Suspend tax on gasoline, diesel, too, gov’t urged

ROXAS, ISABELA, Philippines — Four people, including three boys, died while four others were wounded when a reported rifle grenade exploded in Sitio Raniag, Barangay Sinamar, this town, on Sunday morning, police said. Among the fatalities were an 8-year-old Grade 3 pupil and his 85-year-old grandmother. Witnesses said they heard a loud explosion and later

TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Before becoming a teacher, Rodel Peñaranda knew what it meant to go to school with barely enough money for the week—and sometimes with nothing but coffee in his stomach. Now 48 and 15 years into his teaching career, Peñaranda uses his own experience to encourage students at Calingcaguing National High

MANILA, Philippines — Much of corporate support for Philippine education has long come in tangible forms, such as chairs, learning materials, computers and other equipment schools can readily put to use. The need for material support is evident in schools across the country, many of which still contend with shortages in basic facilities and equipment.

The late Salvador “Sonny” Escudero III, who served as secretary of agriculture and a member of the House of Representatives, once said that career advancement was often slow for the better teachers and they were often overlooked when it was time for recognitions and awards. The problem is not always political patronage or palakasan, a

MANSALAY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — For generations of Mangyan children from remote mountain communities in southern Oriental Mindoro, going to high school was once a difficult journey—literally. Some had to walk for hours from their homes to reach a classroom. At the Mangyan Education Center Inc. (MEC) in Barangay Bait-Panaytayan, Mansalay, that long journey has,

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The Senate impeachment court on Monday allowed Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura to testify on the bank transactions of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio.

Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Monday called for civility as “emotions run high” amid the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo on Monday asked the Senate impeachment court to admonish its spokesperson, lawyer Reginald Tongol, for telling the media that the verdict in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte would be out by December 16.

The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte opposed Monday the presentation of Anti-Money Laundering Council Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura as a witness in her impeachment trial.