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HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERED ON VALUES, DATA PUSHED

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano backed the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) 7-point agenda for 2025 to 2030, saying the country’s higher education system must be both values-centered and data-driven to truly prepare Filipinos for global challenges. Presiding over the organizational meeting of the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical, and Vocational Education, Cayetano said education agencies […]

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ESCUDERO: DECLASSIFY GOV’T VAX PURCHASE DATA

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration that the COVID-19 global health emergency is over should also lift the secrecy on the funds spent by the government for vaccines, Sen. Chiz Escudero said. What should not however end, Escudero stressed, “is the pursuit to bring to justice those who misused pandemic funds by buying overpriced medical […]

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PSA DATA ON CHILD LABOR ALARMS PARTY-LIST SOLON

“The half a million jump in the number of child laborers in the country from 2020 should be raising red flags. This is unacceptable.” This is what ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes had to say on the information made public by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which showed that there were 1.37 million working children […]

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LOOK AT DATA FIRST BEFORE LIFTING ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE — ABANTE

When it comes to extending the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon, science has found an ally in one of the spiritual leaders of the House of Representatives. House Minority Leader Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. on Sunday said that he supports the position of House Ways and Means Chair Jose Maria “Joey” Salceda, who recently […]