Merlina Hernando-Malipot
Journalist at Manila Bulletin
Journalist / Senior Section Editor @manilabulletin Email at [email protected] [email protected]
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1 week ago |
mb.com.ph | Merlina Hernando-Malipot
The opening of School Year (SY) 2025–2026 on Monday, June 16, unfolded mostly without major hitches across the country, according to Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara, who credited improved coordination and prompt responses to local issues. However, teachers’ groups—while acknowledging the smooth start—sounded the alarm on persistent education woes that continue to undermine learning nationwide.
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1 week ago |
mb.com.ph | Merlina Hernando-Malipot
A teachers’ group has sounded the alarm over what it calls a deepening education crisis, marked by chronic shortages in classrooms, teachers, and learning resources, as School Year (SY) 2025–2026 officially opens on Monday, June 16.
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1 week ago |
mb.com.ph | Merlina Hernando-Malipot
As public schools across the country prepare to open their doors for a new school year, teacher groups on Sunday, June 15, sounded the alarm over the persistent and worsening education crisis and called for urgent, concrete government action to resolve systemic shortages. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in separate statements, both demanded significant budget increases and reforms.
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1 week ago |
mb.com.ph | Merlina Hernando-Malipot
As School Year 2025–2026 officially opens on Monday, June 16, the Department of Education (DepEd) is preparing to accommodate a projected 27.6 million enrollees in basic education amid persistent challenges—including a nationwide shortage of 165,000 classrooms, a deficit of over 56,000 teachers, and limited learning resources. To address these longstanding gaps, DepEd is implementing urgent and concrete measures to strengthen the country’s public education system.
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2 weeks ago |
mb.com.ph | Merlina Hernando-Malipot
As the rainy season begins, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) announced that it has mobilized its volunteers and prepositioned essential resources nationwide to ensure a swift response to potential emergencies—including floods, landslides, and other weather-related disasters. “The Philippine Red Cross is ready and on high alert as we officially enter the rainy season,” PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dick Gordon said in a statement issued on Monday, June 9.
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