End year preschool teacher gifts

(Reuters) - Ecuador's government and indigenous groups' leaders on Thursday reached an agreement to end more than two weeks of protests against the social and economic policies of President Guillermo Lasso which left at least eight dead, indigenous leaders said. Protests organized by indigenous organization CONAIE erupted across Ecuador on June 13, with demonstrators' … [Read more...] about Ecuador’s government, indigenous leaders reach agreement ending protests

I REFER to the report on the concerns of parents of Primary 6 pupils taking the Dual Language Programme (DLP) with regards to their children’s enrolment in DLP in secondary schools next year, “DLP concerns” (Sunday Star, June 19). The initial success of the DLP after its implementation in 2016 should be the benchmark for Primary 6 students to continue doing the programme at … [Read more...] about Success of DLP depends on political will

Former Vice President Leni Robredo. Image from her Facebook page Former Vice President Leni Robredo is set to launch her Angat Buhay Foundation in a two-day street and art festival in Quezon City. The foundation was meant to continue her “Angat Buhay” program over the past six years. To fund the foundation, Robredo said visitors may get some of the artworks and memorabilia … [Read more...] about Robredo launches Angat Buhay Foundation

KUALA LUMPUR: A Swiss luxury watch was presented to former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng as a birthday gift to ensure that the Penang undersea tunnel project would go on smoothly, the Sessions Court heard. Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd executive director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli, who is a key witness in the project’s graft trial involving Lim, said he had … [Read more...] about Witness prepared RM100,000 and timepiece but ex-CM returned the cash

In the news recently was former president Duterte’s Executive Order No. 172 that will allow the government to tap the P75-billion coco levy fund to revive and modernize the coconut industry. The EO is also known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan. Much has been written about the billions in coconut levy collected from coco farmers during the Marcos Sr. … [Read more...] about Coco levy: Monumental sin against coco farmers