EditorialJuly 16, 2024The Manila Times Rising expectations at the Department of Education Newly appointed Secretary of Education, Senator Juan Edgardo Angara, has hardly warmed his seat when several organizations had already launched missile-like wish lists for the department. Let us calm down and please note that Senator Angara will only have four years until his […]
Editorial – The Manila TimesJuly 9, 2024 PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara to what is probably one of the most difficult jobs in government — take charge of and transform the abysmal Department of Education (DepEd). It is a department plagued by the underwhelming performance of our public school students […]
Being a foreign student in the United Kingdom meant living on the proverbial shoestring. Along with the Malaysian and Singaporean students in Muirhead Hall at the University of Stirling, I went to the supermarket on our first day. I invited them to come along with me so we could make our most important acquisition—our rice […]
