Tribal leaders in the Surigao del Sur town of Lianga challenged on Thursday Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Eufemia Cullamat to help build schools for the indigenous peoples’ (IP) communities.
“This is our challenge to Congresswoman Cullamat as a member of the House Representatives,” Hawudon Jumar …
Read MoreThe Department of Education (DepEd) will build a stand-alone senior high school and a community college inside the Leyte Regional Prison (LRP) in Abuyog town.
In an interview Friday, DepEd-Leyte Division Assistant Superintendent Edgar Tenasas said the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has allocated a 20,000-square-meter …
Read MoreThe Department of Education (DepEd) has suspended all national and regional activities which require travel and congregation of schools, division, and regions amid the continuing threat of the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
In Department Memorandum No. 034, series 2020, issued Monday, the DepEd said only …
Read MorePrime Minister Nguy?n XuAn PhA�c hosted a reception here on Wednesday for a delegation of the US ASEAN Business Council (US ABC) led by its President and CEO Alex Feldman.
PM PhA�c said he was delighted to find out that the US Centre for Disease …
Read MoreThe Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has recognized two female maritime police officers who have made significant contributions to the protection of wildlife species in the Philippines.
Patrolwoman Diane Flores, 26, and Patrolwoman Ella Mae Duquiatan, 26, of the Manila Maritime Police Station, …
Read MoreSenator Richard Gordon on Thursday said he wants members of a certain Rodriguez family to attend the next hearing of the Blue Ribbon Committee to shed light on their participation in the alleged entry of huge amounts of dirty money into the country.
In an …
Read Moreome court advantage will be Palayan City's biggest advantage against defending champion San Juan when Game 2 of the Community Basketball Association Pilipinas Cup best of three title showdown is played in Gapan, Nueva Ecija on March 8.
Palayan City team manager Ryan Ripalda hopes …
Read MoreMore than 290 million students have been affected by school closures across 13 countries amid efforts to curb the coronavirus outbreak, the UN said Thursday.
While temporary school closures as a result of health and other crises are not new unfortunately, the global scale and …
Read MoreThe Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) expects to benefit one million internet users in its initial 3,000 Wi Fi facilities across the country under the "Free Wi Fi for All" program that was simultaneously launched here and in four other sites on Thursday.…
Read MoreA huge fire razed on Tuesday 24 houses, affecting 26 families, in a village here just past midnight.
SFO4 Rusoler Tayag, Orani fire marshal, said Wednesday the blaze broke out in Barangay Pantalan Bago at 12:05 a.m. and declared fire out at 2:16 a.m.
He …
Read MoreThe Cordillera Career Development College here is now strictly imposing the single use plastic ban during the 33rd Baguio Benguet Educational Athletic League (BBEAL).
Tournament commissioner and school athletic director Eduardo Laureano has briefed all athletic directors and coaches from the 10 school members BBEAL …
Read MoreAn indigenous people's school in Barangay Bangcud, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon has inaugurated a food sufficiency project for its 187 students.
The Luyungan High School last Thursday launched the food sufficiency project in collaboration with the Philippine Army and in partnership with the Department of Education …
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Read MoreThirty days has September."
Still remember this nursery rhyme? Who could forget its last part that says, "All the rest have 31, except for February alone, which has 28 days clear, and 29 in each leap year"?
Did you ever wonder why we have a …
Read MoreThe Philippine Basketball Association finally approved the trade that would send Poy Erram to TNT from NLEX.
On Friday, the league announced that the swap that also involves Blackwater was finally given a green light after revisions were made.
In the approved trade package, the …
Read MoreOver 400 Filipino nationals from the MV Diamond Princess are expected to arrive in the country on Tuesday night, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said as two flights bringing them home left Manila for Haneda Airport on the same day.
The first chartered plane …
Read MoreMeralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) is delaying the commissioning of two solar projects in the latter part of the year, its president and chief executive officer Rogelio Singson said on Monday.
In Manila Electric Company's (Meralco) media briefing, Singson said these solar projects are in Tarlac …
Read MoreThe Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Southern Leyte is set to acquire PHP5 million worth of additional laboratory testing equipment for construction materials this first quarter.
In a phone interview Monday, Southern Leyte district engineering office (SLDEO) chief Ma. Margarita Junia said …
Read MoreAt a time when school children are glued to television sets or cellular phones during their free time, several schools in this city and the province are trying to catch children's attention to promote fun reading.
At the Laoag City Elementary School (LCES), at least …
Read MoreThe Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to establish a dedicated national high school offering a secondary course with special emphasis on developing the athletic skills of the students through subjects pertaining to physical education and sports development.
Senate …
Read MoreOver 5,000 tricycles in this city will be affected by the order of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) banning the three wheeled vehicles on national roads.
Officials said majority of those affected are tricycle operators, including those who recently purchased Piaggio …
Read MoreThe Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has recently introduced the bioreactor and plastic densifier technologies to the municipal government of Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte.
Martin Wee, DOST regional director, said Wednesday the two waste management technologies were presented during an information drive aimed at …
Read MoreThe Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has allocated PHP13.7 million for four projects in this city under the Shared Service Facility (SSF) program for 2020.
DTI Davao City Director Rachel Remitio said the beneficiaries are the Ateneo Shoe Academy; Agri Solutions Marketing Cooperative for …
Read MoreCatholic devotees who attended the mass on Ash Wednesday at the St. John the Evangelist Cathedral here received the blessed ash sprinkled on their head instead of the traditional marking of a cross on the forehead amid the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid 19).…
Read MoreSome 27,781 marginalized workers in the Ilocos region benefited from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)'s Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) in 2019.
