna island in Riau islands province on 4 February, 2020. (File photo MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of...
Two students of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) have bagged silver medals at the 53rd International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) virtually held on July 25 to Aug. 2 in Japan. (PSHS Facebook page/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The PSHS System congratulated Ron Angelo A. Gelacio of the PSHS-Main...
The Department of Education (DepEd) said Wednesday, Aug.4, that more than 90,000 public school teachers and non-teaching personnel have so far self-reported their vaccination status. (Deped Facebook page) Deped said 90,394 personnel reported that they have already been vaccinated against...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Tuesday, August 3 vowed to expedite the passage of the bill that seeks to clarify the controversy regarding the preferential tax rates of private schools. Cayetano, who chairs the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said she is now waiting for the transmittal of the House of...
The House Ways and Means Committee on Monday, August 2, approved the draft measure that aims to define the tax rates for propriety educational institutions (PEIs) and allow them to avail of preferential rates on taxable income. House of Representatives4 House ways and means chairperson and Albay...
The city of Manila broke ground for the construction of the new Dr. Alejandro Albert Elementary School in Sampaloc on Monday, August 2. (MANILA CITY PIO) Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso and Vice Mayor Ma. Sheilah ‘Honey’ Lacuna Pangan led the groundbreaking ceremony. Domagoso said...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones has urged the new batch of the Philippine Association of School Superintendents (PASS) to lead with courage and face the challenges hounding the education sector so as to prepare the learners amid the uncertainties brought about by the coronavirus disease...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, July 29 welcomed the decision of the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in suspending the implementation of the new tax regulations on private schools and giving Congress sufficient time to fix the confusion caused by the law....
President Rodrigo Duterte has made "unrealistic" promises to end corruption, illegal drugs, and human trafficking in the Philippines, a research fellow at the Ateneo School of Government said Monday, July 26. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Dr. Edilberto de Jesus noted that...
The Manila city government broke ground on Monday, July 26, for the construction of the modern Manila Science High School. (Manila Public Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso and Vice Mayor Ma. Shielah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan led the ground breaking...
KCFI given the Outstanding CSR Project in Education Knowledge Channel Foundation’s (KCFI) “School at Home” campaign, which made possible distance learning during the pandemic using Knowledge Channel’s platforms on-air, online, and offline was adjudged “Outstanding CSR Project in...
For the upcoming School Year (SY) 2021-2022, the Department of Education’s (DepEd) School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) is expected to benefit 3.1 million learners. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones expressed the agency’s commitment to continue implementing the...
