Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is asking the Marcos administration to declare a mental health emergency in the country as a way to address the unprecedented number of suicides and attempted suicides among Filipino youth the past year. (Unsplash) In a statement Thursday, Feb. 2, Kabataan...
The House of Representatives has passed on second reading the proposed “Basic Education Mental Health and Well-Being Promotion Act". (MANILA BULLETIN) Approved via simple voice vote during plenary session Tuesday afternoon, Jan.24 was House Bill (HB) No. 6574. The measure is a consolidation of...
Budding computer engineers and software developers from the Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P.) emerged among the Top 35 Global Finalists in the 2022 NASA Space Apps Challenge. (Courtesy of TIP) The students worked on a solution for measuring open science which seeks to broaden...
CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela – Two Senior High School students were injured when a fellow student stabbed them in front of the Cauayan City National High School main campus on Monday, Jan. 16. Police said the 13-year-old suspect was waiting for a tricycle outside the school when the two victims age...
LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – Police arrested two 17-year-old students for allegedly transporting marijuana here on Sunday, Jan. 15. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, Police Regional Office-Cordillera director, said the suspects from Tabuk City, Kalinga were nabbed by the Kalinga Provincial Police Office for...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has filed a bill seeking to promote access to quality legal education by providing free tuition and other school fees to deserving students in state universities and colleges (SUCs). In filing Senate Bill (SB) 1610, Tulfo also sought to increase the shortage of workforce in the...
To build better communities for the nation, the Department of Education (DepED) enjoined student-leaders across the country to work together towards a common goal. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN “As I say, the youth are done waiting for the world to change and the world is now waiting for the youth to...
The growth of the international Filipino students’ market is projected to grow by as much as 13 percent over the next five years as more Filipinos want to study and live abroad or take an English language test, according to an Australian-based global leader in international education services....
The city government of Mandaluyong welcomed 575 Grade 12 students during its "Be Academically Aware" or B.A.A. College Fair that aims to help them decide on what colleges or universities they want to enroll in and the respective programs that they wish to take up in college. Photo from Rep. Benjie...
The San Juan City local government officially announced that it has already accomplished its promise of installing smart TVs and free fiber optic internet connection to its 13 public schools and pledged to improve its efforts in ensuring the quality of education of its youth. Photo from Patrick...
The House of Representatives on Monday, Dec. 12, passed on the third and final reading a proposed measure that would allow students with unpaid school fees to take their periodic or final examinations. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) With 237 votes, the lower chamber passed House Bill...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and Vice Mayor Robert "Dodot" Jaworski Jr. urged the nursing board passers of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig (PLP) to lend their expertise and services to the local government amid the in-demand offers for Filipino nurses abroad. In a testimonial ceremony for the...
