Editorial cartoon by Renan Ortiz The recent pronouncement of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque shows the absence of governance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After President Rodrigo Duterte asked for emergency powers — which includes the authority to reallocate budget – we, the Filipino people have been left to fend for ourselves. Roque admitted there is no…
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“DepEd Sec. Leonor Briones’ pep talk on fighting fears and teaching our students courage does not assuage our apprehensions as they are based on our rational assessment of the country’s present condition.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The broadest group of public school teachers in the Philippines called on the Department of…
In a statement, the media group said Roque owes the media company and reporter Triciah Terada an apology for “his boorish and, as it turned out, misbegotten tirade.” The post Harry Roque owes CNN-Philippines and reporter an apology, NUJP says appeared first on Kodao Productions.
A Lumad school teacher revealed that alleged “state-sponsored” attacks on schools continue in the course of the two-month lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
“Addressing classroom shortages, large class sizes, lack of adequate water supply, working comfort rooms, ensuring health, and (hiring additional) utility personnel in schools (must first be accomplished). The lack of gadgets and access to a strong internet connection for the new modes of teaching under the ‘new normal’ for schools would require additional budget for…
A community college in Davao de Oro decries how the provincial government has handled the turnover of their stranded student-scholars who wanted to go home.
A Tongan author said that understanding Tongan history and the values promoted in the community would have made readers see that the western novel Lord of the Flies provided an inaccurate counterpoint to the story of the six teenagers. The post Where’s the Pacific voice in the viral ‘real Lord of the Flies’ story? appeared…