{"id":15362,"date":"2025-07-23T01:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=15362"},"modified":"2025-07-23T01:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:05:54","slug":"dotr-deped-uk-partner-to-build-education-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/dotr-deped-uk-partner-to-build-education-city\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTR, DEPED, UK PARTNER TO BUILD EDUCATION CITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE Department of Transportation signed an agreement with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the United Kingdom Embassy for the development of a transit hub at the 13-hectare DepEd Complex in Taguig City, which will be linked with the Metro Manila Subway and North-South Commuter Railway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>As part of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.\u2019s directive to ease the daily travel of commuters\u2014especially students\u2014the Senate DepEd Transit Oriented Development (SEED) Project aims to create an Education City through a transport hub as well as green and education spaces built to encourage the use of public transport, walking and cycling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":15364,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mcvq4bdc-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mcvq4bdc-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mcvq4bdc-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mcvq4bdc-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mcvq4bdc.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said the initiative will benefit future projects, which can be patterned after Project SEED.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt is important for the entire country because this project will pave the way for better projects in the future\u2014not only transportation projects but also education projects,\u201d Dizon said during the Project Signing with Education Secretary Sonny Angara and British Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The transport chief stressed the importance of inter-agency collaboration and partnerships with other nations as \u201cour partners will be critical to the success of very important projects.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>For his part, Secretary Angara said the SEED Project will be a catalyst for progress, especially in the Philippine transport sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis project will have a same catalytic effect not only on Taguig but definitely Philippine transportation. We have the DOTr to shepherd and speed up this project,\u201d Angara said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Department of Transportation signed an agreement with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the United Kingdom Embassy for the development of a transit hub<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk.jpg",1800,1012,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk.jpg",1800,1012,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-1280x720.jpg",1280,720,true],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-720x530.jpg",720,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deped-uk-350x350.jpg",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/national\/\" rel=\"category tag\">National<\/a>","tag_info":"National","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15365,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15362\/revisions\/15365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}