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(Eagle News) – Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio took over the helm of the Department of Education on Monday, July 4, acknowledging the hardship of former DepEd chief Leonor Briones who will stay on as the department’s consultant. The new DepEd Secretary Duterte-Carpio expressed admiration for the 81-year old Briones whom she credited for spearheading the education of school children amid the pandemic. Duterte-Carpio said she was inspired by Briones’ performance as DepEd chief as she […]
Tells DepEd chief that he “cannot gamble” with children’s health amid presence of more contagious COVID variants (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is not yet ready to allow the resumption of face-to-face classes in primary and secondary schools. In his “Talk to the People” on Monday night, June 22, Duterte made his views known to Education Secretary Leonor Briones who was initially seeking to allow “face to face classes” in […]
(Eagle News)–Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday, April 13, said she has already tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019. Briones’ announcement in a television interview came days after she announced she had tested positive for COVID-19 based on a second test she took in April. The 79-year-old took the test a second time after a Cabinet member announced he was COVID-19 positive. Apart from Briones, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año was among Cabinet members who […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 9, expressed sadness over the news Education Secretary Leonor Briones had tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. “We are sad to hear that Sec. Leonor Briones is COVD-19 positive. We are praying that she gets healed from this dreadful disease,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, Briones “has been an indefatigable and conscientious member of the Cabinet.” “As expected and as […]
(Eagle News)–Education Secretary Leonor Briones has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019. Briones herself made the announcement in a statement on Thursday, April 9. “As a government official and Cabinet member, and as a Filipino, it is my duty to announce that yesterday afternoon, April 8, 2020, I was informed by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine that I am positive for SARS-COV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19,” Briones said. She said she, however, […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Aug. 12, threw its support behind Education Secretary Leonor Briones after the Commission on Audit noted errors in some textbooks for public schools. “As far as I know, the Secretary of Education is a very competent, intelligent educator and she is someone who will never allow any irregularity or any anomaly inside her department,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. The COA said in its 2018 audit report that filled with […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Tiniyak ni Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Briones sa mga mambabatas na hindi magagamit sa pagsasampa ng kaso laban sa mga menor de edad ang gagawing random drug-testing sa mga mag-aaral sa pampuliko at pribadong paaralan. Ayon sa kalihim, ang gagawing random drug test ay upang malaman kung gaano na katindi ang problema sa droga sa mga paaralan at magawan ito ng agarang solusyon. Nilinaw ni Briones na ang […]
(Eagle News) — Secretaries Leonor Briones and Martin Andanar have been designated as members of the Unesco National Commission of the Philippines. President Rodrigo Duterte made the designation in letters sent to the secretaries of the Department of Education and the Presidential Communications Operations Office, respectively. The letters were dated March 14, 2017. Duterte said the term of each secretary as member would last for three years. The 45-member commission attached to the Department of Foreign Affairs is […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Leonor Briones as Education Secretary. Last month, Vitaliano Aguirre II was confirmed by the powerful congressional body despite opposition from Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Only recently, Paulyn Ubial, Rafael Mariano, Gina Lopez and Judy Taguiwalo of the health, agrarian reform, environment and social welfare departments, respectively, were bypassed by the CA. Last year, 14 secretaries successfully hurdled the powerful CA in the first 6 months of […]
