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House may still call Sara Duterte to DepEd budget hearing.

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Vice President Sara Duterte was forewarned on Friday by opposition lawmaker and Gabriela representative Rep. Arlene Brosas that her resignation as education secretary does not absolve her from participating in upcoming budget discussions to address the problems with the nation's failing educational system, which she had oversaw for at least two years. The assistant minority leader of the House, Brosas, said in a statement that Duterte will continue to be closely watched for her "dismal performance" as head of education, during which the Philippines performed poorly on practically all international assessments of student competency. On Wednesday, the day Duterte announced her resignation, the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) released a report saying Filipino students lagged behind in terms of creative thinking compared to students in other countries. READ:  Sara Duterte leaves unfinished business at DepEd
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No Thompson for Gilas in FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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 MANILA: During the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which takes place in Latvia from July 2–7, Scottie Thompson will not play for Gilas Pilipinas. The Ginebra guard's recovery from a "bulging disc that has bothered him" has not yet fully occurred, as team manager Richard Del Rosario acknowledged on Friday, during his PBA club's 2024 Philippine Cup campaign. (Wala pang sigurado (na kapalit) kasi kailangan ng visa. Baka hindi umabot,"  said Del Rosario  as the team continued its preparation for the tourney in Laguna) Gilas will play without Thompson and injured players Jamie Malonzo and AJ Edu. The national team will be leaving the country on Tuesday to face Turkey and Poland for a couple of exhibition matches. But before that, Gilas will be facing Taiwan Mustangs in an exhibition match on Monday. Gate attendance is open to the public.
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China Coast Guard acts vs PH troops 'probably a misunderstanding': National Maritime Council

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 The Chinese Coast Guard's actions against Philippine troops in the Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last Monday are not seen by the Philippine National Maritime Council as an armed attack; instead, they are described as "probably a misunderstanding or an accident." No. You realise that this was most likely a miscommunication or an accident. This is not yet close enough to be considered an armed attack. At a hurriedly convened press conference in Malacanang on Friday evening, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin—also the Chair of the National Maritime Council—stated, "I don't know kung 'yung mga nakita namin is bolo, axe, nothing beyond that." In response to the China Coast Guard's "coercive, aggressive, and barbaric actions" during the "hijacked" rotation and reprovisioning (RORE) mission at the BRP Sierra Madre, which resulted in damage and the serious injury of a Navy officer who lost his right thumb, Bersamin made his st...
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