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October 18, 2026
Cayetano doubles down on call to reconsider K to 12

"Do we have the money for K to 12? And if not, what do we do?"

After several years of consistent advocacy, Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano took a bolder step on Friday by seeking to make this question a formal debate within the education community as the Senate tackled the proposed 2027 budget of the Department of Education (DepEd).

"We're looking for a breakthrough," Cayetano told DepEd during the budget briefing on October 16.

"So may I ask for your permission that we start the debate today [on] whether or not we keep K to 12 in the next five years, or we take out one or two years?" he said.

Cayetano said everyone already agrees that more classrooms, better internet access, and feeding programs are important. To achieve the ideal education system, he said the real question to debate and answer is whether the government has enough money to fully fund K to 12.

Cayetano appealed to Education Secretary Sonny Angara to formally start the conversation by conducting an "inventory" of each school's facilities and resources, then determining whether the government can realistically fill the gaps with its available resources.

"If we're going to have a debate on how to improve the education system... (we) have to start with the inventory," he said.

"Have a checklist. A perfect school will have this: a clinic, a guidance counselor's office, a covered court, a music room, et cetera. Then we do a score of our schools, [pwedeng] per region, per congressional district," he said.

Take out the additional two years

Noting the huge amount needed to fully implement K to 12, Cayetano reiterated his proposal to scale back to K to 10.

"We have to make a radical decision. Do we fully fund K to 12? And if we do that, we might have to add maybe another P500 billion — and I don't know where to get that," he said.

"Or, do we take the hard decision of taking out muna one year, K to 11 or K to 10 tayo, and focusing where it's needed to be focused?" he added.

Cayetano explained that removing the additional two years would immediately free up resources to improve spending per student, classroom sizes, school hours, and learning outcomes.

"If you take out the two years now, I'm not saying there won't be a problem, but your per capita and many of your problems [will be solved]," he said.

He cited the Philippine Science High School as a model, where the government spends over P224,000 per student, with a maximum of only 30 students per classroom and a full eight-hour school day.

He contrasted this with DepEd-run public elementary and high schools, citing classrooms accommodating 70 to 100 students and spending of only P34,960 per student. Many schools also operate in shifts, limiting school hours to five or six.

Cayetano emphasized that the quality of the country's education system greatly impacts its future.

"When you look at the education system now, you can tell what kind of Philippines you will have 10 to 15 years from now," he said.

"If we can somehow get the spending closer to what we're doing with Philippine Science High School, rather than what we're doing with our public schools now, then we'll have a better Philippines," he added.

Cayetano pinaigting ang panawagang muling pag-isipan ang K to 12

"Do we have the money for K to 12? And if not, what do we do?"

Matapos ang ilang taon ng patuloy na pagsusulong ng kanyang adbokasiya, hiniling ni Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano nitong Biyernes na pormal na talakayin sa sektor ng edukasyon ang tanong na ito, kasabay ng talakayan sa Senado hinggil sa panukalang 2027 budget ng Department of Education (DepEd).

"We're looking for a breakthrough," diin ni Cayetano sa pagdinig noong October 16.

"So may I ask for your permission that we start the debate today [on] whether or not we keep K to 12 in the next five years, or we take out one or two years?" wika niya sa DepEd.

Ayon kay Cayetano, nagkakaisa naman ang lahat na mahalaga ang dagdag na classrooms, mas maayos na internet access, at feeding programs.

Para makamit aniya ang inaasam na kalidad ng sistema ng edukasyon, ang tunay na tanong na dapat pagdebatehan at sagutin ay kung may sapat bang pera ang gobyerno para pondohan nang buo ang implementasyon ng K to 12.

Umapela si Cayetano kay Education Secretary Sonny Angara na pormal nang simulan ang talakayan sa pamamagitan ng "inventory" ng mga pasilidad at iba pang resources ng bawat paaralan. Mula sa datos na ito ay matutukoy kung kaya bang punan ng gobyerno ang mga kakulangan gamit ang pondong mayroon ito.

"If we're going to have a debate on how to improve the education system... (we) have to start with the inventory," aniya.

"Have a checklist. A perfect school will have this: a clinic, a guidance counselor's office, a covered court, a music room, et cetera. Then we do a score of our schools, [pwedeng] per region, per congressional district," aniya.

Bawasan ng dalawang taon

Dahil sa malaking pondong kailangan para maipatupad nang buo ang K to 12, muling isinulong ni Cayetano ang panukalang bumalik sa K to 10.

"We have to make a radical decision. Do we fully fund K to 12? And if we do that, we might have to add maybe another P500 billion — and I don't know where to get that," pahayag ng senador.

"Or, do we take the hard decision of taking out muna one year, K to 11 or K to 10 tayo, and focusing where it's needed to be focused?" dagdag niya.

Paliwanag ni Cayetano, sa pag-alis ng dagdag na dalawang taon, may pondong agad na maililipat para mapalaki ang pondo kada estudyante, mabawasan ang siksikan sa mga klase, mapahaba ang oras ng pasok, at mapahusay ang pagkatuto ng mga bata.

