After suffering a backlash from educators following his push to improve teacher quality purportedly to address the education crisis, a group of education workers advised Senator Sonny Angara to study the working conditions of teachers to “better understand the education crisis.” (ALI VICOY /...
To address the new threats posed by the emerging variants of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a new crisis action plan was launched by the national government's task forces that are overseeing the country's pandemic response. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of...
In response to the learning crisis in the country, advocacy group Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) urged President Duterte to certify as urgent the Education Commission (EDCOM) Joint Resolution. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “We are in a learning crisis unlike any other,” said PBEd...
Our addiction to plastics is hurting our climate and our chances of survival. You’ve probably heard news or read reports citing the Philippines as one of the world’s top plastic-polluting countries due to our tremendous plastic consumption yet paltry plastic waste management efforts, with a...
Executive Order No. 29 (s. 2017) declared July as National Disaster Resilience Month to raise awareness on disaster prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and rehabilitation and recovery. For us in the Climate Reality Philippines, this is an opportune time to underscore the fact that...
Global passenger demand this June showed "a very slight improvement in both international and domestic air travel markets", remaining significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels due to international travel restrictions, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced last night (July 28)....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 27 expressed his disappointment that President Duterte did not mention the current "education crisis" in the Philippines in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA). Gatchalian said he was hoping the President would tackle the education crisis that...
The amount of plastic that has been produced since the 1950s is equivalent to the weight of one billion elephants. Today, the plastic crisis has reached the point where everyone is already consuming and inhaling microplastic particles. The main contributors of the worsening plastic waste pollution,...
More than a year of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, various women's groups launched a "survival" cookbook featuring peasant women and mothers' recipes of coping up with dwindling household incomes and rising food prices. (Photo from Amihan) The Amihan National Federation of Peasant...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid For some time now, early studies of Philippine education had shown in several assessments that much needs to be done in reforming the system so that it can begin to catch up with the more progressive countries in the region. These studies are the Monroe survey...
A total of 221 Filipino professors, academics, and education workers from various universities here and abroad signed a unity statement to call for an end to President Duterte's “misrule.” Academics Unite for Democracy and Human Rights The unity statement of the academic sector was released on...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended financial assistance to two soldiers who were wounded during separate encounters with terrorist groups in Northern Mindanao. Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Director Mari-Flor A. Dollaga hands over financial...
