The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday reported that 18,901,373 learners have enrolled in public and private schools nationwide for Academic Year (AY) 2021-2022. Based on the latest data from its Learner Information System Quick Count, the department said 14,334,046 learners have enrolled as of August 31 and 4,557,327 during the early registration as of June 2. Region 4-A (Calabarzon) has logged the highest number of enrollees with 2,736,301, including 2,225,592 learners enrolled and 480,709 under early registration. The National Capital Region recorded the second-highest number of enrollees with 1,869,853, consisting of 1,577,728 learners and 292,125 registrants. Meanwhile, 154,670 learners
Several government agencies have partnered to boost the promotion of Filipino culinary traditions in the years to come through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed Wednesday. Through the MOU, the Department of Tourism (DOT), together with the Department of Agriculture (DA), National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and the Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement (PCHM) will drive up appreciation and preservation of Filipino culinary traditions to ensure transmission to future generations. The DOT said the document would also infuse food tourism in the country’s annual celebration of Filipino food every April and support food tourism stakeholders such as farmers
The Department of Energy (DOE) said Wednesday Typhoon Jolina has caused power interruptions in the southern part of Luzon and Samar. “(T)here are four transmission lines that are unavailable in Samar and Laguna affecting ESAMELCO (Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative, Inc.), SAMELCO I (Samar I Electric Cooperative, Inc.) and BATELEC II (Batangas II Electric Cooperative, Inc.),” the DOE said in a bulletin. A 230-kilovolt (kV) line in Batangas was also unavailable as of 1 p.m. Wednesday, DOE added. But the DOE assured there is enough power supply. Available power capacity in the Luzon grid is at 12,370 megawatts (MW) while demand
Police officers have apprehended a total of 1,027,615 persons in the National Capital Region (NCR) Plus for violating quarantine protocols during its shift to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, citing the latest data released on Wednesday, said out of this figure, 793,719 individuals were apprehended in the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal while 233,896 were accosted in Metro Manila from August 21 to September 7. In Metro Manila, 158,271 persons were apprehended due to violation of minimum public health and safety protocols such as wearing of face masks, face shields,
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Iloilo City will hold satellite registrations starting September 10, eyeing to reach an additional 12,000 eligible voters. Registration in Iloilo City resumed on September 6 after it was suspended since May 24 after this metro was placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). “We resumed since Comelec has already allowed us in response to complaints that a lot have yet to register,” Election Assistant Jonathan Sayno said in an interview on Wednesday. On September 10-11, they will be at SM City; September 13-14, Robinsons Mall at the City Proper District; September 15, Ateneo de
Several multi-sectoral groups believe that providing a safe haven for the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria “Joma” Sison in the Netherlands would only prolong the sufferings of innocent civilians victimized by the atrocities of the CPP’s armed wing New People’s Army (NPA). Members of Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI), League of Parents of the Philippines (LPP), and Yakap ng Magulang, along with mothers of students who were reportedly recruited by various CPP’s front organizations, staged a picket rally in front of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands along Paseo de Roxas in Makati City
