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DepEd probes teacher scolding students on TikTok
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 18, 2024 - 12:00am
A public teacher scolding her students live on short-form video platform TikTok is being investigated by the Department of Education.
EARIST scraps hair length policy
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 17, 2024 - 12:00am
The administration of Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology has agreed to scrap a controversial provision in its student handbook denying enrollment to male students, including...
Teachers welcome reconciled bill on allowance hike
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 16, 2024 - 10:00am
Teachers groups Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) welcomed a reconciled bill by the Senate and the House of Representatives that would gradually increase the teaching...
Ombudsman lifts suspension order vs 23 NFA personnel
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 16, 2024 - 8:00am
The Office of the Ombudsman has lifted the suspension order against 23 of the 141 National Food Authority (NFA) officials and employees who are facing investigation in connection with the allegedly anomalous sale...
Sandigan junks Bistek’s plea to dismiss graft rap
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 15, 2024 - 12:00am
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the bid of former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista and former administrator Aldrin Cuña to dismiss the graft case filed against them in connection with the allegedly anomalous...
CSC: Adopt flexible work arrangements for Ramadan
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 13, 2024 - 12:00am
All state agencies should allow flexible work arrangements for Muslim officials and employees during the fasting period of Ramadan, according to the Civil Service Commission.
Teachers oppose 100 percent foreign ownership of schools
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Teachers and other education personnel have expressed their opposition to opening up the country’s schools to 100 percent foreign ownership under the proposed Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 currently under...
NFA ordered to submit documents on P93 million rice sale
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 9, 2024 - 12:00am
Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Thursday went to the National Food Authority main office in Quezon City to personally serve a subpoena that would compel the agency to submit several documents in connection with the...
Romblon lawmaker, ex-Eastern Samar government cleared in fertilizer scam
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 3, 2024 - 12:00am
Romblon Rep. Eleandro Jesus Madrona and former Eastern Samar governor Clotilde Salazar have been cleared of graft in connection with the 2004 fertilizer fund scam.
Ex-Munti mayor cleared of P97 million graft charge
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 3, 2024 - 12:00am
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Muntinlupa mayor Aldrin San Pedro of a graft case that stemmed from the allegedly anomalous procurement of P97.52 million worth of fire trucks from 2008 to 2009.
3 ex-NABCOR officials get 8 years for graft
by Elizabeth Marcelo - March 1, 2024 - 12:00am
The Sandiganbayan has sentenced three officials of the now defunct state firm National Agribusiness Corp. (NABCOR) to up to eight years in prison over the allegedly anomalous procurement of P95.5 million worth of...
Sandigan affirms dismissal of forfeiture vs 3 coco levy firms
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 29, 2024 - 12:00am
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the finality of the dismissal of a forfeiture case against three of the firms created out of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund, also known as the coco levy funds, during martial...
Jinggoy: Joint Cha-cha voting unconstitutional
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 24, 2024 - 9:30am
Making both houses of Congress vote jointly and not separately on amending the 1987 Charter would be “unconstitutional,” Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said yesterday.
Sandigan denies ex-PNP exec’s bid to junk helicopter case
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 24, 2024 - 12:00am
The Sandiganbayan has denied a bid by former Senior Police Officer 4 Ma. Linda Padojinog to dismiss the graft case against her that stemmed from the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) purchase of allegedly...
Sandigan admits evidence vs Bautista
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 18, 2024 - 12:00am
The Sandiganbayan has admitted all the documentary evidence presented by the Office of the Ombudsman’s prosecution team against former Quezon City mayor Herbert “Bistek” Bautista and former city...
DepEd to push for additional benefits for teachers
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 17, 2024 - 12:00am
he Department of Education will push for “additional benefits” for teachers before Congress, amid a pending bill filed by the Makabayan bloc seeking to increase teachers’ monthly salary to P50...
Government workers for 10 years may earn civil service eligibility
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Job order contractual, casual and co-terminus employees who have been working in the government for at least 10 aggregate years may now apply for civil service eligibility, according to the Civil Service Commis...
Tax credit scam: 5 ex-DOF execs get 8 years
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 9, 2024 - 12:00am
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the conviction of five former officials of the Department of Finance for graft over the multibillion-peso tax credit scam in the 1990s.
Transport execs sued over jeepney phaseout
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 8, 2024 - 12:00am
Transport group Manibela yesterday filed a graft complaint against Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista and officials of the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board in connection with the impending...
President Marcos orders completion of water projects amid El Niño
by Elizabeth Marcelo - February 8, 2024 - 12:00am
To avert a potential water shortage especially during El Niño, President Marcos ordered yesterday the immediate completion of all water projects in the country being undertaken by both the private and public...
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