The Department of Education (DepEd) created a national task to conduct a program review on the Senior High School Program (SHS) implementation. Senior High School graduates (DepEd file photo) The creation of the Senior High School National Task Force (SHS-NTF) was announced by DepEd in Memorandum...
Mayor Francis Zamora inspects prices of vegetables at a local market. Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the 17 mayors in the National Capital Region (NCR) are seeking an investigation into the rising price of sugar being sold in markets in the...
CUENCA, Batangas – Two senior high school students died and another was injured when their motorcycle crashed into a trailer truck in Barangay Dita, this town, on Sunday night, April 30. Police identified the fatalities as Cuenca residents John Paul Mistiola, 19; and Oswill James Magpantay, 16....
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, April 27, expressed commitment to participate in the hearings on the proposed bill to replace the existing K to 12 basic education program. (DepEd / MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) On April 26, House Senior Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria...
The National Competitive Examination (NCE) for School Year (SY) 2024 to 2025 in the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) is back three years after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday, April 25, the Philippine Science High School System stated that the Department of Science...
Senator Cynthia Villar (Senate PRIB) Senator Cynthia Villar cited the need to promote high-value crop production after noting that the country’s agricultural sector was still hampered by limited diversity and low productivity. She said there have only been a few successful high-value...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is exploring collaboration with peer-regulator National Energy Authority (NEA) of Papua New Guinea on how both countries can address high electricity rates in their...
Ten out of the 11 remaining leakages from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress have already been sealed as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Monday, April 17, the “completion” of the underwater operations of the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) of Japan and United States in...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has decried the recent string of armed encounters in Masbate that occurred near schools. “Our schools are zones of peace where the safety of our learners and teachers should never be compromised. It is reprehensible and unjustifiable that armed encounters take...
A cease and desist order has been slapped against RDC Reield Marine Services, Inc., the owner of the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) confirmed on Holy Wednesday, April 5. MARINA Enforcement Service (ES) Director Ronaldo Bandalaria said the order...
BACOLOD CITY – Classes were suspended at Rafael B. Lacson Memorial High School in Barangay Zone 12, Talisay City, Negros Occidentalafter one of their students was caught with an explosive inside the school’s premises on Tuesday, April 4. Policemen arrested Bronson Lucas Lacson, 21, of Barangay...
Authorities have finally started the bagging operation to seal off the leaks from motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress which sank in the vicinity waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. Bagging is a technique where the...
