To resolve the teacher shortage in the country’s public schools, a group on Wednesday, March 22, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to hire 30,000 new teachers yearly in the next five years. Following the pronouncement of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte that the agency...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has added a new route for its free bus ride program in the National Capital Region (NCR). On Tuesday, March 21, Vice President Sara Duterte’s office launched the Libreng Sakay’s Commonwealth-Quiapo route at its central office in Mandaluyong City, where it...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday, March 21, challenged men to join in the fight for gender equality and create safer spaces for girls and women in the communities. Duterte posed the challenge during her speech as the guest of honor and speaker during Quezon City Police District’s (QCPD)...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte received high approval and trust ratings in the latest survey conducted by RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) from Feb. 25 to March 8. Mayors and district representatives from the National Capital Region...
Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte said they are willing to join forces with various local government units (LGUs) across the country in order to launch the “Pabahay para sa mga Guro” program far and wide. “We are willing to partner with LGUs similar to...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, March 21, said that the Department of Education (DepEd) will cooperate with Congress on the proposed measure to prohibit a “no permit, no exam” policy in private schools. “Let us wait for the discussions doon sa Congress with...
Vice President and Department of Education Secretary Sara Duterte stressed the national government’s plan to hire more teachers to ensure that DepEd schools across the country are equipped with qualified and sufficient workforce. In an ambush interview following the celebration of National...
The higher budget allocation of the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) program received praises from Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda, who underscored the program’s importance in saving the private education sector from collapse. Also the chair of the...
Ahead of the six-week summer recess, Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte listed down the activities that have kept him busy so far in the 19th Congress. The Davao lawmaker bared that he filed 39 bills during the October 2022 to March 2023 period, of which two have already been enacted into...
In “great awe” of the Pangasinenses’ commitment to preserve the Hundred Islands National Park and reestablish Alaminos, Pangasinan as one of the country’s premier tourist destinations, Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday, March 19, underscored the importance of community efforts to...
Davao City Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte released on Saturday, March 18, his accomplishments from October 2022 to March 2023 as a member of the House of Representatives on his second term. Duterte authored 39 House bills, one of which was enacted into law. Others are still pending in different...
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro believes that there's "high possibility" that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue a warrant of arrest against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with his bloody war on drugs. This, after the ICC's...
