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(From left to right) Renee Talavera, NCCA Section Head Cultural Community and Training Arts Section, Rico Pableo, NCCA Executive Director, and John Bengan, NCLA Executive Council Member (Evan Michael Clerigo/davaotoday.com)

NCCA strengthens ‘culture and arts for the society’

Highlighting the role of Philippine arts and culture in the country’s development, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has put up a promotional program to fit the framework of the Philippine Development Plan: AmBisyon Natin.

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Read more about the article DepEd XI warns teachers of overwork
FIRST DAY HIGH. A Grade 3 pupil in Davao City’s Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Elementary School submits his notebook to his teacher for checking on Monday, the first day of school year 2013-14. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

DepEd XI warns teachers of overwork

The Department of Education (DepEd) Region XI cautioned teachers to take care of their health following an incident in Mindoro where a public school teacher collapsed and was hospitalized.

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Read more about the article Davao Region ranks 5th in teen pregnancy rate
TEENAGE GIRLS. The Population Commission in Region 11 is alarmed with the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in the region. Region 11 has a teenage fertility rate of 17 percent, which is higher than the national average of 14 percent. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Davao Region ranks 5th in teen pregnancy rate

Davao Region, which ranked fifth, posted a rate on teenage fertility higher than the national average of 14 percent.

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Read more about the article Hunger still stalks Mindanao, accelerates to 19%
In this file photo, an old woman and a young girl beg for alms on the stairs of the San Pedro Cathedral. The National Economic and Development Authority launched recently its anti-hunger and anti-poverty program dubbed “Ambisyon Natin 2040.”(Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Hunger still stalks Mindanao, accelerates to 19%

As hunger rate falls in Metro Manila and Visayas, thousands of Mindanaons suffer hunger as the hunger rate rose from 13 percent to 19 percent in the island.

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Read more about the article Muslims celebrate ‘timely, relevant’ Eid’l Fitr in Davao
Hundreds of Muslims gather at the Tionko Football Field in Davao City to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday morning, July 6. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Muslims celebrate ‘timely, relevant’ Eid’l Fitr in Davao

To mark the end of the month-long fast during Ramadan, hundreds of Filipino Muslims here gathered and celebrated Eid’l Fitr at the Tionko Football Field in Agro-Foundation College of the Philippines this Wednesday, June 6.

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