The administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. should “decisively address” this year the low salaries, scant and delayed benefits, and attacks on unions that “burden” the country’s teaching force and “affect the delivery” of quality education to the Filipino...
A group of education workers on Monday, Jan. 16, called the attention of the Department of Education (DepEd) to the challenges encountered by teachers regarding their incentives. (DepEd file photo) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a letter, addressed to Vice President and...
ALBANO CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – Gov. Rodito T. Albano III vowed to provide a monthly 10-kilogram rice subsidy to barangay tanods or watchmen and public school teachers in this province this year. A report from the Isabela provincial information office said Albano made the pledge during the...
Despite the 2023 salary adjustment, a group of education workers on Thursday, Jan. 12, called the government’s measure a “failure” with over 70 percent of its workers still being “paid below living wage.” Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) stage a picket protest in front...
Citing the steady soar of inflation, a group of education workers urged the government to make a “significant salary hike” an utmost priority at the start of the year. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) Vladimer Quetua from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines said that for the...
After two government-controlled funds deferred their contribution rate increases for 2023, House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Saturday, Jan. 7, called on the Social Security System (SSS) to likewise suspend its planned contribution increase for this year....
House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro hailed on Saturday, Jan. 7 the Home Development Mutual Fund, or Pag-IBIG Fund for being "sensitive" to pandemic and inflation-weary Filipinos. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro This, after Pag-IBIG decided to defer...
A teachers’ group on Tuesday, Jan. 3, backed the administration’s decision to suspend the scheduled Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) premium contribution increase for the calendar year 2023. (Noel Pabalate / Manila Bulletin) A memorandum released by the Office of the...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro doesn't think that implementing a suggested retail price (SRP) on onions can solve the outrageous price surge for the produce. "Imposing a suggested retail price (SRP) on onions is at best a band aid solution to the exceedingly high prices of onions in the...
A member Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives smells something "fishy" with the technical glitch that paralyzed the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Sunday, Jan. 1. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro noted in a statement Monday, Jan. 2 that the glitchwhich...
A Makabayan bloc member in the House of Representatives is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro made this call a...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Tuesday, Dec. 27, advised that the Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT) has been rescheduled from March 26 to March 19. (PRC / MANILA BULLETIN) The deadline for the filing of applications for March 2023 LEPT is on Feb. 6, PRC added....
