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Shocking PISA bottom ranking a wake up call for Filipinos to uplift education

December 8, 2019 benign0 19 Comments

What is truly shocking about the bottom ranking of the Philippines in the recently-published Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report is that Filipinos are shocked to begin with. It is hardly surprising that Filipinos scored dismally in key areas of basic education given that Philippine society has long been known as one that does…

Culture, Education

DILG Undersecretary Rico Puno linked to blacklisted international arms dealer

September 10, 2012 benign0 27 Comments

You’d think that a meeting with China with which the Philippines is in the middle of a military showdown over rival claims on several groups of islands in the West Philippine Sea would be high on the agenda for the Philippine president. That Philippine President Benigno “BS” Aquino III could actually find the time to…

Crime, Government, Politics

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