As the start of the School Year (SY) 2023-2024 approaches, the Department of Education (DepEd) has disclosed that over 470 schools have sustained damage in the wake of recent typhoons. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group Based on the impact of tropical cyclones Egay and Falcon enhanced by the...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Monday, August 14 reiterated his call for the government to first prioritize improving its collection before pursuing any plan to raise or impose new taxes. Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero (Senate PRIB Photo) Escudero pointed out Filipino...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public that the government will prioritize the students' welfare in its review of the academic calendar. BACK-TO-SCHOOL — President Marcos speaks to the media in Victorino Mapa High School in Manila, following this year's Brigada Eskwela on...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday, Aug. 14, joined Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte in inspecting and helping in the school cleanup for the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Brigada Eskwela 2023. (From left) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice...
A sample copy of a PhiID card (MB File Photo) Senator Francis Escudero on Wednesday, August 9 said he will ask the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for “quantifiable targets” when they come to the Senate for the 2024 national budget...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, Aug. 8, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to prioritize initiatives that would address the learning crisis in the education sector. DepEd file photo This after the DepEd requested P150 million in confidential funds under its proposed 2024 budget of...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will be releasing the P5,000 cash allowance to eligible teachers once classes in public schools start by the end of this month. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Good news to our teachers!,” said DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla in a Facebook...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Aug. 7 assured that a contingency plan is in place to ensure that learning will continue for students whose schools were damaged by the recent typhoons that hit the country. DepEd / MB Visual Content Group “Sa mga nasira na paaralan noong recent na...
To go back to the true objective of the Brigada Eskwela (BE), the Department of Education (DepEd) held a “simple” national kick-off of the program on Monday, Aug. 7. Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “Kasi noon, naging complicated, naging...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will spearhead this year’s National “Brigada Eskwela” (BE) kick-off program in a public school in Tarlac province. (NOEL PABALATE / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The “Brigada Eskwela” is a DepEd initiative under the Adopt-A-School Program that calls for...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. recognized that the government must do more in the next five years to sustain its initial gains to attain effective and transformative development initiatives. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy) Marcos said this in his 2024...
The enrollment period in public schools will officially start next week, the Department of Education (DepEd) said in its issuance dated Friday, Aug. 4. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) “Enrollment shall start on August 7, 2023 and shall end on August 26, 2023,” the agency said in DepEd Order...
