The joint-venture group which supplied 39,583 units of allegedly overpriced but outdated laptops to the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday insisted that the goods “meet all technical specifications imposed by the government, are competitively priced and perform according to their intended use.” Sunwest Construction and Development Corp. (SCDC) and LDLA Marketing & Trading Inc. […]
BAGUIO CITY — Mayors in Abra province on Thursday asked Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. to suspend the school opening on August 22 throughout the province given the condition of their towns following last month’s magnitude 7 earthquake. In a dialogue with Abalos in Abra, the quake’s epicenter, La Paz Mayor Joseph Bernos said the […]
KABUL — Gul Agha Jalali used to spend his nights planting bombs — hoping to target an Afghan government soldier or, better still, a foreign serviceman. These days, the 23-year-old Taliban member is studying English and has enrolled in a computer science course in the capital, Kabul. “When our country was occupied by infidels, we […]
KAMPALA — Ugandan IT student Andrew Njuki spent years hunched over English-language textbooks, often grappling with material that would have been easier to grasp in his mother tongue Luganda. As of May, the 27-year-old has been able to copy-paste his online teaching materials into Alphabet Inc’s Google translation service and read them directly in Uganda’s […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday said it is considering replacing the reportedly “outdated and pricey” laptops purchased last year for public school teachers. Atty. Michael Poa, the spokesperson of DepEd, said if the P2.4-billion worth of laptops in question is proven to have not been of quality, they will either […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is eyeing to release the suggested retail prices (SRPs) for various school supplies by early next week, Undersecretary Ruth Castelo said Wednesday. With the exception of the past two school years, DTI has been releasing SRPs for school supplies annually. “Ngayon, ilalabas na rin natin […]
Written by: Magdaleno B. Albarracin, Jr. and Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, for INQUIRER.net A 2017 survey showed that only 23 percent of Filipinos finish college education. Of the 1,000 respondents in the survey by an insurance firm, only 230, or 23 percent, were able to finish college due to lack of funds or savings. It […]
MANILA, Philippines — After more than two years, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) allowed school transport services to resume operations this month along with the reopening of both private and public schools. In a three-page memorandum circular dated July 28, the LTFRB cited the Department of Education Order No. 034 which sets […]
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The joint-venture group which supplied 39,583 units of allegedly overpriced but outdated laptops to the Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday insisted that the goods “meet all technical specifications imposed by the government, are competitively priced and perform according to their intended use.” Sunwest Construction and Development Corp. (SCDC) and LDLA Marketing & Trading Inc. […]
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BAGUIO CITY — Mayors in Abra province on Thursday asked Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. to suspend the school opening on August 22 throughout the province given the condition of their towns following last month’s magnitude 7 earthquake. In a dialogue with Abalos in Abra, the quake’s epicenter, La Paz Mayor Joseph Bernos said the […]
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KABUL — Gul Agha Jalali used to spend his nights planting bombs — hoping to target an Afghan government soldier or, better still, a foreign serviceman. These days, the 23-year-old Taliban member is studying English and has enrolled in a computer science course in the capital, Kabul. “When our country was occupied by infidels, we […]
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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday said it is considering replacing the reportedly “outdated and pricey” laptops purchased last year for public school teachers. Atty. Michael Poa, the spokesperson of DepEd, said if the P2.4-billion worth of laptops in question is proven to have not been of quality, they will either […]
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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is eyeing to release the suggested retail prices (SRPs) for various school supplies by early next week, Undersecretary Ruth Castelo said Wednesday. With the exception of the past two school years, DTI has been releasing SRPs for school supplies annually. “Ngayon, ilalabas na rin natin […]
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MANILA, Philippines — After more than two years, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) allowed school transport services to resume operations this month along with the reopening of both private and public schools. In a three-page memorandum circular dated July 28, the LTFRB cited the Department of Education Order No. 034 which sets […]
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to ease its guidelines to control the spread of COVID-19, including in schools as soon as this week, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the plan. The updated guidelines are expected to ease quarantine requirements for people exposed to the virus and […]
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ILOILO CITY — A Capiz provincial board member has alleged that former governor Esteban Evan Contreras’ administration did not follow the provincial ordinance on scholarships for students. Board Member Thea Faith Reyes (1st district), chairperson of the provincial board’s education committee, said that the number of “Private Merit” scholarships ballooned to 1,514 under Contreras in […]
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MANILA, Philippines — Under the new face-to-face set-up, the Department of Education (DepEd) said Tuesday that classes will follow a “non-discriminatory policy” for all personnel and students. DepEd spokesperson Atty. Michael Pia said no separate guidelines would be issued for the vaccinated and the non-vaccinated. “We have a non-discriminatory policy… Meaning for both teachings, non-teaching […]
