For the National Union of Students of the Philippines, the DepEd “remained deaf to students’ demands to respond” to these concerns. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday apologized for saying earlier that the vice president boarded a Philippine Air Force C-130 plane to Catanduanes province. —Patricia Denise M. ChiuADVERTISEMENTLeni RobredoPresident Rodrigo Duterte publicly attacking Vice President Leni Robredo is nothing new. Her pushback later caused a surge in donations to the relief operations being conducted by the Office of the Vice President. The celebrity, lately making headlines for her philanthropy and activism, was cited as an example of an “obese” person in one of the DepEd modules, a photo of which recently went viral.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 21, 2020 21:00 UTC