The Department of Education (DepEd) says it expects all schools to conduct face to face classes in the next academic year 2022-2023 “By June, which is already a few days away from now, sa next academic school year, ini-expect natin na fully 100% na talaga 'yung pag-implement natin ng face-to-face classes,” says DepEd secretary Briones. The 100% Briones is pertaining to the opening of all schools, including private ones which the DepEd were previously alarmed by that few private schools  hold in-person learning. Currently, around 73% of public schools have resumed face-to-face classes.  The Department of Health (DOH) says “Face-to-face...

Texas trends worldwide with over 1.51 million tweets. A gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at an elementary school. This Texas shooting is believed to be the deadliest since the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut in 2012 that killed 26 people, 20 of which were children 6 to 7 years old. The shooting took place at Robb Elementary School, where grade schoolers in Uvalde were preparing to start their summer break. At least 1 teacher was among those killed, and several students were wounded.  Authorities identified the gunman to be an 18-year-old highschooler, Salvador Ramos from a...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike for three months, following a rupture from a 2021 deal with the Federal Government.   Funding for the revitalization of public universities, payment of earned academic allowances, adoption of the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) as a preferred payment option over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), and payment of promotion arrears are among the demands made by the Union. Nigerian students who have been compelled to stay at home during the academic year have begun to express their dissatisfaction with the long-running strike through offline and...

Following the advice of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the end of E-Sabong activities, noting the cost to society to Filipinos.   According to Duterte, an order prohibiting the use of E-Sabong will be issued by Tuesday. Duterte's current statement is a break from the administration's prior decision not to suspend e-sabong activities, despite senators' calls for the suspension in Senate Resolution No. 996, citing the unsolved disappearances of certain e-sabong participants. “It’s his recommendation and I agree with it, E-Sabong will end by tonight, bukas, lalabas ito bukas [tomorrow, the order will come out tomorrow],” he...

Detained alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa withdrew his claim that Senator Leila De Lima was involved in illegal drug business in New Bilibid Prison. Kerwin Espinosa's Statement via news reporter Mike Navallo: “Espinosa’s affidavit only proves the length the current administration has gone to fabricate testimonies and evidence against Senator De Lima” says Atty. Filibon Tacardon, De Lima’s lawyer. Espinosa claims he was “coerced, pressured, intimidated and seriously threatened by the police. He has no other option but to invent stories for fear of his life and of his family” to make his past statements. He said before that he...