DepEd asks for P976-B budget for 2027  | The wRap

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• DepEd asks for P976-billion budget for 2027 

The Department of Education asks for a budget of P976 billion for next year, according to the 2027 National Expenditure Program.

• ‘Funny’ names in confidential funds receipts not issue for COA – Sara Duterte’s defense 

Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team says there was nothing irregular about the names used in the confidential funds acknowledgement receipts and the simultaneous disbursement of these funds on the same day.

• Filipinos helped build UAE’s nuclear plant. PH talent may soon do the same back home. 

The National Power Corporation says around 80% of the people who built the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant are Filipinos.

• Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with US 

Iran and the United States remain at odds over a permanent end to the war in the Gulf.

• Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators in Spain

Spectators across Spain gather to watch a rare total solar eclipse that swept across the north of the country on Wednesday evening, plunging it into darkness. – Rappler.com