TO IMPROVE the country’s quality of basic education, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured the public that the recalibrated Kindergarten to Grade 10 (K-10) curriculum will be in accordance “with international standards.” “We are recalibrating the K to 10 curriculum to ensure that it is always relevant, responsive, and at par…
PRESIDENT FERDINAND Marcos Jr. has called for the full digital transformation of government services to combat graft and corruption while improving the transaction experience of Filipinos. In his second State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 24, Marcos said that shifting to full digitalization would boost the efficiency…
PRESIDENT FERDINAND Marcos Jr. wants the 19th Congress lawmakers to pass a bill making Reserved Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) mandatory for the senior high school level. “This will seek to reinstitute the ROTC program as [a] mandatory component of senior high school programs (Grades 11 and 12) in all public…
LOCKDOWNS WILL no longer be implemented to ensure a good balance between public health and economic development, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed during his first State of the Nation Address. “Wala na tayong gagawing lockdown. Dapat nating balansehin nang maayos ang kalusugan at kapakanan ng ating mga mamamayan sa isang…
by NILLICENT BAUTISTA IN HIS first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. asserted that he would not be supportive of measures that would relinquish any Philippine territory to other foreign entities. While making no mention of the tensions with China in the West Philippine Sea,…
PRESIDENT FERDINAND “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. heaped praises on his father, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., during his inaugural address, where he also vowed to fulfill the dreams of Filipinos and provide them with a “future of sufficiency.” "I once knew a man who saw what little had been achieved…