Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones cited the national policies, financing, and regional efforts as “crucial” in setting global and regional benchmarks for the Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) 2030 indicators to keep an eye on the “real progress” of the member states of United...
State-owned Social Security System (SSS) said its educational loans increased by more than half in the first semester of the year due to additional expenses incurred by students for flexible learning amid the pandemic. In a statement on Friday, July 23, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is supporting the bid of Iloilo City to be designated as the “Creative City of Gastronomy“ by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). La Paz Batchoy, a prominent noodle soup dish from La Paz, Iloilo City composed of savory...
After Taal Volcano was placed under Alert Level 3, over 5,000 residents in Batangas have left their homes and sought shelter in evacuation centers. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised Taal Volcano's alert level following three...
The Coordinating Council for Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) has appealed for President Duterte’s intervention to reverse a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regulation increasing their tax rate. In an open letter dated June 4, 2021 released by COCOPEA, about 600 private schools and...
Senator Sonny Angara is now seeking to amend a section in the country’s National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) in order to correct the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) wrong interpretation on the tax imposed on proprietary educational institutions. Angara, in filing Senate Bill No. 2272,...
The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) has urged senior high school students and Catholic school personnel to register to vote for the 2022 national and local elections. Comelec registration/ File Photo (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Those eligible to vote should register...
Getting kids to eat healthily can be a task for some parents because it requires a dash of creativity to get them interested in fresh produce that could provide them with the nutrients to help in their development. Luckily, Waffles and Mochi are here to help. Now available on Netflix, Waffles +...
Global tech innovator Lenovo, in collaboration with Microsoft, introduced the EdVision program in 2020 to assist schools in their digital transformation journey and increase digital literacy among the new generation of teachers and students. This March 23, Lenovo is holding its first-ever EdVision...
Keep young learners engaged and amused with these TikTok, the wildly popular short video application, has quickly risen up to the cultural forefront of seemingly every industry. Trying to avoid it? Trust us, you'll want to make an account. Although it may seem like an app is at best just...
The best of Philippine theater comes to homes as KTX.PH streams Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (PETA) musicals from November 27 to December 6. Ten years since its maiden staging, the hit musical "Care Divas" is back to make audiences laugh and cry as it brings the struggles and...
