(Photo from Unsplash) A week after creating a hotline, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Sept. 15, said it has received "less than 20" reports of abuse against students. In a press conference, DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa said that the reports received by DepEd through its hotline...
BAGUIO CITY -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong once again reminded students and tourists to be careful in their boarding house transactions by making sure they are transacting with the real owners or their authorized agents before agreeing in the deal or giving any payment. Magalong issued the reminders...
RIZAL, Cagayan – Police said no students were kidnapped here on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Major Magno Catubag Jr., chief of police here, denied that several students were taken in Barangay Rizal according to a Facebook Live post of a resident. Catubag said that police went to the area to verify the post...
To press the government to address the perennial issue of abusive teachers and school authorities prying on young victims, sexually abused students on Wednesday, Sept. 7, have spoken up and launched a campaign against campus predators. (Photo from Unsplash) A youth group, composed of sexual abuse...
BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya -- Two students were arrested by joint personnel of Bambang Police and Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU)–Nueva Vizcaya Police Provincial Office (NVPPO) in coordination with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional Office 2 (R02) during a buy-bust...
While the act of wearing a face mask is an effective way to prevent the spread of Covid-19, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda wants solutions for places where individuals might need to see behind the mask, specifically, classrooms. A teacher in Andres...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office here reported that nine students were infected with COVID-19, barely 16 days since face-to-face classes started in most schools. File photo of the first day of classes last August 22 at a Zamboanga City elementary school. (ZCPS-8 photo) City Health...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY —- Several non-full scholars in college in this city expressed their disappointment after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) included students who are grantees in any type of scholarship to the list of non-eligible beneficiaries to the educational...
ILOILO CITY – With more distribution sites across Western Visayas, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 was able to distribute cash aid to 11,248 indigent students on Saturday, Sept. 3. DSWD personnel process cash distribution for indigent students in San Jose de Buenavista,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- At least ten people, including four young children, were killed and more than 20 injured on Wednesday when a truck ploughed into a bus stop outside a school in a city adjacent to Indonesia's capital, police said. Rescuers work on the site of an accident that claimed nearly a...
Following reports of faculty members of the Bacoor National High School (BNHS) sexually abusing their students, Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has called for a review of the Safe Spaces Law. Rep. Arlene Brosas of the Gabriela Women's Party-list (File Photo) READ:...
ILOILO CITY – The distribution of cash aid for indigent students by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas Saturday, Aug. 27, was more orderly compared to last week Saturday, Aug. 20. DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development personnel at the Janiuay, Iloilo...
