Last Friday, schools began the gradual shift to the old academic calendar, which, as the Department of Education (DepEd) put it, follows “what majority of Filipinos want.” The department, however, should not take this as the cure-all to the problems that ail our education system. The new adjusted end date of the current school year (SY) 2023-2024, under DepEd Order No. 003 S. of 2024, was on May 31. Students will be back in school on
As in any society that calls itself modern, law and politics in America are distinct and separate spheres. They operate by different codes, and one is not superior to the other. Decisions made in the legal sphere do not determine what happens in the political sphere, and vice-versa, even as their effects may spill beyond their respective boundaries. Following Republican presumptive presidential candidate Donald J. Trump’s felony conviction by a New York jury the other day, the question has been asked whether he is now barred from running for president. No, he is not. Indeed, American voters may yet elect him
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