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DOH spearheads ‘Konektado Tayo’
Social media will be the primary tool in a three-agency collaboration that will help formulate parenting strategies for teenagers and arrest the alarming rate of teenage pregnancies, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. The Department of Health (DOH), Commission on Population and D...
Senator pushes education reforms
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday called for more aggressive reforms in order to address the education crisis in the Philippines, saying the impact of the crisis would outlast the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by GMA News. In a statement, Gatchalian said Senate Joint Resolution No. ...
Gov't defends allowing kids outdoors
Allowing children as young as five years old to go outdoors will help promote their well-being amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Malacañang said in a report by Philippine News Agency. In a radio interview, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said children should be giv...
Gov't moves to reduce teenage pregnancies
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the prevention of teenage pregnancies as a “national priority”, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Under Executive Order (EO) 141 issued on June 25, Duterte stressed the need to implement measures that will address the root cause...
Physical classes possible on higher vaccination rate
Senator Richard J. Gordon said face-to-face classes amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic can be implemented once at least 70 percent of the country’s total population have been vaccinated, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. “It is important that we make su...
Drug abuse prevention courses proposed
Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Sherwin Gatchalian have filed a bill which seeks to integrate a drug abuse prevention program in junior and senior high school, according to a report by GMA News. Senate Bill 2236 or the Drug Abuse Prevention Program in Basic Education Act, aims to dis...
Youth For Truth wins at Gandingan Awards
Presidential Communications Operations Office’s (PCOO) youth-oriented program -- Youth For Truth-- bagged different citations on the recently concluded Gandingan Awards 2021 of the University of the Philippines, Los Baños, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. The UP Communi...
Valenzuela supports STEM programs
Valenzuela’s local government on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement with IBM Philippines to ensure a career-ready future for students in the city, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. The city government committed to provide funds and materials to support students thro...
Parents protect PUP students from CTG recruitment
Students victimized by deceptive recruitment of youth groups allegedly affiliated with Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) will benefit from an intervention program hatched by the Hands Off Our Children Movement, Inc. (HOOCM, Inc.) and t...
PLM release names of admission test passers
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) released on Monday, April 19 the list of first screening passers of their Admission Test. Due to the "new normal" and existing rules and regulations mandated by IATF, PLM approved a "modified freshmen admissions system" for the incoming...
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