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MANILA, Philippines — Extreme heat driven by climate change has forced the government to speed up its return to the old school calendar, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. himself asking Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte to provide a "concerted plan" for schools to go back to the June-March schedule by "next year."
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. rejected a proposal to equip Philippine ships patrolling the West Philippine Sea with water cannons in response to China's aggressive actions against the country's vessels.
MOSCOW, Russia — President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to hold nuclear weapons drills involving the navy and troops based near Ukraine, the defense ministry said Monday.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has agreed to tag as urgent proposed changes to the controversial Rice Tarrification Law (RTL) that would allow the National Food Authority to sell cheap rice in the markets again.
We should urgently pass the Anti Agricultural Economic Sabotage Law to control the middlemen and traders from causing hardship to the farmers and the consumers. The NFA has not proven itself to be taking care of the welfare of the rice farmers and the consumers.
I thank President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. for calling for an expedited reversion to the old school calendar by next year. These past few weeks, we have seen how the extreme heat led to several suspensions of face-to-face classes in many parts of the country, which disrupted the continuity of education for our learners. We also have to keep in mind that the extreme heat poses a threat to the health, safety, and well-being of our learners and teachers. By moving back the opening of classes to June, we can restore normalcy to the school calendar cycle, which the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in 2020.
I express my solidarity with the President regarding his firm decision to abstain from employing water cannons or any other offensive weapons as a countermeasure against China's persistent aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea. Instead, it is our responsibility to remain steadfast in safeguarding our maritime and sovereign rights through a rule-based approach.
MANILA, Philippines — Networking solutions provider D-Link and IT distributor VST ECS announced their distribution agreement recently. The partnership aims to accelerate innovation across the country.