The Alliance of Concerned Teachers-National Capital Region (ACT-NCR) on Tuesday, April 19, protested against the Department of Education's (DepEd) Memorandum No. 029 that requires the 100 percent on-site reporting of all teachers in areas under Alert Level 1. (Image courtesy of ACT-NCR Union) The...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday rejected claims that the provision on social media registration in the proposed SIM Card Registration bill that was vetoed by President Duterte was a “last minute insertion” that he made. “The issue that it was a last minute (provision)...
Three years after the passage of the Safe Space Act, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) urged all agencies and private stakeholders in the country to “strengthen” the implementation of the law. (PCW / Manila Bulletin) Republic Act No. 11313 or the Safe Spaces Act (Bawal Bastos Law)...
A group of education workers on Monday, April 18, slammed the Department of Education (DepEd) for asking teachers without election duties to report to schools even when classes were declared suspended. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) “It is beyond ridiculous to force teachers without election...
Gabriela Women’s Partylist, on Monday, April 18, called on President Rodrigo Duterte to “urgently sign” the Expanded Solo Parents’ Welfare Act to help alleviate the suffering of solo parents in the country. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Solo parents, according...
A group of education workers on Monday, April 18, once again called for the suspension of the Department of Education (DepEd) directive requiring the mandatory physical reporting of teachers in schools under Alert Level 1. Faculty members of Commonwealth High School in Ecol St., Quezon City report...
The internet signal in most Metro Manila schools is “not strong” enough for teachers to hold online classes, a survey conducted by a group released on Monday, April 18, showed. Unstable internet connection in schools becomes a major challenge for teachers who are required for onsite reporting....
Did House Deputy Speaker Wes Gatchalian just blame Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon for the Palace veto of the proposed SIM Card Registration Act? House Deputy Speaker Wes Gatchalian (left) and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (Photos from Facebook) In a statement on Black Saturday,...
Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda on Friday called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to clarify the definition of “unrelated activities” under its Revenue Regulation 3-2022 to ensure that private schools and hospitals to reduce the any tax uncertainty. Salceda, chair of the...
The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) warned against any form of violence against women (VAW) amid the election period. (Unsplash) “Election season or not, women should not be targets of misogynistic, malicious, or sexist maneuvers. The PCW reminds everyone that violence against women, in all...
Senatorial candidate Joseph Victor “JV’ Ejercito said he is glad to have fulfilled two of his advocacies on youth development with the passage of the Free Education Law and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Law when he was a senator. “At least for my youth advocacies, I guess I have...
Mechanical, unreasonable, and counter-productive. This is how the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (DepEd) described the latest directive of the Department of Education (DepEd) mandating the 100 percent onsite reporting of public school teachers in areas under Alert Level 1. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE...
