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In fact, they told him several influential legislators would immediately strike down his bill once it was filed. Undaunted, he resolutely pushed his bill and passionately argued for its approval in a series of hearings conducted by Rep. Edmundo Reyes Jr., chairman of the House committee on basic education.


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"We should be sensitive to the plight of our people, who are already reeling from non-stop fuel price increases. Increasing the tax on petroleum products will certainly aggravate their suffering," Sen. Ralph Recto said yesterday.


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Why, he continues to bet on his game at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club, losing up to P500,000 each time his game unravels even when he is careful to choose whom he plays with.
* * *

Education Secretary Edilberto de Jesus has been into bridges lately that his friends have suggested he would probably be of better use at the Department of Public Works and Highways.


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"The (HSRT is) not only meant to evaluate the students but the teachers as well," Education Undersecretary Ramon Bacani said. "They may be teaching but they do not know what they teach."


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* * *

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DepEd generates P2B savings from 'Brigada Eskwela'

By J. Antonio Rimando | January 19, 2012 - 12:00am

 The Department of Education may not be an income generating agency (like the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Land Transportation Office and Bureau of Customs), but it can initiate nationwide programs and projects...

Education and Home

DepEd's highly successful 'Brigada Eskwela' bags Anvil

By Rainier Allan Ronda | February 24, 2011 - 12:00am

The Department of Education (DepEd) bagged an Anvil Award for their highly-successful yearly effort to bring in the participation of the community and the entire private sector to prepare public schools for the June...

Education and Home

DepEd: NAT to be held in March

By Rainier Allan Ronda | January 31, 2008 - 12:00am

The Department of Education (DepEd) is set to administer tests to gauge the competence of public school students in Grades III and VI and second year high school this March.

Headlines

Regionalizing DepEd’s payroll office: Almost an impossible dream

June 27, 2005 - 12:00am

When former Cebu first district Rep. Jose Gullas filed House Bill 2542 in August 2001, he was warned by his colleagues that he would meet stiff opposition from various sectors. In fact, they told him several influential...

Nation

Senate bent on killing gas tax

August 10, 2004 - 12:00am

The Senate appears bent on killing the P2-per-liter tax on gasoline and other oil products that allies of President Arroyo are pushing in the House of Representatives. "We should be sensitive to the plight...

Headlines

Optimist or loser?

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | July 1, 2004 - 12:00am

Wellex Group chairman William Gatchalian is such a cock-eyed optimist. Why, he continues to bet on his game at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club, losing up to P500,000 each time his game unravels even when he...

Business

DepEd mulling ‘bridge program’ for public school teachers

By Rainier Allan Ronda | June 15, 2004 - 12:00am

Teachers of public school students who failed the High School Readiness Test (HSRT) may undergo their own "bridge" program to improve their teaching skills, the Department of Education (DepEd) said yesterday. "The...

Headlines

DepEd advises caution on ‘bridge program’

By Rainier Allan Ronda | June 10, 2004 - 12:00am

Parents of incoming first year high school students in public schools with poor competencies in three core subjects — English, Math and Science — are advised to exercise caution in taking the option of...

Headlines

DepEd bridge program now optional

By Pia Lee-Brago | June 9, 2004 - 12:00am

Parents of public elementary school children will be given the option to decide whether their children should take a one-year preparatory study program before entering high school. The Department of Education (DepEd)...

Headlines

Meralco, DepEd complete ‘Brigada Eskwela’

June 9, 2004 - 12:00am

The Manila Electric Co., Meralco Millennium Foundation Inc. (MMFI) and MMLDC Foundation Inc. worked hand in hand with the Department of Education in preparing public schools for the new school year in a week-long,...

Metro