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SOLON BACKS ENGLISH AS MAIN MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

A lawmaker said the second Congressional Commission Education (Edcom II) should reexamine what medium of instruction to use in Philippine schools in line with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s proposal to use the English language to teach students. Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte said a congressional review must be done to bring back English as the […]

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NEW LAW GIVES GOV’T MORE TEETH VS ONLINE SCAMS

A measure granting the government more power to combat phishing and other online scams is awaiting President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature as the country sees an alarming rise in cyber threats, a lawmaker said. Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte said the expected signing into law of a bill enhancing financial consumer protection “couldn’t have come at […]

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NO NEW CITIES, PROVINCES FOR MANDANAS FUNDS URGED

A lawmaker called for a moratorium on the creation of new cities and provinces as it would dilute the impact of a Supreme Court (SC) ruling that gave them a bigger share of national tax collections. Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte said the creation of new cities and provinces will merely cancel out the positive […]