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Senator Dick Gordon re-stressed the urgent need to implement Republic Act No. 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Law following the recent fatal shooting of former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) legal service chief Atty. Fredric Anthony Santos in Barangay Poblacion, Muntinlupa City by unidentified riding-in-tandem hitmen. Gordon, the principal author of the law, once again […]
Though the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Special Education (SPED) program received a budget allocation for the first time under its current administration, Senator Win Gatchalian underscored the need for adequate and dedicated funding to address current gaps in the program including the shortage of teachers. Citing estimates from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), a […]
Elementary and high school students in public and private schools will soon be required to take a mandatory Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) subject under the K to 12 curriculum. The Senate approved a bill seeking to institutionalize values education, including GMRC, as a core subject in the K to 12 curriculum. Under Senate […]
While supporting the proposed creation of a Philippine High School for Sports, Senator Dick Gordon said that it should be part of a national program for sports which would inculcate the value of teamwork and discipline among athletes at a very young age to produce a community of people who are inspired and motivated to […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST) to have clear and definite guidelines for an improved implementation of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (Republic Act 10931) or the free tuition law. Gatchalian, co-author and co-sponsor of the […]
Almost half of Filipino families nationwide are dissatisfied with the K-12 program, revealed Senator Win Gatchalian, who commissioned a Pulse Asia survey to measure public satisfaction on the program’s implementation. With 1,200 respondent-families nationwide, Gatchalian shared that 47 percent of Filipino families are not satisfied with the K-12 program. Meanwhile 38 percent said they are […]
More than a year after the destruction left by Typhoon Ompong, the strongest typhoon to hit Luzon since 2010 and the strongest to make landfall in the Philippines since Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has enabled affected families in Cagayan get their lives back. Senator Dick Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, […]
With the growing number of persons under investigation (PUI) for infection with the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019-nCoV ARD), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) heightened its preparation by providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to its frontline staff and volunteers to ensure their safety while handling suspected 2019-nCoV ARD cases. “The Philippine Red Cross […]
No better. This is how Senator Win Gatchalian sees the Philippines’ performance in the forthcoming Programme for International Student Assessment 2021 (PISA 2021) if no significant reforms are implemented in the K-12 curriculum. In a policy forum evaluating the implementation of the K-12 program, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and […]
Following the results of a global survey that revealed low math and science proficiency scores among Filipino high school students, Senator Win Gatchalian is calling anew for the establishment of a public math and science high school in every province. According to Gatchalian, the results of the global Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018, […]