The Kabataan party-list criticized the restoring of the fees that were already stricken out of the list to be collected from students and said the move robbed students of the full benefit of government's free tertiary education.
A fisherfolk group was unimpressed with Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol’s apology over the statement of an official from Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) advising Filipino fishermen to refrain from fishing in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal following reports of Chinese harassment.
The number of dengue cases during the first quarter in Davao Region rose nearly three times than last year, the Department of Health (DOH)-Davao Region reported.
Over nine thousand graduating high school students in the country have qualified for the Science Education Institute Scholarship Programs of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) this year.
Total damages and losses to the agriculture sector has increased to PHP 4.35 billion as the El Niño phenomenon continue to wreck devastations to farmlands and agricultural areas in the country.