The Philippines, along with other countries in the northern hemisphere, experienced its longest day of the year on Wednesday, June 21, also known as the “June solstice” or summer solstice.
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Newly-filed house bill aims to revert to old school calendar
The three Makabayan lawmakers filed House Bill (HB) 8550, proposing to revert the academic calendar to its traditional scheduling prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Survey reveals most Catholic school students condemn mandatory ROTC
The CEAP’s three-week-long poll ran from April 3 to 24, revealing that 53 percent of over 20,000 students from more than 1,500 Catholic schools disagreed with the proposed restoration of mandatory ROTC.
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Calatagan, Batangas
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported on Thursday morning, June 15, 2023, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck Calatagan, Batangas, with effects felt in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
Oil price hike implemented due to global production cuts
Rodela Romero, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oil and Industry Management Assistant Director, an oil price hike would be implemented beginning June 13, 2023, due to global production cuts and inflation.
DOH to acquire more bivalent COVID-19 vaccines
The Department of Health (DOH) had been procuring additional supplies of bivalent vaccines against COVID-19 after acquiring the 390,000 doses donated by Lithuania on Saturday, June 6.
125th Independence Day celebrated in Quirino Grandstand
On June 12, 2023, the 125th celebration of Independence Day themed “Kalayaan. Kinabukasan. Kasaysayan,” was commemorated at the Quirino Grandstand after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the flag-raising and wreath-laying ceremony at Rizal Park.
Hontiveros debunks Villanueva over SOGIE bill remark
Senator Risa Hontiveros, one of the leading proponents of the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression and Sex Characteristics Equality Act or SOGIE bill, said it was “sheer numbness” to deem that the SOGIE bill is “not urgent”, as remarked by Senator Joel Villanueva last June 6.
PH inflation rate lowers to 6.1%
Article by Arabella Balderama The inflation rate in the Philippines has slowed down further to 6.1 percent, as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. According to the data released by the PSA, the downtrend of the country’s inflation rate has reached to four consecutive months, beginning last February with…
Mayon Volcano under Alert Level 3
On Monday, June 5, 2023, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) placed Mayon Volcano under Alert Level 2 due to its “current unrest driven by shallow magmatic processes,” which may result in phreatic or steam-driven eruptions, or “even precede a hazardous magmatic eruption.”
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