EDCOM 2: finish mass promotion in colleges

Immediately’s headlines: Philippine training, ASEAN 2026, Kim Keon-hee

Listed below are right this moment’s headlines – the most recent information within the Philippines and all over the world:

The Second Congressional Committee on Schooling recommends phasing out mass promotions within the nation’s training system. That is the apply of letting college students progress to the subsequent grade stage even when they’re unqualified.

The Philippines’ year-long chairmanship of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations kicks off in Cebu. From January 28 to 29, the ten overseas ministers of ASEAN, led by chairperson Philippine Overseas Affairs Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro will likely be assembly on the posh NUSTAR Resort in Cebu Metropolis.

The Fee on Elections formally defers the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections scheduled for March 30 saying it is going to be held ‘as soon as a brand new date is about by regulation.’ Comelec says the election timelines are already ‘too proximate’ which made the BARMM parliamentary elections ‘not possible.’

A South Korean court docket sentences former first girl Kim Keon-hee to 1 yr and eight months in jail for accepting Chanel baggage and a diamond pendant in return for political favors. Kim is the spouse of ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol who was ousted from workplace final yr.

Tons of of Japanese panda lovers bid an emotional farewell to the nation’s final two large pandas, Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei. This, as they left Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo for China on Tuesday, January 27. — Rappler.com