Alternative learning
ASIDE from the K – 12 program, there’s another concern the Department of Education (DepEd) has to address: its Alternative Learning System (ALS).
ALS is...
Off the radar
(We yield this space to the statement of the Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
WE WELCOME the recent statement of...
Combatting human trafficking
IT WAS the “World Day against Trafficking in Persons” yesterday. This annual observance aims to bring focus to the problem on human trafficking, or...
Department of Disaster Management
ONE ITEM in the recent State of the Nation Address of the President that Filipinos should look forward to is the creation of “a...
K to 12 review
EDUCATION secretary Leonor Briones announced that the K to 12 curriculum will undergo review to “keep up with the changing times.”
It would do well...
New chapter for Mindanao
PRESIDENT Duterte signed the Bangsamoro Organic Law in the hope of bringing lasting peace and progress in Mindanao.
“Fighting is no longer an option,” he...
Where are 300T regularized workers?
(We yield this space to the statement of Kilusang Mayo Uno due to its timeliness. – Ed.)
IN HIS third State of the Nation Address,...
Mining the consequences
ONE OF most impassioned statements of the President during his third State of the Nation Address was on mining.
He said: “To the mining industry,...
State of our ageing population
WE DIDN’T hear this during the President’s State of the Nation Address: Our country should brace for a paradigm shift in demographics. Our ageing...
Don’t forget the environment
WE WOULD have wanted to hear the President emphasize ecological solutions to the waste and pollution problems afflicting the country in his third State...