As the country celebrates National Teachers’ Month from September 5 to October 5, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian vowed to pursue measures that would uphold the welfare of teachers, aside from giving them larger salaries. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education thanked teachers for...
Senior Deputy Minority Leader and ACT-Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro took up the cudgels on Thursday, Sept. 8 for teachers who have been vicmtized by the Professional Regulation Commission's (PRC) “utang-tagging”. ACT-Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro Castro raised the matter...
For this year, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced that public school teachers nationwide will continue to receive P1,000 as World Teachers’ Day (WTD) incentive. (DepEd file photo) “We will continue with the P1,000 incentive para sa pagpupugay sa ating mga (to honor our) teachers,”...
Veteran banker Jose Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso took his oath on Wednesday, Sept. 7, as the new president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). Vice President Sara Duterte administered Veloso’s oath at the Department of Education (DepEd) central office in Pasig...
(Photo courtesy of ACT Philippines) As the country observes the celebration of National Teachers’ Month (NTM), a group reminded President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. of his “promise” to raise the salary of teachers. “The Marcos administration seems to be backing down early in his...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The celebration of 2022 National Teachers’ Month (NTM) formally started on Monday, Sept. 5, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced. With the theme, “Gurong Pilipino, Dangal ng Sambayanang Pilipino,” DepEd said in a Facebook post that the month-long...
The guidelines released by the Department of Education (DepEd) on the computation of proportional vacation pay (PVP) for the school year (SY) 2021-2022 confirmed that the agency “owes” teachers additional compensation for their extended work. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “The DepEd PVP...
The teachers who are involved in sexual harassment cases in Bacoor National High School in Cavite might be dismissed from service if they are found guilty, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Sept. 1, said. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa, in a press conference,...
After almost two weeks since face-to-face classes resumed, the pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) has not received any report of Covid-19 transmission in schools. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “After verifying with the field offices, we have not had any reports of Covid since the start...
Public school teachers who rendered continuous service from September 2021 to June 2022 are entitled to 61 days total of Proportional Vacation Pay (PVP) for School Year (SY) 2021-2022, the Department of Education (DepEd) said. (DepEd file photo) In DepEd Memorandum No. 77 series of 2022 signed by...
To ensure that schools will have an adequate workforce for the school year (SY) 2022-2023, the Department of Education (DepEd) issued instructions on the hiring of teachers. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) Signed by Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Epimaco Densing III, DepEd issued...
Following reports of faculty members of the Bacoor National High School (BNHS) sexually abusing their students, Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has called for a review of the Safe Spaces Law. Rep. Arlene Brosas of the Gabriela Women's Party-list (File Photo) READ:...
