Cycling advocates slam gov’t delay in building bike lanes

Meg Adonis, Meriejo S. Ramos 02/10/2021

MANILA, Philippines — A broad coalition of cycling advocates again sounded the alarm over the government’s lack of urgency in building a protected bike lane network in Metro Manila, stressing that the national capital was lagging behind…

DOTr urged to suspend child car seat law

Julie Aurelio, Meg Adonis 02/02/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) should defer some provisions of the child car seat law since children under 15 years old are not allowed to go out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ako Bicol Rep.…

Typhoon Ulysses: Like ‘Ondoy’ all over again

Dexter Cabalza, Meg Adonis, Nikka G. Valenzuela 11/13/2020

It was like Typhoon “Ondoy” (international name: Ketsana) all over again for many in Metro Manila after torrential rains from Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name: Vamco) inundated large areas of the national capital overnight. Marikina City again was…

DepEd’s P 370-million vehicle purchases questioned

Meg Adonis 10/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A teachers’ group has described as the Department of Education’s (DepEd) version of the “dolomite scam” its purchase of over P370-million worth of service vehicles “at a time when [it] could not even provide…

DepEd confirms 41 reported errors in modules

Meg Adonis 10/26/2020

MANILA, Philippines — When skip counting by 5, do you recite 30 twice? This was among the 41 errors found in printed self-learning modules that the Department of Education (DepEd) recently confirmed through reports validated in DepEd’s…

DepEd to teachers: Take steps to prevent student ‘burnout’

Meg Adonis 10/14/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has appealed to teachers to make some learning module exercises and activities optional to prevent students from experiencing “burnout” due to the overwhelming subject requirements they must accomplish after…

DepEd modules stump even adults

Meg Adonis 10/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Just two days after schools opened officially nationwide, Shin struggled with questions in an English subject. No, it was not college English but Grade 4 English that the 2019 graduate of information technology confronted…

STL operations nationwide to resume on Oct. 1

Meg Adonis 09/29/2020

MANILA, Philippines — After six months of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Small Town Lottery (STL) in the country will resume operations on Thursday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said. PCSO General Manager Royina Garma…

DepEd: Enrollees reach 24M or 86% of last year’s total

Meg Adonis 09/01/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Monday that the number of enrollees in K-12 public and private schools for the coming school year had reached almost 24 million, or 86.10 percent of last…

Pupils’ problem not literacy but reading comprehension – DepEd

Leila B. Salaverria, Meg Adonis 02/18/2020

The problem in Bicol is not about literacy but about reading comprehension, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said on Monday, as she sought to correct and clarify an Inquirer report saying that some 70,000 students in the region…

DOH kicks off nationwide polio vaccination drive

Jovic Yee, Meg Adonis 10/15/2019

MANILA, Philippines — At Barangay Bagong Silangan in Quezon City, Julie Ann Ragum lined up starting at 8 a.m. on Monday with over 100 other parents who wanted to have their children immunized for free against polio…

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