Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:27:09 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Public school teachers urged lawmakers to immediately conduct a congressional probe into the textbook fiasco state auditors highlighted recently, with one group likening the misuse of funds and numerous questions it raised to a “can of worms.”
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:02:06 +0000
Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo has filed a bill authorizing government-owned banks to open a special loan window for public school teachers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:04:41 +0000
The 11 teachers at Bacoor National High School in Bacoor City, Cavite, who turned the school’s toilet into a faculty room
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:25:21 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — As President Rodrigo Duterte and his economic managers forestall a long-promised pay hike for public school teachers over lack of funding, an economic think tank has proposed a simple solution: tax the “superrich.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 21:36:41 +0000
The outspoken election commissioner made headlines last week when she described as “unabashed mockery and an assault to democratic processes
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 21:26:35 +0000
Escudero said the Duterte administration must first look for possible sources of funding teachers’ salary hike.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:25:40 +0000
MANILA, Philippine — President Rodrigo Duterte is working on the appeal of public school teachers for a much-deserved salary increase, Malacañang said on Monday as a new school year started.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 23:28:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Solita Daz teaches Filipino, but she has long been grappling with hard math.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 05:58:53 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) is expecting to hire 33,000 new teachers this year, Undersecretary Anne Sevilla said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:41:39 +0000
Twenty teachers in San Fernando town in Cebu don’t want to serve in the electoral boards of the May 2019 elections because they fear for their safety, according to Renante Angcos, election officer of the town.
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