The executive department's proposal for a P240-billion budget for coronavirus response next year might have to go through the needle hole as senators doubt its ability to fully spend it. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Senator Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, chairman...
During the first week of regular enrollment, the Department of Education (DepEd) recorded over 5.9 million learners who will continue their studies this incoming school year (SY) 2021-2022. Television-based instruction is among the learning delivery modalities under distance learning to be...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, August 20, vowed to make sure that government funds for 2022 will used and will not be given to agencies that fail to properly spend it. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) "Underspending, delayed and wasteful spending of COVID-19...
More groups have expressed their intention to join the call for Vice President Leni Robredo to run for president in the 2022 elections, Team Leni Robredo (TLR) said. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) In a statement, TLR convenor Joseph Quesada said there was now a snowballing of Robredo's possible...
Some political parties are allegedly using the vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a weapon to increase their chance of winning in the 2022 national and local elections, the country's vaccine czar revealed Friday, Aug. 20. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ Office of the...
Those planning to register take note. Comelec/MB There are only 41 days to go before the last day of the voter registration. On Thursday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced the extension of voter registration hours which will start on Aug. 23. "Starting August 23, 2021, the new voter...
(DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN) While it pushes for education continuity amidst the pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) did not set a specific target of enrollees for the incoming school year, a key official said. “We did not set a specific target this year,” DepEd Undersecretary and...
Regular sessions in the House of Representatives will resume Monday, August 23, the expected date for the submission by the Duterte administration of the proposed 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion, the highest in the country's history. House of Representatives4 In a memorandum issued by...
"An extra hour is not enough to decide our future." Students from the De La Salle University (DLSU) and Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) denounced Commission on Elections' (Comelec) decision to reject voter registration extension. (DLSU / AdMU) On Wednesday, Aug. 18, Comelec extended voters hours...
An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 19, cautioned against making conclusions on the initial enrollment figure for School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Radio-based instruction is among the education delivery modalities under blended learning to be implemented this incoming...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday, August 19 said he finds the resignation of Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado worrisome especially since the proposed National Expenditure Program (NEP) of the government for 2022 has not yet been submitted to Congress. Malacanang has confirmed...
Malacañang said at least P240 billion would be required to fund the government's coronavirus response efforts in 2022. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI...