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As part of the observance of World Water Day, participants of the One Call for All campaign prepare plastic wastes for recycling to make it into plastic chairs. The event was initiated by the Davao City Water District on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Matina Town Square in Matina, Davao City. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Council to inspect barangays for waste management lapses

The City Council’s head of the Committee on the Environment plans to visit all 183 barangays to check why there are weaknesses in implementing the city’s Solid Waste Management program.

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Read more about the article Public school option costly for Talaingod students
LEARNING. Lumad (tribal) pupils from the Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center Inc in an evacuation center in Davao City focus on their lessons while their relatives and elders join a long march to the national capital to call on a stop to the killing of their leaders. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Public school option costly for Talaingod students

Parents in Talaingod who have enrolled their students to the recently suspended Salugpongan Learning Center oppose the option from the Department of Education Region 11 that they transfer their children to public schools.

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Read more about the article KMU decries police harassment during picket
Police officials arrive during the picket of workers under Kilusang Mayo Uno at the regional office of Department of Labor and Employment. (Photo courtesy of KMU-Southern Mindanao Region)

KMU decries police harassment during picket

The labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) complained they were harassed by the Davao City Police during their picket in the regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday.

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Read more about the article Salugpongan asks DepEd: Where is Esperon report?

Salugpongan asks DepEd: Where is Esperon report?

The Salugpongan Community Learning Center is asking the Department of Education (DepEd) Region 11 to produce the report of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon that served as basis for the suspension of its 55 campuses in Talaingod, Davao del Norte.

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Read more about the article Tropical Depression Falcon to bring more rain during monsoon season
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Tropical Depression Falcon to bring more rain during monsoon season

The Tropical Depression (TD) Falcon will intensify the southwest monsoon experienced in the whole of Mindanao, an official of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

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