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Read more about the article K to 12 made PH students’ reading skills worse – ACT
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. A total of 2,732 students of Mintal Comprehensive High School in Barangay Mintal, Davao City line up for the first flag ceremony of the school year during the opening of classes on Monday, June 5. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

K to 12 made PH students’ reading skills worse – ACT

The country's poor ranking in the recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) only validates the school problems that teachers have been raising.

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Read more about the article Comval coconut farmers decry plummeting copra prices
A young boy exhibits his agility by climbing the coconut tree with ease at the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated School (MISFI) compound in Barangay Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com file photo)

Comval coconut farmers decry plummeting copra prices

Farm gate price of copra in Compostela Valley (ComVal) province continues to plummet according on the latest data from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)-Davao region.

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Read more about the article Solon calls on health, port authorities to implement protocols vs the Black Death plague
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Solon calls on health, port authorities to implement protocols vs the Black Death plague

A legislator here on Friday said he will ask health and port officials to implement measures that would ensure the deadly disease from China will not spread to the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Thousands of kids avail of City’s anti-polio vaccine
VACCINATED. Hundreds of children aged five years old and below are given free polio vaccine at the Brgy 5-A gym, Bangkerohan, Davao City on Monday (Oct 14) as the Department of Health (DOH) kicks off the first round of its massive synchronized polio vaccination campaign following the polio outbreak in the Philippines. (Ken E. Cagula/davaotoday.com)

Thousands of kids avail of City’s anti-polio vaccine

The first round of the City's massive polio vaccination campaign have so far recorded a positive turnout.

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