“Bullying contributes significantly to emotional distress, physical harm, and mental health challenges for students,” says Leonerico Barredo, Chief Education Supervisor of the Department of Education – Region 6’s Education Support Services Division. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Bullying remains a challenge in WV schools despite 95% case resolution

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ILOILO City – The Department of Education (DepEd) in Western Visayas recorded 966 bullying incidents during School Year 2025-2026, with 95 percent already resolved,...
In another sobering observation about the country’s education system, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2) says efforts to decentralize and find more responsive ways to help students learn are frustrated by what it called “memocracy” among the teachers themselves. File photo taken in January 2023 shows a public school class in Quezon City. RIG C. MONTEGRANDE, PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

Iloilo opens 76 teacher posts to help fill public school needs

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ILOILO – The Iloilo provincial government has opened applications for 76 Provincial School Board (PSB) teacher positions that will be deployed to public schools...
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Capiz social workers to assist DepEd amid counselor shortage, rising student mental health concerns

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CAPIZ — The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) will deploy social workers to assist the Department of Education (DepEd) in Capiz in...

Highway crash in Negros kills BJMP officer

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BACOLOD City — A Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) officer assigned to the Victorias City Jail was killed after the motorcycle he...
Photo courtesy of Scott Rodgerson/Unsplash

BCPO nets nearly P12-M worth of ‘shabu’ in twin Bacolod drug busts

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BACOLOD City — The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) seized nearly P12 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested three high-value individuals in two...
The sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa, Bacolod City, which Victorias City is seeking to temporarily use for the disposal of up to 30 cubic meters of residual waste per month under a proposed inter-local agreement that is still pending approval by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod. MAE SINGUAY/PN

Bacolod SP yet to approve Victorias’ request to use city landfill

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BACOLOD City — The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has yet to approve Victorias City's request to temporarily dispose of its residual waste at the...
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Marcoleta: Plunder case will not succeed, charges ‘fabricated’

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MANILA — Sen. Rodante Marcoleta expressed confidence that the plunder case the Office of the Ombudsman filed against him over the non-disclosure of P75...

‘Lowering age of criminal liability needs deeper study’

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MANILA — The government will not rush proposals to lower the minimum age of criminal liability, with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. insisting...
Asked about proposals to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility, Malacañang said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. remains open to reviewing any legislative measure but emphasized that any proposal would undergo careful study before a decision is made. MARCOS

Marcos vows to press flood control crackdown despite ouster calls

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MANILA — President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. shrugged off calls for his removal from office, insisting that his administration remains committed to exposing and...
Iranians mourn late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as funeral events begin. REUTERS

Iran begins public mourning for Ayatollah killed in February

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TEHRAN – Iran has begun several days of public mourning and funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, more than four...
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