The STAR Cover (January 5, 2023)
The STAR Cover (January 5, 2023)
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DepEd: Public schools prepared to absorb 17K SHS students from SUCs
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education said that public schools can accommodate the thousands of senior high school (SHS) students set to be displaced next year by the discontinuation of the SHS program in state universities and colleges (SUCs).
Solution to funding deficiency of free higher education part of 2024 budget
MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers included in the 2024 budget a special provision that covers the projected billions worth of funding deficiencies in the free higher education program of state universities and colleges (SUCs) this year.
EDITORIAL - A dirty money black hole
On the first regular working day of the year, among President Marcos’ marching orders to several agencies was to get the country out of the so-called gray list of the Financial Action Task Force. Since June 2021, the Philippines has been in the Paris-based FATF’s gray list of countries and territories under close monitoring for money laundering.
Treasury implements disaster insurance program for gov’t assets
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 2) — The Bureau of Treasury (BTr) has started implementing a national insurance program to secure government assets from disaster events and will initially cover 132,862 school buildings.