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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. A total of 2,732 students of Mintal Comprehensive High School in Barangay Mintal, Davao City line up for the first flag ceremony of the school year during the opening of classes on Monday, June 5. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Old woes hound public schools

Another school year is set to open next week, but public schools were expected to struggle with same "age-old problems".

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Read more about the article ‘Comes in a crucial time’: SC issues writ of amparo for rights group
Supreme Court of the Philippines (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Mike Gonzalez)

‘Comes in a crucial time’: SC issues writ of amparo for rights group

The human rights group Karapatan welcomed the Supreme Court’s issuance of writ of amparo and habeas data in favor of rights groups, which have been accused as “communist fronts” by the military.

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Read more about the article CHED’s memo manifests hypocrisy, anti-Filipino, groups say
Youth activists decry the Commission on Higher Education's memorandum that would no longer require subjects on Filipino and Panitikan (Literature) in college. The Supreme Court uphold its previous decision affirming the CHED memorandum. (Photo from League of Filipino Student's Facebook page)

CHED’s memo manifests hypocrisy, anti-Filipino, groups say

Youth and teacher’s groups decry the recent decision of the Supreme Court (SC) affirming Commission on Higher Education's (CHED) memorandum that would no longer require subjects on Filipino and Philippine Literature in college.

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Read more about the article CWR: Institutionalization of 4Ps a failure of gov’t to end roots of poverty
A street kid falls asleep while waiting for pennies to drop on his cup. Poverty has increased in Davao City in the past year. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

CWR: Institutionalization of 4Ps a failure of gov’t to end roots of poverty

The research group Center for Women Research (CWR) said the institutionalization of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) “merely reflects the inadequacies of the government in providing basic social services and its failure to eliminate the roots of poverty in the country.”

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PH, Singapore agree to breed, conserve Philippine Eagles

A pair of Philippine Eagle will soon land in Singapore for breeding, in a bid to conserve, as well as gather international support to help save the endangered population of the country's national bird.

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