"If you take out the two years now, I'm not saying there won't be a problem, but your per capita and many of your problems [will be solved]," aniya.

Tinukoy niyang modelo ang Philippine Science High School, kung saan mahigit P224,000 aniya ang ginagastos ng gobyerno sa bawat estudyante, hanggang 30 lang ang estudyante sa bawat classroom, at maghapon ang oras ng klase.

Malayo aniya ito sa mga pampublikong elementarya at high school sa ilalim ng DepEd, kung saan may mga classroom na 70 hanggang 100 estudyante ang nagsisiksikan at P34,960 lamang ang ginagastos kada mag-aaral. Marami ring paaralan ang lima hanggang anim na oras lang ang pasok dahil napipilitan mag-shifting.

Binigyang diin ni Cayetano na malaki ang epekto ng kalidad ng edukasyon sa kinabukasan ng bansa.

"When you look at the education system now, you can tell what kind of Philippines you will have 10 to 15 years from now," aniya.

"If we can somehow get the spending closer to what we're doing with Philippine Science High School, rather than what we're doing with our public schools now, then we'll have a better Philippines," dagdag niya. ###

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The Visit of the Wise Men

Mat 2:1  希律王在位的時候，耶穌生在猶太的伯利恆，有幾個智者從東方來到耶路撒冷，

Mat 2:2  說：「那生下來作猶太人之王的在那裏？我們看見他的星升起，特來拜他。」

Mat 2:3  希律王聽見了就苦惱，耶路撒冷合城的人也都苦惱。

Mat 2:4  他就召齊了祭司長和律法師，問他們基督當生在何處。

Mat 2:5  他們回答說：「在猶太的伯利恆，因為有先知記着說：

Mat 2:6  『猶大地的伯利恆啊，你在猶大諸城中並不是最小的，因為將來有一位君王要從你那裏出來，牧養我以色列民。』」

Mat 2:7  當下希律私下召見智者，細問那星出現的時間。

Mat 2:8  就差他們往伯利恆去，說：「你們去仔細尋訪那小孩子。尋到了，就來報信，我也好去拜他。」

Mat 2:9  他們聽了王的話就去了，看見先前見過升起的那星，在前面引導他們，到了孩子的地方，就在上頭停住了。

Mat 2:10  他們看見那星，就大大的歡喜。

Mat 2:11  進了房子，看見小孩子和他母親馬利亞，就俯伏拜那小孩子，揭開寶盒，拿黃金、乳香、沒藥為禮物獻給他。

Mat 2:12  因為在夢中得到指示，不要回去見希律，智者就從別的路回本地去了。

The Flight to Egypt

Mat 2:13  他們去後，有主的一位天使在夢中向約瑟顯現，說：「起來，帶着孩子同他母親逃往埃及，住在那裏，等到我告訴你，因為希律要尋找孩子除滅他。」

Mat 2:14  約瑟就起來，夜間帶着孩子和他母親往埃及去。

Mat 2:15  他就住在那裏，直到希律死了。這就應驗了主藉先知所說的話：「我從埃及召我的兒子出來。」

Herod Kills the Children

Mat 2:16  當希律見自己被智者愚弄，就大大發怒，差人將伯利恆城裏和四境所有的嬰孩，照着他向智者查得的時日推算，凡兩歲以下的都殺盡了。

Mat 2:17  這就應驗了先知耶利米的話：

Mat 2:18  「在拉瑪聽見號咷大哭的聲音，是拉結哭她兒女，

The Return to Nazareth

Mat 2:19  不肯受安慰，因為他們都不在了。」

Mat 2:20  說：「起來，帶着孩子和他母親往以色列地去，因為要害孩子性命的人都死了。」

Mat 2:21  約瑟就起來，把孩子和他母親帶回以色列地去。

Mat 2:22  因聽見亞基老接着他父親希律統治猶太地區，就怕往那裏去；又在夢中得到警告，便往加利利境內去了。

Mat 2:23  到了一座城，名叫拿撒勒，就住在那裏。這是要應驗先知所說「耶穌將稱為拿撒勒人」的話。那時，有施洗的約翰出來，在猶太的曠野傳道，

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The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

