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Teachers’ group bewails lack of reading materials in DepEd for nationalism lessons

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:20:35 +0000

A militant group of teachers on Monday (Aug. 12) decried what it said was the Department of Education’s (DepEd) failure to supply learning materials for Filipino and Araling Panlipunan to the detriment of lessons on nationalism in schools.

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Teachers seek congressional probe of textbook fiasco

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:27:09 +0000

Teachers seek congressional probe of textbook fiasco

MANILA, Philippines — Public school teachers urged lawmakers to immediately conduct a congressional probe into the textbook fiasco state auditors highlighted recently, with one group likening the misuse of funds and numerous questions it raised to a “can of worms.”

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Teachers to Duterte: Act on pay hike now

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:16:00 +0000

Teachers to Duterte: Act on pay hike now

A week before President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona), more than 200 teachers’ groups filed a resolution

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DepEd twits ACT for ‘claiming credit’ in initiating funds for admin buildings

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 08:18:01 +0000

DepEd called out a teachers’ group representative for “claiming credits” in the agency’s initiative to include the construction of administration buildings in its 2020 budget proposal.

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ACT asks Congress to amend Election Service Reform Act

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 23:25:38 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Monday called on Congress to amend the landmark Election Service Reform Act (Esra) to resolve issues that hounded teachers during last week’s polls, which the group said was the worst since automated elections began in 2010.

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Comelec says ACT members may serve as poll inspectors

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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:13:50 +0000

Comelec says ACT members may serve as poll inspectors

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied the petition of the party-list group Tao Muna to bar members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) from serving on the board of election inspectors in May’s midterm elections. In a resolution handed down on March 19 but announced only on Monday, the Comelec […]

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ACT Teachers files complaint vs PNP for electioneering

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 07:13:18 +0000

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT Teachers) on Tuesday filed a complaint before the Commission on Elections against the Philippine

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Teachers’ group laments salary delay due to 2019 budget impasse

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:31:44 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio and Rep. France Castro on Tuesday branded as an injustice the reported two-month delay in the salaries of at least 74 public school teachers allegedly due to the delay in the enactment of the proposed P3.8 2019 national budget.

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ACT asks CA to reconsider dismissal of petition vs PNP

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:11:15 +0000

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Monday asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to rule on their petition against the Philippine National Police (PNP) for it alleged “profiling” of their members based on the merits and not on technicalities.

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