The Department of Education (DepEd) rejects the calls for an academic break amid the rise of COVID-19 cases. Instead, academic ease should be implemented by being less strict with deadlines on the requirements of students.
House Bill 8626 or the proposed Bayanihan 3 bill aims to assist businesses, distressed households, the unemployed, etc., by giving cash aid or ayuda regardless of economic status. The bill is expected to be approved with a P420 billion budget.
Christianity was introduced in the country in 1565 by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi. The Spaniards succeeded in converting the majority of Filipinos to Catholicism, thus, we celebrated the 500th anniversary of Christianity. But prior to this, who did our ancestors look up to?
SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN: "The ALS Act is, in its very essence, a bill about second chances. It is a bill about providing opportunities for a better life to our fellow Filipinos who have fallen into hard times."