Education

DOH reports 13 dengue deaths, 2,038 cases in NegOr

DUMAGUETE CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) in Negros Oriental reported on Wednesday that a total of 13 persons have died due to dengue in the province since January 1st...

Samar towns top lists of undernourished areas

PALO, Leyte --Towns in Samar province dominated the list of nutritionally-depressed areas in Eastern Visayas region due to high poverty incidence. Speaking to hundreds of stakeholders on Wednesday, National Nutrition Council (NNC)...

Pimentel calls on schools to teach computer code

Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Wednesday called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to include teaching code, also known as computer programming, in the K-12 program, especially in elementary...

Leyte student wins Global Science Competition

TACLOBAN CITY -- A student from Leyte bested 11,000 young learners from 178 countries to bag the third annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge (BJC) Prize, earning over PHP20 million worth of prizes. Hillary Diane...

House passes proposed “Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act”

The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 6617 or the proposed "Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act" which seeks to strengthen the government's comprehensive policy...

House boosts access to education by out-of-school youth, PWDs

The House committee on basic education chaired by Rep. Ramon Durano IV (5th District, Cebu) on Monday approved a bill that will boost accessibility to education of underserved sectors of the...

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