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DepEd: School year starts Aug. 29
By Gabriellea Pariño
THE Department of Education said classes for School Year 2023 to 2024 shall start on Aug. 29.
An advisory posted on DepEd’s social media page on Thursday clarified that the said date was only applicable to public schools.
“Private schools may choose to open classes on any date starting the first Monday of June but not later than the last day of August, pursuant to Republic
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Ten provinces received an abovenormal amount of rainfall in July than the previous month: La Union, Batanes, Palawan, Bohol, Southern Leyte, Camiguin, Davao De Oro, Davao Del Norte, Davao Oriental, and Agusan Del Sur--with Southern Leyte receiving 156.9 percent of rainfall above normal at 275.7 mm.
For the month of July, the five provinces of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Dinagat Islands, and Surigao Del Sur also received above-normal rainfall -- topped by Catanduanes at 142 percent of the normal level, with 348.4 mm.
For August, the agency predicted a moderate to high probability that rainfall was to exceed 100 mm over the Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, NCR, Cavite, and Occidental Mindoro.
“There is a high probability that there will be above-normal rainfall for August for the northern Luzon Area,” Solis said.
There is a high to a very high probability for rainfall to exceed 25mm over the Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, CAR, NCR, Cavite, Laguna, and Occidental Mindoro, and a moderate to high chance over most parts of CAR, Batangas, Oriental Mindoro, Rizal, and Antique while low to moderate likelihood over the rest of the country for the first week of August, PAGASA said.
The water elevation at Angat Dam in Bulacan has risen to 198 meters due to the continuous rains.
National Water Resources Board executive director Sevillo David on Thursday said the dam was at its normal operating level or well beyond its minimum level of 180 meters but was still 12 meters short of its normal high level of 210 meters.
He said the water level’s rise was due to heavy rains brought about by the southwest monsoon and the effects of typhoons Egay and Falcon.
The increased water level was a “big help” in mitigating the impact of the El Niño phenomenon to be felt in the last quarter of the year.
The dam’s elevation level must reach 210 meters to 212 meters by the end of 2023 to be able to meet the water requirements in the National Capital Region, he said.
PAGASA on Thursday reported a gradual improvement in the weather
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From A1 ment of Transportation’s (DOTr) and the P1 billion fuel assistance program under the Department of Agriculture.
Qualified PUV, taxi, tricycle, and full-time ride-hailing and delivery service drivers nationwide received P6,000 in fuel vouchers under the DOTr’s fuel subsidy program.
The DA’s fuel subsidy program, on the other hand, provided P3,000 worth of fuel discounts to more than 300,000 farmers and fisherfolk to cushion agricultural production from the impact of rising fuel costs.
The DBM on Wednesday submitted the P5.768 trillion proposed national budget for 2024 to the House of Representatives.
The amount is 9.5 percent higher than this year’s P5.268 trillion budget.
Meanwhile, Pangandaman said the proposed P1.4 billion budget for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s local and foreign trips is “justified.”
The amount is higher than the P893 million allocated this year.
“I think travel expenses, as long as they’re beneficial to the country, I think those are okay, justified,” she said.
Act 11480,” DepEd said.
Meanwhile, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers’ (ACT) asked DepEd to address concerns over teachers’ proportional vacation pay.
“We would love to hear from DepEd regarding the provision of proportional vacation pay for our teachers because
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Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, Majority Floor Leader Senator Joel Villanueva, and Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda had raised different long-standing issues with the country’s flood control system.
Senator Ramon Revilla Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Works and Highways, said he would summon DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairperson Romando Artes and question them about the effectiveness of their flood control programs.
Also, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday said the proposed 2024 national budget has allocated ₱216 billion for flood management projects.
Under the proposed budget, this sum will be used for the flagship flood and management program of the DPWH, which has been under fire for perennial flooding, especially across Luzon, despite its large budget for flood control projects.
For instance, nearly 2,000 residents are affected by the flooding in Sante Fe, Zambales, with officials claiming that the swollen Santo Tomas River triggered flash floods in the area.
Half a billion pesos worth of infra-
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Cabinet members at the meeting were Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Special Assistant to the President Secretary Antonio Lagdameo Jr., Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra, and Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cheloy Garafil.
The former president was accompanied by Senator Christopher Go and former executive secretary Salvador Medialdea.
The meeting ended at 8.15 p.m., after which the President had dinner with some senators, led by the Senate President.
Zubiri described the dinner as a “very cordial and casual get-together” and said nothing serious was discussed.
“The President’s been wanting to have this dinner for quite a while. It’s been a year since we started office and we’ve always said if we could host a dinner with all the senators to get together with all of them. So few topics were discussed, but nothing very seri-
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Diokno’s 2022 income went down by ₱13.03 million from his 2021 earnings.
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The “historic first win” of the Filipinas is a “latest triumphant accomplishment” and a “clear testament to the Filipino women’s strength and determination to excel in sports at the global stage,” the adopted House Resolution 1145 read.
The lawmakers commended the team for displaying their “exemplary perfor- until now they have yet to release the guidelines or policy paper on the observance of this proportional vacation pay because our teachers should be guaranteed their rest,” said ACT secretarygeneral Raymond Basilio.
The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) also previously appealed to DepEd to consider reverting the country’s school calendar to its previous schedule, in which the school break falls in April and May.
“During the previous school year, we experienced extreme heat in schools, which was a terrible ordeal for teachers and students. Many fell ill. Due to the heat, many schools were compelled to switch back to less desirable online and modular learning. Classes were also cut short for the same reason. These were done to mitigate the impact of the heat, which was exacerbated by our crowded, poorly ventilated, and inadequately insulated classrooms,” said Benjo Basas, the group’s national chairperson.
The department previously said that it will take around three to five years to revert back to the previous school calendar system because a certain number of school days must be maintained.
