A group called on the Senate to “recompense the sacrifices” made by election workers during the May 9, 2022 elections by hastening the approval of a bill that will scrap the 20 percent tax on election service pay and refund previous tax collections. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) As Congress...
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones emphasized the importance of developing effective learning materials in teaching and learning. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) "We have to further enhance the effectiveness, the usefulness of the materials we are using,” Briones said after the Department of...
The Department of Education (DepEd), under the new administration, should prioritize the improvement of learners’ skills, fixing the current K to 12 system and uphold the welfare of teachers, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Sunday, May 22. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic...
An investigation was initiated by the Department of Education (DepEd) regarding suspected food-borne illnesses involving elementary students in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental due to alleged contaminated milk distributed in schools in the area under the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP). (DepEd...
The Department of Education (DepEd) unveiled the features of the 2022 version of the K to 12 curriculum which aims to respond to the needs and challenges of the 21st century. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Critical decisions, even in the curriculum aspect, are not done unilaterally...
Presumptive vice president and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) expressed optimism that having presumptive vice president Sara Duterte as the incoming secretary will be an “advantage” to the country’s largest...
A group of teachers is lobbying for the creation of separate insurance if reforms in the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will not be instituted soon. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in a statement issued Thursday, May 19, called on the elected...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda flat-out said Thursday, May 19 that the country would benefit more if presumptive vice president Sara Duterte took up the portfolio of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary instead. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) will highlight the country’s efforts to improve the quality of education as well as the challenges faced by the education sector in the Education World Forum (EWF) set next week. JOJO RINOZA / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “We will advance our accomplishments...
One hundred kits containing laptop computers, tablets, and pocket wifi amounting to over P10 million were donated by the United States to schools in several provinces in the country. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) Through the United States Agency for International Development...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday lauded the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for supporting proposals for the opening of all public and private schools for face-to-face classes as this would accelerate the recovery of the education sector from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But while the...
The Department of Education’s (DepEd) request to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for a P3,000 allowance for poll workers who rendered services during the May 9 elections has been echoed by presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Public school teachers learn how to use a...
