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ANGARA: MAKE PRIMARY, SECONDARY STUDENTS AWARE ABOUT PANDEMICS, EPIDEMICS, HEALTH EMERGENCIES

Senator Sonny Angara wants students in the primary and secondary schools in the country to be aware of pandemics, epidemics and other health emergencies. Angara noted that the experience of the Philippines with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic leaves a lot to be desired on the behavior of many Filipinos. According to the veteran senator, […]

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SENATE APPROVES BILL FOR NEUTRAL DESKS IN SCHOOLS – ANGARA

The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to mandate all educational institutions to provide all students with neutral desks. Neutral desks are tables or armchairs that are suitable for both right-handed and left-handed students. With 17 affirmative votes, zero negative and zero abstention, approved was House Bill No. 8654, otherwise known […]

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REQUIRE ALL SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE ARMCHAIRS FOR LEFT-HANDED STUDENTS – ANGARA

A bill seeking to require all schools with proper armchairs for left-handed students has been filed at the Senate. Senator Sonny Angara, author of Senate Bill No. 2114, said the bill aims to promote equal development of students by requiring educational institutions nationwide to provide left-handed armchairs for left-handed students. “Currently, left-handed students are left […]

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House Moves to Save Historical School Buildings – NOEL

  The House committee on basic education and culture has approved a substitute bill which mandates the conservation of “Gabaldon school buildings” nationwide. The bill refers to Gabaldon school buildings as those school buildings designed by American Architect William Parsons and funded through Act No. 1801 authored by Isauro Gabaldon, a former governor of Nueva […]