THE controversial former head of the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (PS-DBM) linked to the Pharmally mess on Thursday virtually appeared before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) inquiry, this time, to answer accusations on the allegedly "pricey and outdated" laptops flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA). Ex-PS-DBM chief…
As part of its goal to reassess, realign, and refocus youth-related initiatives, the Department of Education (DepEd), on Tuesday, June 14, announced that they will be launching a three-day youth summit called the Philippine Youth Convergence (PYC).
DepEd / Manila Bulletin PYC will be launched be
MANILA - The Department of Education (DepEd) has established the DepEd Elections Task Force (ETF) Operation and Monitoring Center to assist public school teachers and personnel with their duties in the May 9 polls. The ETF is one of the Department's initiatives to help the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and ensure free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible national and local elections. "The ETF will ensure that teachers and personnel are provided with adequate information, and technical and legal assistance in the course of the performance of their duties as members of the Electoral Board. This will also serve as DepEd's institutional link to volunteer organizations and individuals," said DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones in a news release on Friday. In DepEd Memorandum No. 10, s. 2022, Undersecretaries Alain Del Pascua and lawyer Revsee Escobedo were designated DepEd ETF Operations and Monitoring Center chair and vice chair, respectively. The DepEd ETF wi
(File photo) MANILA - The House of Representatives has urged the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to support public school teachers and college faculties amid the pandemic through the provision of personal protective equipment, disinfectants, tablets or laptops, and broadband subscription. During Wednesday night's plenary session, the chamber adopted House Resolution 2471, which seeks to promote the safety of teachers and their students, as well as advance the capacities of teachers challenged by distance learning. "In consideration of the probability of the continuing transmission of Covid-19, teachers and non-teaching personnel should be amply protected against the disease and should therefore be provided with the standard personal protective equipment based on the Alert Level raised by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, such as face masks, face shields, and 70 percent ethyl alcohol,&qu