The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines on Monday, Aug. 3, criticized the Department of Education’s (DepEd) decision to distribute voice amplifiers while teachers wait for their promised laptops. ACT said the voice amplifiers are merely a stopgap measure that does not address the...
Is the Pax Silica project just a "Trojan horse" for something potentially dangerous to Filipinos? ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio made this insinuation amid reports that the Marcos administration was considering the use of small modular reactors (SMR) to meet the staggering five-gigawatt...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) mobilized its field units to ensure accountability in two separate alleged assaults on public school teachers, one of which claimed the life of an educator in Aklan, while another was injured in Davao de Oro. Police Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., PNP chief,...
Authorities conducted a security inspection at Francisco P. Felix Memorial National High School in Cainta, Rizal, to ensure the safety of students and teachers following an online bomb and shooting threat. On Facebook, some users -- including parents of students -- shared screenshots of an alleged...
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio has rejected the notion that the deadly Tacloban City school shooting displayed "isolated criminal behavior". Instead, the veteran lawmaker claimed that the tragic incident reflected a deeper set of longstanding and...
The prolonged non-appointment of about 30,000 teachers in the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education during the time of Minister Mohagher Iqbal were uncovered during a hearing of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority on Wednesday, June 17. The hearing by the Committee on Basic, Higher,...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has rolled out a simplified and more flexible lesson planning framework for public school teachers, replacing decade-old guidelines in a move aimed at improving teaching effectiveness and giving educators greater flexibility in delivering lessons. This replaces...
With the opening of School Year 2026-2027 just around the corner, the Department of Education (DepEd) has rolled out new guidelines designed to help schools sustain learning during emergencies without compromising the safety and well-being of learners and education workers. Under DepEd Order No....
The Department of Education (DepEd) is pushing for intensified efforts to expand access to international scholarships and exchange programs for public school teachers, saying global exposure is a necessary investment in improving the country’s basic education system. During the Teach Beyond...
ACT Teachers party-list Representative Antonio Tinio on Tuesday, May 19, asked the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to investigate at least P4.44 billion worth of flood control projects in Davao City that their independent probe had flagged for alleged irregularities. In a letter addressed to...
Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas is aggressively pushing for a legislative package designed to uplift the lives of Filipino teachers, whom he describes as the "second parents" of the youth. Vargas is specifically calling for the swift passage of House Bill (HB) Nos. 5082, 5083, and 5085 in...
Former Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps beneficiaries have consistently performed strongly in professional licensure examinations in recent years. In the 2026 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET), 72 of them entered the Top 10, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
