Cebu City dad to telcos: Provide better internet connection

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 08/21/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak is urging the telecommunication companies (telcos) to provide stronger internet connection to households as schools have begun to conduct online classes this week. The councilor said there is…

DepEd: Private, Catholic schools can reopen any time before Oct. 5

Jodee A. Agoncillo, Jovic Yee 08/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Saturday said Catholic and other private schools and those not managed by it may open the school year before Oct. 5, provided they only use “distance learning modalities”…

Robredo calls on gov’t to put internet hubs in barangays for distance learning

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 07/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The government should make sure that barangays nationwide would have internet hubs so that students without gadgets and a stable internet connection can use them for their distance learning classes. Vice President Leni Robredo…

ABS-CBN offers transmission assets for e-learning during pandemic

Miguel R. Camus - Reporter / @miguelrcamusINQ 07/27/2020

MANILA, Philippines—ABS-CBN Corp. is offering the Duterte administration the use of its television transmission assets around the Philippines as the government eyes distance learning during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “We hope to help the government continuously…

PHINMA Education and PLDT enable students’ flexible learning with data plan

PR 07/22/2020

(Manila, Philippines – July 2020) – PHINMA Education, a fast-growing network of schools in Southeast Asia, partnered with PLDT to provide mobile data and access to learning platforms to students in five schools and universities across the…

University of Southern Philippines Foundation introduces flexible learning options for next school year

PR 07/17/2020

This 2020, the University of Southern Philippines Foundation marks 93 years of existing as an academic institution. So, even amidst challenging times, the university perseveres in its commitment to provide affordable, quality formal education to the average…

Robredo pleads for donations of old but functioning gadgets for distance learning

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - INQUIRER.net 06/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Leni Robredo has appealed to owners of old and extra but functioning gadgets to donate them to students and teachers who would need such devices for the distance learning method due to…

DepEd postpones in-person classes

Matthew Reysio-Cruz 06/09/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday postponed in-person classes until a vaccine for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is developed, a move that effectively placed all its chips on an unprecedented distance learning…

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