One hundred couples from Cardona, Rizal were wed during the Kasalang Pamparokya (Diocesan Wedding) at the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Cardona, Rizal on Thursday morning, Feb. 19. The couples made history as they were the first to have been officially blessed in...
BACOLOD CITY – Hundreds of couples tied the knot in a Valentine 's Day mass wedding rites organized by local government units across Negros Occidental over the weekend. In this highly urbanized city, Mayor Greg Gasataya officiated the wedding of 202 couples at Bacolod City College Activity...
Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso officiated a mass wedding of 100 couples at Robinsons Place Manila on Friday, Feb. 13, part of the city 's Valentine 's Day festivities. According to Domagoso, the couples were the earliest to submit their wedding documents to the City...
Love is definitely in the air as the San Juan City Government launched multiple events to celebrate love for family, pets, and community on Friday, Feb. 13, as part of its Valentine 's Day celebrations. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora first led the opening of the Makabagong San Juan Furry...
Like a long journey on a motorcycle, relationships also require endurance, balance, and commitment, and these bonds were further strengthened and made official after Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro officiated the wedding of 10 rider couples a few days before Valentine’s Day. The special...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, February 10, sounded the alarm over potential mass layoffs and the intensification of contractualization and privatization policies amid a planned World Bank-led review of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
A group of education workers has warned that “mass promotion” in public schools is a symptom of systemic failures in the education system, not a problem rooted in individual classrooms. In a statement issued on February 4, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines responded to the...
Aiming to strengthen learning standards and boost student performance nationwide, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, February 5, said it is gradually phasing out long-standing policies such as grade transmutation and automatic “mass promotion.” “Bagamat hindi pormal na polisiya,...
Following the recommendation of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) to stop “mass promotion” practices, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday, Feb. 1, said it has no policy on the automatic promotion of learners, but acknowledged that a perception of mass...
The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) has called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to immediately end what it described as “mass promotion” practices, warning that the policy has contributed to steep declines in learner proficiency across key grade levels. In its...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) provided military records on Wednesday, Dec. 17, showing that the current security conditions in the country make claims of terror training in the Philippines by two Indian nationals linked to the Bondi Beach mass shooting in Sydney, Australia "unlikely."...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday, Dec. 16, insisted there is no verified information linking the two suspects in the recent mass shooting at the Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia to suspected terrorist groups as they had reportedly visited the Philippines last month. AFP...
