The Department of Education (DepEd) expressed support for the vaccination of younger children against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Education Secretary Leonor Briones, in a phone interview, said that vaccination especially among younger children will help in...
TURNOVER OF DONATION –Wong Chu King Foundation, Inc.’s celebration of Christmas started with a donation of food and essential goods to Philippine Children’s Mission in Barangay Pulong Gubat, Balagtas, Bulacan and to Naic Elementary School students and teaching personnel. In celebration of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday called on the government to uphold the safety and welfare of children in areas hit by Typhoon Odette. In particular, Gatchalian took to task the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Health (DOH), and Department of Social Welfare and Development...
To support all of its personnel and stakeholders to be constructive and to respect, protect, fulfill, and promote the rights of the child in the context of basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) vowed to implement the Rights-Based Education (RBE) framework in its policies, plans,...
Because this has always the better option The past two years of online schooling has really tested our resilience in being good parents. This situation has also taught us what is important and that's providing our children (and family) a life full of love. Rustans agrees with this 100 percent and...
To speed up tracking, response, and processing of the reported cases of violence against women and children (VAWC) in Quezon City, the local government launched the "QC VAW Centralized Databank System" on Monday, Dec. 13. Mayor Joy Belmonte, along with the QC Gender and Development (GAD) Council,...
Voting 22-0, the Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to expands the social protection, benefits and programs for solo parents. The salient features of the proposed Expanded Solo Parents Welfare Act or Senate Bill No. 1411 includes a monthly cash subsidy of...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that the death of three children who were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was not because of the vaccines, based on the initial result of investigation. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that “case investigation and...
World Vision is once again bringing the holiday spirit to our most vulnerable children and their families as it continues its annual Christmas tradition with the Noche Buena campaign. CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHILDREN The Noche Buena Campaign is for the benefit of the most vulnerable children Since 2006,...
The 911 emergency hotline is now catering to emergencies related to gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against women and children (VAWC). (Unsplash) The Department of Justice, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and Department of the Interior and Local Government on Tuesday, Dec. 7,...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It’s a pandemic within a pandemic, and it’s an urgent issue that we ought to focus on especially because November is National Children’s Month. A recent World Bank (WB) study said that childhood under-nutrition, long considered to be a...
Groups demanded an end to violence against women amid reports of increasing rates of gender-based abuse. (Photo from GABRIELA Youth) In a statement, the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC) stressed the need for women's empowerment to "achieve social justice and social progress." "For so long, women...
