The Quezon City government has launched a whole-of-community framework bringing together schools, families, law enforcement, barangays, and other community partners to protect learners from violence and other threats. The QC Safe Schools Whole-of-Community Framework seeks to strengthen efforts to...
Classes were suspended in several Metro Manila cities on Friday, Aug. 14, as persistent rains from the southwest monsoon or habagat continued to affect the capital region. The suspensions covered various grade levels in public and private schools, with some local governments shifting to...
As part of its broader commitment to advancing education in the Philippines, ING Hubs Philippines has spent the past three years proving that meaningful support for a public school goes far beyond a single donation drive—it means staying long enough to understand what a school truly needs and...
Public schools in Las Piñas have strengthened campus safety measures, urging parents and guardians -- especially those with children in elementary schools -- to provide transparent plastic water bottles or tumblers for their children following the fatal stabbing at Las Piñas National High School....
By Faye Beatrix Dela Torre co-founder, Stellar Minds PH The Philippines has taken important steps in education reform. Our next challenge is ensuring those reforms become realities inside every classroom. When Republic Act No. 11650, the Inclusive Education for Learners with Disabilities Act,...
The Las Piñas City government has ordered increased police presence in all public schools and the strengthening of campus security measures following the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old student inside Las Piñas National High School on July 31. Mayor April Aguilar ordered the Las Piñas City...
Police officers will step up patrols and community policing activities in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) as part of efforts to support the implementation of the newly enacted Last Mile and GIDA Schools Act, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Jose Melencio C....
Senator Mark Villar on Friday welcomed the signing into law of Republic Act No. 12321, or the Last Mile and Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) Schools Act, saying the measure will strengthen government efforts to provide quality and inclusive education to learners in remote and...
Senator Loren Legarda welcomed the signing of Republic Act No. 12321, or the Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) Schools Act which now gives children in remote communities have equitable access to quality education. Signed last July 23, 2026, the GIDA Schools Act will help...
Senator Bam Aquino has hailed the signing into law of a measure designed to improve access to education in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA), saying it will help remove long-standing barriers that prevent children in remote communities from attending school safely. Aquino, who...
President Marcos has signed into law Republic Act (RA) No. 12321, or the Last Mile and GIDA Schools Act, institutionalizing government support for public basic education schools in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas and underserved communities. Signed on July 22, the law establishes...
The Parañaque City Police refuted a viral social media post claiming that shootings were being planned in several schools in the city, but assured residents that heightened security measures are now in place to protect students and school personnel. Police Col. Nicolas Pinon said on Tuesday that...
