Senators want limited face-to-face classes to start
March 1, 2021 | 8:09 pm
The senators said the prolonged school closures have affected students especially those from poor families.
They said the trial run in 1,065 schools in low-risk areas identified by the Education department should start “to avert a prolonged learning loss and minimize other potentially profound adverse social, developmental and health costs.”
Senators Sherwin T. Gatchalian, Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay, Francis N. Pangilinan, Grace Poe-Llamanzares, Pia S. Cayetano, Emmanuel Joel J. Villanueva and Juan Edgardo M. Angara signed the resolution.
They said 433 municipalities and three cities have no active coronavirus cases as of Feb. 9. Feeding programs should also be resumed and ease the effects of the pandemic on poor students and their families, they added.
By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
Published January 24, 2021 8:39pm Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday defended the Department of National Defense s unilateral abrogation of its agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP), claiming it was a patriotic duty. In a video message posted via social media, Lorenzana said he was prompted to abrogate the accord given the numerous testimonies and grueling experiences reported to him by former rebels, but he did not elaborate. He has also yet to present to the public such supposed testimonies. Abrogating the DND agreement with UP is a fulfillment of a patriotic duty. Even though it is an unpopular move, my intentions are pure. My goal is simple to minimize the threat to the youth, he said.
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