DepEd’s new performance system is anti-labor – mentors
Teachers’ groups branded as anti-worker and anti-union the Department of Education’s results-based performance management system (DepEd-RPMS) to rate teachers.
Amid DAP ruckus, teachers’ groups call for wage hike, more incentives
In the wake of the controversy on the disbursement of government savings, various teachers’ groups on Friday pressed the Aquino administration to increase the salary and incentives of public school teachers, saying “the government has neglected the education sector particularly the public school teachers since President Aquino rose to power four years ago.”
No shortage of affordable rice, says NFA XI
Amid city government worry that NFA rice is becoming inaccessible to lower income families, National Food Authority (NFA) Region XI Director Edgar Bentulan said that the public need not worry.
NPA admits 14 fatalities in simultaneous anti-private army attacks
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said it lost 14 New People’s Army members during a “simultaneous raid to crush three private army groups” Tuesday in Agusan del Sur.
Escalating NPA attacks in Mindanao
The New People’s Army launched several tactical offensives Tuesday in Caraga region and in Compostela Valley province.