The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Aug. 11 announced that it reached almost 70 percent of its target enrollment for the incoming school year with 19.26 million enrollees. Photo taken at Cawayan Elementary School in Irosin, Sorsogon (Courtesy of OSDS - DepEd Sorsogon Province Official)...
To allay the concerns of parents regarding the safety of their children once face-to-face classes fully resume amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) assured that measures would be in place in all schools. (DepEd file photo) “Now, our focus is to make sure that our...
The Philippines remained the best performing country in Asia in terms of gender parity, but the country’s ranking slid down from 17th in 2021 to 19th in 2022 based on World Economic Forum’s latest Gender Gap Report. The Philippines ranked 19th in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 (Image courtesy...
Despite the challenging economic environment, fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. booked a net income of P3.95 billion in the first half of 2022, 21.5 percent more versus the same period last year as it rolled out its high-speed broadband service to more areas nationwide and demand...
As Cebu Air Inc. CEB) operated more flights and flew more passengers after travel restrictions eased, the carrier's revenues for the second quarter shot up 337 percent to P13.97 billion from P3.2 billion in the same period in 2021. The strong recovery in its passenger and ancillary busines, which...
NEW YORK CITY, United States - Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS took over New York’s Times Square with the premiere of a music video for Samsung Unpacked. Samsung held its latest Unpacked global event in New York on Aug. 10 to reveal its latest gadgets: the Galaxy Z Flip4, Galaxy Z Fold4, Watch5...
NEW YORK CITY, United States - Samsung revealed its latest eye-popping gadgets through a global launch in New York City on Aug. 10. The Korean electronics giant held its Samsung Unpacked event to unveil the latest array of its consumer gadgets: Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5,...
With the steady increase in enrollment for the incoming school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) asked parents and guardians to enroll school-aged children as early as possible. Photo taken at Bagao, Cagayan in August 2021. (Courtesy of DepEd Cagayan) “We want to invite our parents who...
The airline super app helps boost local tourism and economic recovery AirAsia Fiesta Series: Sandugo Festival 2022 with AirAsia executives, Bohol government officials, and other guests With the pent-up demand for travel this year, Filipinos are continuing to explore the country with much gusto and...
THE RIGHT MOVE Chinese Filipinos (Chinoys) are one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia with Chinese immigration to the Philippines occurring mostly during the Spanish colonization of the islands between the 16th and 19th centuries. The most recent data on the Chinoy...
The number of enrolled learners for the School Year (SY) 2022-2023 has climbed to 17,900,833, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Tuesday, Aug. 9. (Photo courtesy of DepEd / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The enrollment period for the upcoming SY began on July 25, 2022. Of the more than...
Ahead of the forthcoming implementation of face-to-face classes, House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Representative France Castro urged the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Health (DOH) to ramp up the Covid-19 vaccine rollout among minors. A minor getting vaccinated...
