Unanswered questions
DEPARTMENT of Education’s explanations
on the findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) regarding irregularities on
the agency’s fund use do not absolve DepEd of accountability...
What happened to FOI?
PRESIDENT Duterte
stole Congress’ thunder by announcing he was issuing an executive order on the
Freedom of Information (FOI) in his first State of the Nation...
Where are the classrooms?
THE Commission on Audit’s (COA) 2018 report
showed that the Department of Education (DepEd) was supposed to construct
47,000 new classrooms for the year, but only...
Irony of ironies
(We
yield this space to the statement of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers due to
its timeliness. – Ed.)
WHILE the Philippine education system
celebrates the month of...
Underutilized CHED funds
THE COMMISSION on Higher Education (CHED) was
unable to utilize P20.3 billion or half of the P39.9 billion budget for
Republic Act 10931 (Universal Access to...
An urgent appeal for integral peace
(We yield this
space to the statement of Most Rev. Gerardo Alminaza, Bishop of San Carlos
City, Negros Occidental, due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
LET US...
Imprudent use of education funds
ACCOUNTABILITY must be demanded from the
Department of Education (DepEd) for its “imprudent utilization of education
funds,” based on the recently released report of the Commission...
Stop the killings in Negros
(We
yield this space to the statement of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform
due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
WE DENOUNCE the rash of extrajudicial
killings that has...
Forewarned is forearmed
TYPHOON “Hanna” is unlikely to hit land but is
enhancing the habagat or southwest
monsoon. Thus, according to the state weather bureau, moderate to heavy monsoon
rains...
Are you ready?
SEVERE tropical storm “Hanna” is threatening
to dump more rains to Western Visayas via an enhanced southwest monsoon. All
local government units (LGUs) must ensure that...