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Read more about the article Davao teachers push for additional allowance despite rejection by Mayor Sara
BALIK ESKWELA. Pupils from Magallanes Elementary School line up as their teacher tours them inside the school premises on June 6, the second day of the opening of classes across the country. The opening of classes on June 5 is mar with the usual problems of insufficient number of classrooms, teachers, among others. (Robby Joy Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Davao teachers push for additional allowance despite rejection by Mayor Sara

Davao Teacher’s group is still hopeful despite the latest pronouncement from Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio that the city could not give an additional monthly allowance increase due to conflict with the law.

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Read more about the article Union leader escapes from assassination attempt

Union leader escapes from assassination attempt

A union leader in Compostela Valley who survived an attempted slay try by men wearing ski masks and riding in tandem last September 4 lambasted the attack as part of the harassment against union members, who are being tagged as members of the communist group, because they have been fighting for workers’ rights.

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Read more about the article STILL MOURNING
Jerome Carayao, one of the survivors, offers flowers for the 15 persons killed during the Roxas Night Market deadly bombing two years ago. Carayao joins the families of the victims and city officials in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Romulo Valle held on Saturday afternoon, September 1, 2019at the Roxas Memorial in Davao City. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

STILL MOURNING

Jerome Carayao, one of the survivors, offers flowers for the 15 persons killed during the Roxas Night Market deadly bombing two years ago. Carayao joins the families of the victims and city officials in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Romulo Valle held on Saturday afternoon, September 1, 2019at the Roxas Memorial in Davao City. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

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Read more about the article Davao Committee on Women intensifies anti-rape campaign
Davao City Councilor Avegayle Dalodo-Ortiz in a press conference at the City Hall on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Ortiz, chair of the council's Committee on Women, Children and Family Relations, said rape cases in the city is still alarming despite the decrease on the number of cases compared last year. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Davao Committee on Women intensifies anti-rape campaign

The head of the Committee on Women here wants to intensify the current anti-rape campaign through massive sex education among youth and children in communities and schools.

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Read more about the article Roxas night market bombing remembered with grief, fear and caution
Jerome Carayao, one of the survivors, offers flowers for the 15 persons killed during the Roxas Night Market deadly bombing two years ago. Carayao joins the families of the victims and city officials in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Romulo Valle held on Saturday afternoon, September 1, 2019at the Roxas Memorial in Davao City. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Roxas night market bombing remembered with grief, fear and caution

“It was crowded that night and everyone was busy”. The survivors of the Roxas night market bombing recalled what happened on the night the city was under threat two years ago.

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