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Education Is the Great Equalizer – PIMENTEL

  Senate President Koko Pimentel III hailed President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act which provides free tuition and other school fees for students of state universities and colleges (SUCs). Pimentel, a former bar topnotcher and a former law professor, considers the passage of the law as a pivotal […]

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Budget Delayed Is Education Denied – RECTO

  Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto thanked President Rodrigo Duterte, “the country’s teacher-in-chief,” for signing into law the free college tuition bill. “By signing the law, he is in effect lecturing the nation that we should not just build, build, build for the sake of our future, but also teach, teach, teach our youth, ” […]

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Secure Schools Nationwide for Class Opening – BELARO

  A party list congressman representing the education sector made an urgent appeal to police authorities and government officials to secure schools nationwide, given the heightened security situation in Manila and other parts of the country which coincides with the nationwide opening of classes this June. 1-Ang Edukasyon Rep. Salvador “Bong” Belaro, Jr. emphasized the […]