Angara: Can’t hire teachers with ‘zero’ allocation

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) won’t be able to hire more than 14,000 new teachers next year unless Congress restores its funding request, Secretary Sonny Angara said on Monday. The department was earmarked P973.40 billion under the P7.2-trillion 2027 National Expenditure Program, down from its P1.01-trillion funding this year. Its request for