Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. has sought the passage of his bill that seeks to increase the teaching supplies allowance of teachers. Revilla made the call during his sponsorship of Senate Bill No. 1964, or the “Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act”, during the Senate plenary session yesterday. The...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Mt 5:38-48 Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. If anyone wants to go...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that he is planning to return to teaching after his term ends as chief of the Department of Health (DOH). “I’m still going to work but in the private sector,” said Duque in an online forum on...
President Duterte said he is eyeing to return to teaching after his six-year term as president ends on June 30, 2022. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte said this a month before he turned over the presidency to President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In his speech during his meeting with...
PART I Some amount of controversy surrounded a pastoral letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) last February 25 in commemoration of the EDSA Power Revolution. Some members of the Catholic laity and a few priests criticized the letter as crossing the line between...
To create better classroom experiences, the Department of Education (DepEd) has tapped video game Minecraft to utilize game-based learning and teaching for Filipino teachers and students. (Images from DepEd Philippines Facebook page) In partnership with Microsoft Philippines, DepEd encouraged...
President Duterte is considering teaching and rearing young minds after his retirement from public service, stressing the need to “tell the younger generation of what is at stake.” President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his “Talk to the People” public briefing that was aired on Tuesday,...
During the expansion phase of limited face-to-face classes , the Department of Education (DepEd) is allowing schools to extend the hours of in-person sessions for teaching and learning. (MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual briefing this week, Education Assistant Secretary Malcolm Garma...
THE LEGAL FRONT Atty. Arturo D. Brion, Ll.B, Ll.M. The Court shall finally conduct its long-awaited 2020-2021 Bar examinations in the first week of Feb. 2022. Beyond its COVID-imposed delay, this Bar Exam is historic in many respects, among them, as the first computerized and multi-location Bar...
Officials, teaching, and non-teaching personnel were reminded by the Department of Education (DepEd) “not to engage” in electioneering and conducting partisan political activity in relation to the forthcoming 2022 National and Local Elections. (JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We...
EDITORS DESK Our six-year-old daughter asked us recently, “Mom, can I go outside already?” Over family dinner, one of the conversations my husband and I had was about the news that children are allowed to go outside already. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), in partnership with the Bulacan State University (BulSu) professors, held a virtual workshop for instructors and mentors in the armed service to develop their teaching proficiency and efficiency. Personnel of the Coast Guard Education, Training, and Doctrine...
