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House suspends deliberations on ABS-CBN provisional franchise bill

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 08:50 PM

Monday’s session was widely expected to pass the bill on second reading, a perceived formality since the chamber had already approved the proposal at this stage last week.   Read more »

ABS-CBN 'stunned' as solons rehash issues vs network

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 07:58 PM

MANILA—Broadcast network ABS-CBN said Monday it was “stunned” by accusations raised during a congressional deliberation on a bill seeking to reopen its free TV and radio channels under a temporary franchise.   Read more »

'May Libro Para Sa Iyo': ABS-CBN Books launches reading campaign

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 12:39 PM

ABS-CBN Books hopes to cultivate the love of reading among Filipinos as they continue to stay at home during the coronavirus-induced quarantine.  Read more »

Celebrate World Book Day with this free reading app

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 12:09 PM

Did you know that today, April 23, is World Book Day?  Read more »

Meralco staggers lockdown consumption into 4 installments

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 10:53 AM

Power consumption during the lockdown period will be divided into 4 monthly installments to ease the burden for consumers, Meralco said Friday. Read more »

How Meralco will compute electricity bills during coronavirus lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 02:09 PM

Meralco subscribers will pay for the electricity they consumed during the Luzon lockdown once bills are adjusted and the situation normalizes, the power distributor said Thursday. Read more »

6 books Kylie Verzosa recommends during coronavirus-induced lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 09:24 PM

Kylie Verzosa is encouraging those who are stuck at home amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown to catch up on books. Read more »

Here are some free Filipino children's books to read to kids stuck at home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 06:20 PM

As schools shut down for a month due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, parents are left feeling worried about how they can educate (let alone entertain) their children until things return to normal.    Read more »

Meralco suspends physical meter reading during lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 11:22 AM

Physical reading of meters from March 17 to April 14 will be suspended due to the lockdown meant to arrest the contagion, the power distributor said in a statement.  Read more »

70,000 non-readers in Bicol region? DepEd says data based on diagnostic tool designed for Grades 3-6

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 03:40 AM

MANILA - The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday said a tool used to gauge elementary school students' reading skills is a diagnostic test given within the first two months of the school year. Read more »

'Media literacy dapat itakda sa murang edad': eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 01:38 PM

Tingin ng isang eksperto na dapat matutunan ng anak ang media literacy sa murang edad.  Read more »

The manghuhula of Quiapo

Bam V. Abellon
Updated as of Jan 02 04:46 PM

For a place known to be the armpit of the nation—at least according to Pete Lacaba—it’s puzzling why Quiapo is where people look for solutions, for hope, and for what the future holds. Read more »

Be extra careful of investments and savings this year, says this finance whiz turned feng shui expert

Bam V. Abellon
Posted at Jan 19 06:55 PM

When Patrick Lim Fernandez’s sister Princesse passed away in 2019, he decided to take a more active role in the family’s feng shui consulting business of more than two decades. He then realized that his job in finance and feng shui aren’t all that different. Read more »

Football: Sam Kerr makes winning WSL debut with Chelsea

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 10:24 AM

Australia international striker Sam Kerr got off to a winning start at Chelsea, who came from a goal down to beat Reading 3-1 as the FA Women's Super League resumed on Sunday. Read more »

Cebu governor pushes for 'English only' policy in all public schools in province

Joworski Alipon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 11:42 PM

Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia is determined to implement a Local School Board resolution that mandates an "English only" policy for all public schools, from pre-school to high school, here in the province. Read more »

DepEd mulls English as medium of instruction after students' dismal int'l assessment

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 11:51 AM

The DepEd said on Tuesday it was mulling the use of English as the medium of instruction in schools after Filipino students ranked last in a global survey on reading comprehension.  Read more »

Palace: Poor reading comprehension of Pinoy students a 'reality'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 10:38 PM

The poor reading comprehension of Filipino students is a "reality" that must be recognized by the country in order to improve its education system, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

Villar says PH schools need to be ranked, incentivised to address reading comprehension problem

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 01:06 PM

Senator Cynthia Villar said contests can be done annually to determine which schools are the best in the Philippines.   Read more »

Why Pinoy students ranked last in reading comprehension survey

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 09:52 AM

Filipino students ranked last in a global survey of reading comprehension because they are more used to narrative instead of informative text materials, a group said Thursday. Read more »

Pag-angat ng kalidad ng edukasyon tututukan kasunod ng PISA results: DepEd

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 08:31 PM

Patuloy na tututukan ng Department of Education kung paano mapabubuti ang kalidad ng edukasyon kasunod ng pagiging kulelat ng mga estudyanteng Pilipino sa math, science at reading comprehension sa isang assessment na nilahukan ng 79 na bansa. Read more »