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World Teachers’ Day rallies slam low pay amid pork barrel abuse

A national teachers group joined anti-pork protests Friday in various cities in the country, on the eve of World Teachers’ Day, as they slammed President Benigno Aquino’s defense of maintaining his discretionary fund while refusing to increase their salaries.

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Read more about the article CHED orders 6 schools closed
ISKO STAYING ALIVE. The student mascot Isko (colloquial for Iskolar ng Bayan (Scholars of the Nation) shows a placard lamenting the death of youth scholars in state universities with the suicide of UP student Kristel Tejada due to "commercialization of education." Students staged a picket in front of the CHED regional office, Monday. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

CHED orders 6 schools closed

Six Bukidnon State University (BSU) external campuses were ordered closed after they were found remiss of the basic requirement to operate an educational institution, a Commission on Higher Education Department official said on Tuesday.

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Read more about the article Big fishing vessels seen in Davao City’s municipal fishing waters
TWILIGHT FISHING. A fisherman casts his net at nightfall in Naawan, Misamis Oriental. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Big fishing vessels seen in Davao City’s municipal fishing waters

Some 100 fishermen from the coastal village of Lasang, this city, sought the help of the Sangguniang Panglunsod Tuesday to curb regular encroachment of big vessels in the coastal waters that they claimed has robbed them of their chance to catch fish in this part of the Davao Gulf.

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