Across regions, Metro Manila had the highest reported cases of work-related diseases and injuries in 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the PSA report released on Friday, May 3, more than half, or 52.5 percent of the total work-related disease cases were reported in...
Full distance learning will no longer be allowed starting the second semester of the School Year (SY) 2022-2023, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced. CHED / MB Visual Content Group Signed by CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III on Nov. 11, CHED Memorandum Order 16 series of 2022...
The proposed measure mandating onsite, in-city, near-city, or off-city relocation of informal settler families (ISFs) has been unanimously approved on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Also known as House Bill (HB) No.5,...
A total of 26,299 out of the 33,286 registered persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) supervised jail facilities casted their votes in the May 9, 2022 polls. BJMP chief Director Allan Iral said that as of 2 p.m., there were zero untoward incidents in...
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Director Allan Iral ordered his men on Sunday, May 8, to ensure a trouble-free conduct of the onsite and offsite elections for its registered persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the May 9 polls. A total of 33,409 BJMP supervised PDLs are expected to...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones, on Tuesday, April 19, said that the 100 percent onsite reporting required for all DepEd offices in areas under Alert Level 1 is an opportunity to improve the implementation of multiple learning delivery modalities through supervision and...
Senatorial candidate and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Monday, April 18, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to let school administrators decide whether to require teachers to return to onsite work despite the bad internet connection in most school premises. Human rights...
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...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay urged the national government on Wednesday, March 16, to reconsider its plan to make Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) workers return to on-site work system amid the declining number of Covid-19 cases. Binay made the statement after the...
Recognizing the need for informal settlers to be relocated within and near the same city, Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, March 1, promised that no one will be left behind in her housing and relocation projects should she win in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo is the guest...
