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Thursday, June 19, 2025

An Independent View

NGCP

RECENT problems associated with the transmission system of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) have focused attention on this organization and, specifically,...

Money transmission woes

GCASH has assured its users that its app remains safe to use after customers suffered unauthorized deductions from their personal accounts last week. The National...

Education policies, Part 4

FOR MANY years, a feature of our education system was the implementation of tests and examinations of students' areas of knowledge on all aspects...

Education policies, Part 3

LAST week’s announcement that the Department of Education (DepEd) is actively considering substantial changes to the K-12 program is welcome news for many. I...

Education policies, Part 2

I HAVE never been a fan of Brigada Eskwela. It was first implemented during the term of Bro. Armin Luistro (Department of Education, 2010-2016) who...

Education policies

THE WORD WAR between Vice President and Secretary of Education Sara Duterte and the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) is unseemly and should be...

Longevity

ON THE first Saturday of this month, World Obesity Day was observed. It was reported that around 27 million Filipinos are considered to be...

Negros Island Region

THE MURDER of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo and five of his constituents on Saturday morning will haunt Negrenses for a long time. President...

Educational miscellany

PARENTS and others have expressed concern about surveys conducted by the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Bank (WB), and...

Education and COVID

FOR A VERY long time, the majority of parents believed in the inherent worth of education. Teachers and parents worked together to try to...