In a phone interview Wednesday, DOLE 1 regional director Nathaniel Lacambra said the projects under DILEEP last year were …
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Read MoreTo educate the youth on the importance and actual conduct of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that could enable them to save lives, the Philippine Heart Association (PHA), in coordination with the Municipal Health Office, conducted Wednesday a hands-only CPR training among 600 high school students here.…
Read MoreThe Department of Health-Cordillera Administrative Region (DOH-CAR) on Friday reported that there are now four persons under investigation (PUI) who are under hospital quarantine suspected of being infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV).
In a press briefing, DOH-CAR officer-in-charge, Dr. Amelita Pangilinan said the …
Read MoreA public secondary school in Pototan, Iloilo on Tuesday became the recipient of a three-storey classroom disaster resilient building donated by an insurance firm.
The PHP5.5-million building was donated by the Insular Foundation in partnership with the Department of Education-Division of Iloilo in support of …
Read MorePresident Rodrigo Duterte has approved the plan of the Department of Education (DepEd) to raise the country's quality of education after the Philippines scored the lowest among 79 countries in reading comprehension in an assessment last year.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte, during the …
Read MoreWhile this concept generally means parents should set an example for their children in many aspects of life, it can be the other way around, particularly in terms of caring for the environment.
This was the aim of the Department of Education's (DepEd) Taguig and …
Read MoreMore churches in the Diocese of Dumaguete will be receiving Quick Response (QR) Code markers as part of a digital tourism project of Smart Communications, Inc. in relation to the upcoming quincentennial or 500 years celebration of Christianity in the Philippines.
Msgr. Julius Perpetuo Heruela, …
Read MoreSchools near the Governor Corazon Legaspi-Cabagnot Memorial Training Center where 11 Chinese nationals are quarantined for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) suspended classes as ordered by the local chief executive of Kalibo, Aklan.
Kalibo Mayor Emerson Lachica issued on Wednesday Executive Order No. …
Read MoreTwo students from Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) were named winners of the Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) first nationwide video blog contest for students and young professionals in the country.
Both twenty-year-olds Shannefamel Almazan and Prince Loyd Besorio weaved a story on …
Read MoreDepartment of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Monday said his office has been directed to include the implications of the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the United States and the Philippines in their study.
"We have just been instructed today to expand …
Read MoreThe Department of Health (DOH) regional office here expects to get the results Wednesday of the initial test of specimen samples taken from an American citizen who has been quarantined in a hospital here for manifesting symptoms similar to novel coronavirus (2019nCoV).
On Monday, the …
Read MoreThe provincial government of South Cotabato has rehired at least 470 teachers and education workers as support to over 200 public schools in parts of the province.
South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo said Monday they renewed the contracts of the public school workers for this …
Read MoreThe Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Sunday lowered the status of the Taal Volcano to Alert Level 3 from Alert Level 4.
In its 8 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Taal Volcano now has "decreased tendency …
Read MoreMANILA The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday said it has completed the study on the procedure for the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the United States and the Philippines and will formally present it to President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (January …
Read MoreThe Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Friday reported an increase in the amount of steam being released by Taal Volcano in Batangas after having weak and moderate steam emissions for the past three days.
Phivolcs director Renato Solidum said the increase in …
Read MoreEducation Secretary Leonor Briones on Wednesday said public school teachers in the 14-kilometer danger zone of the Taal Volcano would continue to receive their salaries despite not being able to report for duty due to class suspensions.
In a radio interview, Briones stressed that public …
Read MoreSome PHP105-million worth of school building projects for indigenous peoples were completed in parts of Soccsksargen last year under the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) flagship poverty alleviation program Kalahi-CIDSS.
Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-Region 12 director, said Tuesday they finished at least 32 …
Read MoreThe national government is suffering losses due to property developer Ayala Land Inc.'s measly payment to the University of the Philippines (UP) for the rental of Technohub property in Diliman, Quezon City, MalacaAang said on Tuesday.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement, as he …
Read MoreAll military engineering units are ready to build latrines to prevent a possible health disaster in various evacuation centers housing thousands of families severely affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano on Jan. 12.
This, according to newly-appointed Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) chief, Major General …
Read MoreMotorcycle taxis may soon be declared illegal following the recommendation of the Department of Transportation's Technical Working Group on motorcycle taxis (TWG) to terminate its pilot study on motorcycles as public transportation due to legal impediments.
In an interview before a Senate hearing on the …
Read MoreThe Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has assisted 37 distressed overseas Filipinos (OFs) who arrived here from Beirut, Lebanon, and Baghdad, Iraq on December 25 last year.
On Thursday, DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said the repatriates were given financial assistance worth PHP3,000 each …
Read MoreEducation Secretary Leonor Briones on Friday called on local governments to spare schools from being used as evacuation centers during calamities.
"Panahon pa ng Mayon, sinasabi na namin na sana iwasan na ang paggamit ng school buildings as evacuation centers para hindi ma-interrupt ang classes. …
Read MoreA total of 6,891 families or 30,423 persons have so far been affected by the eruption of Taal Volcano on Sunday.
In its 6 a.m. update on Tuesday signed and released by executive director Ricardo Jalad, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) …
Read MoreSeven of the biggest elementary and high schools here will be utilized as sleeping quarters for the more than 7,000 athletes and delegates to the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (CARAA) meet from Feb. 16-21 in various venues.
Host Baguio's athletes will be billeted at …
Read MoreA total of 861 classrooms in Eastern Visayas were damaged by Typhoon "Ursula" (Phanfone) which crossed the region on Christmas Eve, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported on Monday.
Based on consolidated reports, 241 classrooms incurred major damages while 571 had minor damages, said Jazmin …
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