LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPO) will establish 1,399 police assistance desks across the province for the opening of classes on June 8. Pangasinan PPO information officer Police Capt. Aileen Catugas said the assistance desks will be situated near schools and...
More than 255 personnel from the Eastern Police District (EPD) will be deployed across Metro East to ensure public safety and provide assistance to students, parents, teachers, and school personnel during the nationwide opening of classes on June 8. “In support of the Department of Education’s...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) in the Caraga region declared all systems go for the opening of School Year 2026-2027 on June 8, with 33,637 teaching personnel, 22,674 classrooms, and over P1 billion in Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) allocated for elementary...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office in Central Luzon (PRO-3) has deployed 3,537 personnel across the region in preparation for the opening of classes on June 8 as part of its Oplan Balik-Eskwela 2026 initiative. In a Wednesday statement, the PRO-3 said the security force has...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) will deploy 209 police personnel across the city under its Oplan Balik-Eskwela to ensure a safe, secure, and orderly opening of classes for School Year 2026–2027 on June 8. Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio, QCPD director, said the operation aims to...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has stepped up the visibility of its personnel in Divisoria in Manila and other major commercial areas across the country in anticipation of the influx of people buying school items for next week’s class opening. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr....
Almost two weeks after the opening of School Year (SY) 2025–2026 in public schools across the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) assured the public that it is taking concrete steps to address longstanding problems in basic education—even as it delivered a smoother and safer class...
CAMP ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police Regional Office-2 Director Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr. said the opening of classes in Cagayan Valley on Monday was generally peaceful. Marallag said 3,879 PRO-2 personnel were strategically deployed in 2,418 public schools and 217...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region reported that the opening of classes in the region for school year 2025-2026 on Monday was peaceful and orderly. Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, PRO-NIR director, said that no incidents marred the opening of classes in Negros...
ILOILO CITY – Enrollment in public schools in Western Visayas region dropped to less than one million students in school year 2025-2026 without Negros Occidental province. The Department of Education-6 recorded an initial enrollment of 905,494 students, down from 1.4 million in school year...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd) in Negros Occidental has projected 325,500 students in 576 public schools in the province this school year, an increase of 1,500 enrollees, surpassing last year’s record of 324,000. Ian Arnold Arnaez, spokesperson for the Negros Occidental...
BACOLOD CITY – More than 500 personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office will be deployed in the province to ensure the safety of students during class opening on June 16. Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental police, said that police assistance...
