Enrolment up to over 22M; 99% of schools hold classes
EDUCATION Secretary Sonny Angara yesterday said 99 percent of schools nationwide have opened their doors to students, adding that enrolment has risen to over 22 million.
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EDUCATION Secretary Sonny Angara yesterday said 99 percent of schools nationwide have opened their doors to students, adding that enrolment has risen to over 22 million.
FORMER senator Antonio Trillanes IV yesterday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked the Interpol to place Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and four other former and current police officials on its “blue notice” in relation to its ongoing probe on the drug war of the Duterte administration.
SEN. Joel Villanueva yesterday asked Malacañang to take the flooding problem seriously just as it did to the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs).
THE Armed Forces yesterday said the $500-million security assistance the United States will give to the Philippines shows the US’ determination to help upgrade the military’s capability to defend Philippine territory.
A MANILA court has convicted Janet Lim Napoles for money laundering in connection with the pork barrel scam which she allegedly masterminded.
THE Sandiganbayan has thrown out a motion from defendant Dominico Borja, a former executive of the Herdis Management and Investment Corp., seeking the dismissal of a criminal charge for allegedly involving former strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos in an unlawful transaction 42 years earlier.
SENATE President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada has filed a measure seeking to impose stiffer penalties on hospitals which take “hostage” patients for financial reasons.
CHINESE businessman Michael Yang left the country for Dubai before the House of Representatives could serve the arrest warrant it issued against him for his repeated failure to attend the panel’s hearing on the discovery of 560 kilos of shabu in a warehouse in Mexico, Pampanga last September.