Mat 1:1  亞伯拉罕的後裔，大衛的子孫，耶穌基督的家譜：

Mat 1:2  亞伯拉罕生以撒；以撒生雅各；雅各生猶大和他的弟兄；

Mat 1:3  猶大（從他瑪氏）生法勒斯和謝拉；法勒斯生希斯崙；希斯崙生亞蘭；

Mat 1:4  亞蘭生亞米拿達；亞米拿達生拿順；拿順生撒門；

Mat 1:5  撒門（從喇合氏）生波阿斯；波阿斯從路得氏生俄備得；俄備得生耶西；

Mat 1:6  耶西生大衛王。大衛（從烏利亞的妻子）生所羅門；

Mat 1:7  所羅門生羅波安；羅波安生亞比雅；亞比雅生亞撒；

Mat 1:8  亞撒生約沙法；約沙法生約蘭；約蘭生烏西亞；

Mat 1:9  烏西亞生約坦；約坦生亞哈斯；亞哈斯生希西家；

Mat 1:10  希西家生瑪拿西；瑪拿西生亞們；亞們生約西亞；

Mat 1:11  百姓被遷到巴比倫的時候，約西亞生耶哥尼雅和他的弟兄。

Mat 1:12  遷到巴比倫之後，耶哥尼雅生撒拉鐵；撒拉鐵生所羅巴伯；

Mat 1:13  所羅巴伯生亞比玉；亞比玉生以利亞敬；以利亞敬生亞所；

Mat 1:14  亞所生撒督；撒督生亞金；亞金生以律；

Mat 1:15  以律生以利亞撒；以利亞撒生馬但；馬但生雅各；

Mat 1:16  雅各生約瑟，就是馬利亞的丈夫；那稱為基督的耶穌，是從馬利亞生的。

Mat 1:17  這樣，從亞伯拉罕到大衛，共有十四代；從大衛到遷至巴比倫的時候，也有十四代；從遷至巴比倫的時候到基督，又有十四代。

The Birth of Jesus Christ

Mat 1:18  耶穌基督降生的事記在下面：他母親馬利亞已經和約瑟訂了婚，還沒有成婚，馬利亞就從聖靈懷了孕。

Mat 1:19  她的未婚夫約瑟是個義人，不願公開的令她難堪，想暗中和她解除婚約。

Mat 1:20  正思念這事的時候，有主的一位天使在夢中向他顯現，說：「大衛的子孫約瑟，不要怕，只管娶馬利亞為妻，因她所懷的孕是從聖靈來的。

Mat 1:21  她將要生一個兒子，你要給他起名叫耶穌，因他要將自己的百姓從他們的罪惡裏救出來。」

Mat 1:22  這一切的事成就，是要應驗主藉先知所說的話：

Mat 1:23  「必有童貞女懷孕生子，人要稱他的名為以馬內利。」就是「 神與我們同在」的意思。

Mat 1:24  約瑟醒了，起來，就遵着主天使的吩咐，把妻子娶過來；

Mat 1:25  只是沒有和她同房，等她生了兒子，就給他起名叫耶穌。



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From ChatGPT As of October 17, 2026, Russian military defector Lev Stupnikov is reported to have escaped to Ukraine and joined an anti-Kremlin Russian volunteer unit. He is alive, according to a major new investigation published by The Wall Street Journal on October 16.


What happened to Lev Stupnikov?

* He secretly helped Ukraine attack Russian forces. Stupnikov, born in 1999, served as a communications officer in Russia's 36th Motor Rifle Brigade. Beginning in 2024, he reportedly supplied Ukrainian intelligence with troop coordinates, radio frequencies and operational information. The Wall Street Journal says his actions contributed to the deaths of more than 300 Russian soldiers.

* He escaped in July 2026. According to the WSJ investigation, Ukrainian intelligence operative Dmytro Karpenko arranged his escape. Stupnikov left his post near the front line, walked toward Ukrainian positions and used a prearranged code phrase to establish his identity with Ukrainian troops.

* He joined an anti-Putin Russian group. After reaching Ukraine, he joined the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC), a formation of Russians fighting against the Kremlin.

* Russia is looking for him. Russian authorities placed him on the federal wanted list in September 2025, before his escape was publicly confirmed. He faces potential criminal prosecution in Russia for his alleged collaboration with Ukraine.

* His marriage broke down. The latest report says his wife, Liza, rejected his decision to continue fighting against Russia and wanted a peaceful life near her family. Their relationship ended, and Russian authorities subsequently questioned her after Stupnikov's public interview revealed that he was alive.

### Is he still alive?

According to the October 16, 2026, WSJ investigation, yes—he was alive in Ukraine and continuing his activities against the Russian government. The report describes him living in austere conditions in a temporary apartment.

You can read the original investigation here: [The Wall Street Journal — The Defector: A Russian Officer Turned Against His Country and Helped Ukraine Kill Hundreds](https://www.wsj.com/world/russian-defector-deadly-sabotage-campaign-a95d163c?utm_source=chatgpt.com).

One important distinction: his reported whereabouts and activities come from journalistic reporting; his continued survival beyond the date of that report has not been independently established here.


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Here's something that might shock you: Stage 4 cancer patients have gone into complete remission using a $5 drug originally designed to kill parasitic worms.

So why haven't you heard about this? Because absolutely no major cancer center will run a clinical trial on it. The patent expired years ago, and no one is going to spend $100 million on a $12 remedy.

It turns out that cancer behaves like a parasite. It consumes resources, spreads, and uses the exact same survival mechanisms as parasites and fungi. The drug works by breaking down the internal structure of these rapidly dividing cells and removing the "don't kill me" signals that prevent the immune system from attacking.

Most of the research on this comes from universities in South Korea and India, and small labs operating without industry funding or conflicts of interest. What does that tell you about where true health solutions are found?

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