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PLACARD POWER. Students hold a picket at the Commission on Higher Education Regional Office XI to express anger on the commission's "inutility" over the annual increase in tuition and miscellaneous fees and privatization schemes. (contributed photo)

Davao students decry tuition, miscellaneous fees increase

“Majority of the students were not able to join the consultation.  The administration has also failed to show its financial statement despite claiming that the teachers and non-teaching staff will benefit in the proposed tuition fee hikes.” -- Maureene Villamor, Ateneo de Davao University student council president

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Read more about the article FACE TO FACE

FACE TO FACE

CHR-XI Director Alberto Sipaco meets the mother and wife of peasants Rudy and Rudyric Dejos who were brutally killed last year in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. In the region, they were the first two victims of the Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

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WOMEN RESIST

Women’s group Gabriela scores the economic attacks against women and the people in a picket, March 1 in Davao City. Gabriela also called for the passage of Reproductive Health Bill. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

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Read more about the article Davao mountains yield gold, but gov’t paid cheap
PRECIOUS ROCK. Rocks that contain gold ores such as this are abundant in the mountains of Davao region. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Davao mountains yield gold, but gov’t paid cheap

With the number of mining firms under exploration concessions, gold, nickel and copper in the rocky mountains of Davao region continue to be up for grabs. But government earnings from the excise taxes paid by mining firms are small.

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