"The additional cost of modular learning shouldn't be borne by the parents of students because many of the students belong to low-income families who are already suffering because of the protracted COVID-19 crises and in some places, the consecutive typhoons that happened recently," said iLEAD executive director Zy-za SuzaraOn Monday, November 30, students converged at Morayta corner Recto Avenue before proceeding to Mendiola Bridge, and staged a protest at the University of Santo...
"This all comes from the incompetence of our government and their lack of response to both the pandemic and the typhoon. This is not just an issue of the education sector, but an issue of society as a whole. There are people who lost their jobs," said Bern de Belen of One Big Strike in an interview with Rappler on November 24.
While the unemployment rate in the country eased to 10% in July from 17.7% in April, around 4.6 million Filipinos remained jobless, the PSA said.
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