(Unsplash) The reliance of young people on so-called influencers and social media platforms as their primary sources of news and information contributes to the lowering of the public's intellectual quotient (IQ). Thus, said House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro...
The Department of Education (DepEd) should remove the limit set on service day credits, a group of education workers said on Sunday, June 11. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN FILE) Issuing a statement, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines urged DepEd to remove the 15 days maximum...
A teachers’ group on Friday, June 9, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to make adjustments in the school calendar for basic education to ensure the welfare of learners and school personnel. Students of Corazon Aquino Elementary School in Quezon City line up before going inside their...
Groups of teachers expressed concerns about the implementation of learning camps nationwide in July as planned by the Department of Education (DepEd). (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) - Philippines and Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in separate...
Former senator Leila de Lima (Senate PRIB) Makabayan solons Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro have expressed disappointment over a Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court's (RTC) junking of former senator Leila de Lima's petition for bail. "We, in...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Photo from ACT Teachers Party-list) Makabayan lawmaker ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has issued very specific challenges to newly-appointed Cabinet officials Gibo Teodoro and Dr. Ted Herbosa. Teodoro was installed as Department of National...
As the nation celebrates the Global Day of Parents, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called for the full enforcement of the law that seeks to strengthen parents’ involvement in education. Gatchalian is referring to the Parent Effectiveness Service Act or Republic Act No. 11908 which establishes the...
A group of education workers called on the Department of Education (DepEd) and the national government to fast-track the release of the one-time rice allowance to all public school teachers. ACT / ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines said that...
Public school teachers made their version of a letter certifying as “urgent” the passing into law of salary increase bills. (Juan Carlo de Vela / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines made this move after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. asked the...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced the schedule and venue for the face-to-face mass oathtaking for the new Professional Teachers via a Facebook post on Thursday, May 25. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) The following event places might get their hands full as the PRC has chosen them to...
The 24-member Senate on Monday, May 22, passed on third and final reading a measure which seeks to increase the yearly supplies allowance of teachers in all public schools. With a unanimous vote of 20 senators present, Senate Bill (SB) 1964, or the Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act, inches towards its...
The United States is hosting a series of intensive training workshops for more than 100 English teachers around the country until May 26. Ambassador MaryKay Carlson discusses highlights of the teacher training workshop with university professors from Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of US Embassy in the...
