7 schools in Mandaue affected by quakes, 1 bldg. set for demolition

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/23/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Officials in Mandaue City have completed detailed inspections on seven school buildings affected by recent earthquakes, with one building confirmed for demolition due to severe structural damage. These inspections are part of a…

DepEd chief wants to distribute school funds to local governments

Jason Sigales 09/21/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has asked the 20th Congress to grant the agency more flexibility to give classroom funds to local governments. “That’s what we want Congress to change in 2026, to give…

Classroom shortage: Bam wants to tap LGUs, NGOs in addressing issue

09/18/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The backlog of classrooms in Central Visayas will soon be addressed if Senate Bill No. 121 or the proposed Classroom-Building Acceleration Program (CAP) Act is passed into law. The proposed legislation by Senator…

Capitol to use P1 billion unspent funds for new school buildings

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/31/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Capitol has made the construction of new school buildings a priority after discovering that it has P1 billion of unspent funds from the Special Education Fund (SEF). Gov. Pamela Baricuatro recently revealed…

Marcos, Angara observe lack of electricity, water in some public schools

Mary Joy Salcedo - @inquirerdotnetINQUIRER.net 06/26/2025

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Education Secretary Sonny Angara see the need to focus on the urgency of providing schools and students with basic education infrastructure and services. They also looked into the schools’…

Teacher from Leyte pleads for help from DepEd: ‘Diri e-hapak nang injong confidential fund’

Jessa Ngojo - CDN Social Media Specialist 09/15/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A Grade 8 teacher from the Dawahon Integrated School in Barangay Dawahon in Bato, Leyte has turned to his social media page to seek government aid for the repair of their damaged classrooms…

Teachers’ group to VP Duterte: Use DepEd funds for shortages, not red hunt

Jane Baustista, Marlon Ramos, Melvin Gascon 09/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The funds of the Department of Education (DepEd) are better used for addressing shortages in classrooms and armchairs than for spying on students and educators with supposed communist links, The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said…

Comelec-Mandaue needs more clustered precincts for BSKE

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/24/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Partitions will be installed in at least 39 classrooms in different public schools in Mandaue City that will be used as clustered precincts in the Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) scheduled on…

Mandaue school adopts measures to keep classrooms cooler amid soaring temperatures

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/26/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – A public school in Mandaue City has adopted measures to ensure that classrooms remain conducive for learning despite the intense heat that is now being experience in Cebu and the rest of the…

Mandaue City allocates more funds to repair damaged classrooms

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/23/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City has allocated an additional P17 million for the repair of public schools in the city damaged by super typhoon Odette. City Councilor Malcolm Sanchez, chairman of the committee on education, said…

DepEd Cebu City appeals to EOC not to use schools as isolation centers again

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) in Cebu City appeals to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) not to use the schools as isolation centers again. District Supervisor Liberato Lauranillo for DepEd Cebu City central…

‘Ursula’ survivors greet New Year with simple celebration at evacuation center

Nestor Burgos Jr. - Philippine Daily Inquirer 01/01/2020

ILOILO CITY — The elementary school classroom was still plunged in darkness. But typhoon evacuees at the Culasi Elementary School in Roxas City still celebrated the coming of the new year with simple gatherings. “We had roasted…

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