(MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Education (DepEd) will soon introduce diagnostic tests to gauge students’ level of reading for the implementation of "Catch-up Fridays". “We really envisioned it to be structured but just to ease everyone in, we decided that...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives collectively slammed on Saturday, Jan. 13 the dismissal of the grave threat case filed by one of its members against former president Rodrigo...
(Screenshot of viral "EDSA-pwera" ad) How was the catchy yet controversial "EDSA-pwera" advertisement funded? This is the question on the mind of Makabayan bloc member ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, who says that a House probe could be in...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) To prioritize service over profit, House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has espoused proposals to nationalize the power industry. Castro says that the option of a State...
The Senate Committee on Public Services is ready to evaluate the 25-year legislative franchise granted to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the committee, disclosed this on Tuesday, January 9 amid the ongoing power crisis that...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from Zoom) Members of the Makabayan bloc have filed House Resolution (HR) No.1533, which seeks an inquiry into the discontinuation of financial assistance to senior high school (SHS) students in...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) led by businessman Enrique Razon has refuted the claim of Rep. France Castro of ACT Teachers party-list that it caused the prolonged blackouts in Panay Island. REP. France Castro has received an earful from MORE Power over her claim on the...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro said prior consultations should have taken place before the discontinuation of financial assistance to Senior High School (SHS)...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from YouTube live) The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) should be held accountable for the island-wide blackout in Panay as well as some parts of Negros that began last Jan....
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), Vice President SaraDuterte (PPAB, Facebook) Constructing 2,201 new classrooms in 2023 is nothing to brag about if the actual classroom shortage in the country is nearly 75 times the figure. ...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) The militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is calling for an investigation on the alleged conflict of interest involving Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)...
SMNI logo The case of television network SMNI, which has been handed a 30-day suspension order by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), is different from that of the shuttered ABS-CBN. House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers...
