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Read more about the article UP cancels entrance exams for freshies this year
Graduates from the University of the Philippines Mindanao today bring umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain while waiting to get their own picture in front of the iconic oblation statue. The class of 2015 is the first batch of students to graduate on the rainy month of June in accordance to the UP System's shifting of the academic calendar from June-April to August-May in its goal of "maximizing the opportunities offered by ASEAN integration and global education partnerships." (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

UP cancels entrance exams for freshies this year

Those who want to take the admission exams for the University of the Philippines (UP) need to wait for another year.

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Read more about the article Curfew adds to anxiety of commuters and drivers in the pandemic
Scores of people wait for an available jeepney ride after doing grocery at a mall. (Kath M. Cortez.davaotoday.com)

Curfew adds to anxiety of commuters and drivers in the pandemic

Since the re-imposition of curfew hours in Davao City to limit public activities at night due to COVID-19, the commuting public has found this a difficult matter to adjust to.

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Read more about the article Suffer thy poor: Lockdown, economic slowdown hurt Davao’s relocation community
Gina and her family of 12 live in this shanty with no electricity and water. They need to buy water everyday for their needs. (Photo courtesy of Dexter Ogayon)

Suffer thy poor: Lockdown, economic slowdown hurt Davao’s relocation community

Her family of 12 only eats two full meals a day, and most times it is just rice doused in soy sauce or salt given to them by their neighbor.

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Read more about the article Mindanao farmers suffer big losses due to Rice Tariffication Law

Mindanao farmers suffer big losses due to Rice Tariffication Law

Tenant farmers in Mindanao who practice conventional farming have been suffering the “worst effects” of the Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), according to a research of farmers-scientists network, Masipag Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Students sleepless, stressed over online class
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Students sleepless, stressed over online class

As the education sector began this school year with the “new normal” of holding online classes due to the coronavirus (Covid-19), students such as Grace have suffered physically and mentally with this new mode of online and distance learning.

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