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commentary / education / President Rodrigo Duterte
CHED Chair Licuanan resigns amidst long feud with President Duterte
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chair Patricia Licuanan announced her resignation during the agency’s flag ceremony this Monday morning. Licuanan told CHED employees that over the weekend, she received a phone call […]
The pain of getting admitted in a university you cannot afford
“Passing a university’s entrance exam is one thing. Having the money to actually enroll there is another story,” The Filipino Scribe wrote on Twitter last weekend. The post quickly became viral in the days […]
commentary / politics / President Rodrigo Duterte
Duterte plan to invite Chinese telco hits a roadblock: the 1987 Constitution
In a bid to forge closer ties with China, President Rodrigo Duterte has invited last December the Chinese government to consider investing in the Philippines’ telecommunications industry. Apart from being helpful in […]
commentary / news / President Rodrigo Duterte
FATAL COMBINATION: A trigger-happy police force that believes in fake information
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is in hot water yet again just two days before 2017 comes to an end. The latest controversy centers on ten police officers from Mandaluyong City who […]
commentary / news / politics
Paolo Duterte resigns as vice mayor of Davao City, but will daddy accept it?
In a move that shocked the national political world, presidential son Paolo Duterte announced this Christmas Day that he is resigning as Vice Mayor of Davao City. In a statement read during […]
Ica Policarpio and the missing rich young woman syndrome
In the United States, they have what’s called the “missing white woman syndrome” which refers to the extensive attention the media and the public in general gives to missing beautiful and upper-to-miccle […]
Teaching certificate program in the Philippines
The Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) is requiring non-education graduates to earn 18 units in professional education before they can be eligible to take the licensure exam for teachers or LET. Hence, a […]
Four tips to pass the licensure exam for teachers without reviewing
Every year, as much as 200,000 Filipinos take the Professional Regulations Commission’s board licensure exam for professional teachers (oftentimes referred to as BLEPT or simply LET). The bulk of examinees are fresh […]
commentary / lgbt rights / politics
#BGC11 – Time to end the stereotype of gays as drug addicts and HIV carriers
WORLD AIDS DAY 2017 SPECIAL REPORT The Philippines joined the rest of the world in observing the World AIDS Day last December 1, Friday. However, a recent development starkly illustrated just how […]
commentary / education / Mark Madrona
On passing the September 2017 licensure exam for teachers
After over two months of waiting, the results of the licensure exam for teachers (LET) held last September 2017 was finally released this November 27. And with God’s grace, I was among […]
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