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Read more about the article Broadcast media coverage of suicide cases in Oro criticized
FOR KRISTEL. Students of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Mindanao light candles Wednesday as they mourn the death of fellow UP student, Kristel Tejada, who committed suicide after the UP-Manila administration advised her to file a leave of absence for failing to pay her earlier obligation. Students across the country launched a nationwide protest against “anti-student policies” as they fight for higher State subsidy and other reforms in the education sector. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Broadcast media coverage of suicide cases in Oro criticized

Covering suicide cases delving too much on personal details including identities of the victims and their families has been criticized for its extreme stigmatization and lack of sensitivity.

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Read more about the article PDEA in Northern Mindanao burns down P61M worth of ‘shabu’
INSPECTION. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-10 laboratory technicians check the shabu prior to its incineration at a mortuary in Cagayan de Oro on Monday, May 10. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

PDEA in Northern Mindanao burns down P61M worth of ‘shabu’

Despite the thousands of persons reported killed in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA 10) in Northern Mindanao burned down more than P61 million worth of crystal methamphetamine or locally known as ‘’shabu.”

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Read more about the article Davao City to implement stricter border control
At the checkpoint in Lasang, a composite team of health workers, traffic officials, local security and Task Force Davao personnel conduct temperature checks and verification of IDs of people coming in to Davao City from the northern side of Mindanao. Those coming from Tagum City are barred from entering, as the first Covid-19 patient of Davao Region is confined in that City. (Ken E. Cagula/ davaotoday.com)

Davao City to implement stricter border control

While the city is in strict community quarantine measures, its mayor issued three more executive orders (EOs) to augment public health safety especially on border control in the region to combat the spread of COVID-19 infections.

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