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