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MANILA, Philippines — Starting January 2024, beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps and those considered to be living below the poverty threshold could enjoy discounts in their electricity bills.
MANILA, Philippines — Public schools in Valenzuela no longer need to worry about their transport needs after they received 63 vans from the city government.
During the Commission on Higher Education's (CHED) 2025 budget hearing in the Senate, EDCOM 2 Co-Chairperson Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, raised the issue of the alarming disparity in higher education participation rates between NCR and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), pointing out that while the NCR has a 72% participation rate, BARMM lags far behind.
MANILA, Philippines — The arraignment of former Bamban mayor Alice Guo for graft and corruption before a Valenzuela court has been postponed anew after the prosecution, through the Office of the Ombudsman, filed a motion to admit the amended information in both criminal cases.
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Monday, September 23, approved on the third and final reading a bill that would refund foreign tourists the value-added tax for goods purchased in the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is willing to support calls for an executive session to get details about a former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) allegedly on the payroll of illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO).
EDCOM 2 Co-Chairperson Senator Sherwin Gatchalian revealed that, of 2,000 scholarship slots offered for TVET diploma programs in the National Capital Region, only 20 students completed the course, citing a report from the Commission on Audit.
MANILA, Philippines — Only half of technical and vocational trainees have sought a national certificate from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in 2023.
Challenges to the implementation of the National Learning Recovery Program (NLRP) have been uncovered during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Basic Education. EDCOM 2 Co-Chairperson Sherwin Gatchalian, citing data showing the percentage of students with little to none proficiency in literacy and numeracy, implored the Department of Education (DepEd) to consolidate all of its programs geared toward learning recovery.