By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
“The kind of impact it will give in terms of our image and the branding of Davao as convention destination will go a long, long way,” Boncato said. “However, it’s not sealed yet,” he added.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
Dodong Atillo, spokesperson for the Department of Education-XI, said they already issued a directive suspending classes and announced that teachers “are not required to come to class.”
By MICK M. BASA
Davao Today
“We have to establish the learning centers as we know the Indonesians living here have limited access to basic needs such as education.” — Muhammad Nuh, Indonesia’s Education Minister
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Sheena Duazo, spokesperson of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Southern Mindanao, said once Daneco falls into the hands of a private corporation, its main concern would no longer be in the service to its consumers “but for business and profit.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
“The plan for K+12 is not to provide higher education opportunities to the youth, but merely to create an army of semi-skilled labor for immediate employment abroad. It’s being designed to develop immediately employable youth locally for them to become underpaid, or worse, abused workers in a foreign land.” — Atty. Leah Librado-Yap, Davao City First District Councilor
By PAUL RANDY P. GUMANAO
Davao Today
According to Palma Gil, the students’ resistance has inspired the establishment of an anti-Nazi students’ coalition in Czechoslovakia and elsewhere. Now, the commemoration is essentially an observance of the continued contribution of student activism in various reforms in the educational system.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“It’s very ironic that Kidapawan City and the rest of the province continue to suffer from rotational brown-outs when we host two Mt. Apo geothermal plants that have the combined capacity of 104 MW,” said Ruby Padilla-Sison of the Makabayan Peoples Coalition.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
In the first place, the ‘artificial crisis,’ according to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Mindanao, was a result of the government’s sellout of two diesel-powered power barges in the island, the power barge No. 117 in Nasipit town, Agusan del Norte and No. 118 in Maco, Compostela Valley, to the Aboitiz-owned Therma Marine Incorporated. These power barges have a combined 200-MW generation capacity.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
Davao Today
According to Casiño, the Imem is similar to the existing wholesale electricity spot market in Luzon and is said to be also very dangerous “because it may easily be manipulated by power players.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ
Davao Today
Pikit town received a total of 30,816 bags of rice and 444 bags of beans for the whole duration of the feeding program. WFP has allocated a total of 124,918 bags of rice and 2,505 bags of beans for the whole province.
