Category: General

Manila: Senators unanimously approved on Monday Senate Bill No. 2568 or the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) Act, which seeks to enable senior high school and technical vocational school graduates to obtain college degrees through relevant work experience. In his manifestation, Senator Joel Villanueva said through ETEEAP work experience — whether formal, informal, and non-formal learning — will have an equivalent credit for an individual to acquire a bachelor’s degree or higher in a shorter period of time. “Sa panukalang ito, nais nating higitan pa ang 3,000 na graduates kada taon na nakakatapos sa programa (With this

Manila: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday reported the completion of road enhancement projects worth PHP280.31 million in Pampanga province. In a report, DPWH-3 (Central Luzon) director Roseller Tolentino said the works involved various road enhancements in Magalang town and major highways of San Fernando City. The DPWH Pampanga 2nd District Engineering Office completed PHP187.21 million road improvements along the 2.48-kilometer segment of Manila North Road (MNR) in San Fernando City. The project covered the asphalt overlay, reblocking at intermittent sections, and installation of road safety devices along the busy MNR – San Fernando City section

KUALA PERLIS, A ferry that ran aground after hitting a sandbank while carrying 567 passengers from Kuala Perlis to Langkawi at 2.30pm today, safely continued the trip to Langkawi tonight. Langkawi Ferry Line Ventures Sdn Bhd General Manager (Captain) Dr Baharin Baharom said the passenger ferry was able to move after being successfully towed by a tugboat and the condition of the ferry was also deemed safe to continue its journey to Langkawi at 9.05pm. ‘When the tugboat was trying to tow the ferry it was already high tide and all the passengers were in good condition. No one experienced

KOTA KINABALU, The Ministry of Education (MoE) sees positively the matter raised by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi regarding the national education policy that does not conduct examinations for Year 6 and Form 3, which needs to be revamped. Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said since the desired matter is aimed at improving national education, the MoE will probably bring the issue to the Cabinet to be discussed and decided. She said in improving the national education system, the MoE announced the national education reform agenda including the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Programme; Science,

KOTA SAMARAHAN, Two disaster supplies storage depots to cater for impending disasters will be built in Sarawak, namely in Sibu and Miri, said Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. She said her ministry is in the midst of finalising suitable locations for the depots to meet the needs of disaster victims in the affected areas. “For instance in Sibu, we need to find the most suitable location as floods often happen in Sibu, so too in Miri, so we need to find a place where flooding does not occur…only after that can we proceed with