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Cristina Chi

Philippines

Reports on education, foreign affairs, defense and mal/disinformation for @PhilstarNews 📚🛳️👩‍💻 • reach me at [email protected]

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  • Philippines, Vietnam strengthen military ties during Army chief's visit

    1 week ago | philstar.com | Cristina Chi |Cristina C. Chi

    MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Army and the Vietnam People's Army are exploring deeper military cooperation following a four-day official visit by Philippine Army Chief Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido to Vietnam that concluded on Thursday, April 10. From April 7 to April 10, Galido met with senior Vietnamese military leaders, including Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), and Lt. Gen.

  • Functional literacy low in regions with high poverty — PSA data

    1 week ago | philstar.com | Cristina Chi |Cristina C. Chi

    MANILA, Philippines — While over 90% of Filipinos can read and write, just 70% can comprehend what they read — with the disparity reaching its most severe levels in regions hit hardest by poverty. New data from the Philippine Statistics Authority's survey on the state of literacy in the country shows that regions with lower-than-average functional literacy rate tend to be the same regions where poverty incidence among families is higher than the national average.

  • After three decades, teacher licensure exams to get revamp

    1 week ago | qa.philstar.com | Cristina Chi |Cristina C. Chi

    MANILA, Philippines — The licensure exam for teachers is set to undergo its biggest change in three decades as the government introduces separate tests for different teaching specializations.

  • ASEAN says it won't impose retaliatory measures on US goods

    2 weeks ago | philstar.com | Cristina Chi |Cristina C. Chi

    MANILA, Philippines — Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have rejected retaliatory action against what they call the "unprecedented imposition of tariffs" by the United States, betting instead on "frank and constructive dialogue" to prevent mounting trade tensions.

  • Philippines pushes for treaty on rights of older persons at UN Human Rights Council

    2 weeks ago | qa.philstar.com | Cristina Chi |Cristina C. Chi

    MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine-backed resolution that will initiate the drafting of the world's first binding treaty on elderly rights passed unanimously at the United Nations Human Rights Council last week. The measure, adopted by consensus at the council's 58th session in Geneva on April 3, was led by the Philippines along with a core group of countries — Argentina, Brazil, the Gambia and Slovenia — which worked together to draft and promote the resolution.

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11 Apr 25

RT @PhilstarNews: https://t.co/3UWeeHiNED analyzed new PSA data and found that regions with a lower-than-average functional literacy rate a…

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11 Apr 25

RT @araeugenio: Thrilled to share that I’ve taken a brief detour from my usual patch to cover disinformation surrounding the Australian ele…

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7 Apr 25

RT @PhilstarNews: China Coast Guard has resumed its aggressive patrols close to the Philippine coast. https://t.co/5rXUTqe9oD