Education

UN Agencies Urge More Support, Funds for Breastfeeding

The World Health Organization and the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) recommend that mothers breastfeed within the first hour after giving birth and continue until their children reach age 2, with supplemental...

Diokno advised Duterte to veto bill on free tuition in SUCs

MANILA, Aug. 2 -- Insisting that the government could not afford to provide free tuition for state universities and colleges (SUCs), Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin Diokno has advised President Rodrigo...

Senators hopeful Duterte signs free tuition in SUCs

MANILA, Aug. 2 -- Senators on Wednesday expressed hope that President Rodrigo Duterte would still sign the measure seeking free tuition for state universities and colleges (SUCs) even after the administration’s...

Senators will back move to adjust budget for free tuition in SUCs

MANILA, Aug 2 -- A senator on Wednesday said that he was confident that a majority of senators would support the move to adjust the 2018 national budget, increasing the allocation...

Duterte admin leverages PH education programs

MANILA, July 30 -- President Rodrigo Duterte, in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) held Monday, announced that among his administration's accomplishments is on leveraging the education programs in...

1.5M Filipinos to benefit from trio of tobacco control policies: Ubial

MANILA, July 21 -- Some 1.5 million Filipinos will be protected from developing illnesses linked to smoking in the next five years with the trio of tobacco control policies now in...

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