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Read more about the article Davao City councilor confirms lack of classrooms
BACK TO SCHOOL. A total of 52 pupils are going to occupy this classroom in Davao City’s Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Central Elementary School for school year 2013-14. The room’s capacity should be for 44 pupils only, the teacher said Monday. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers said the country lacks 32,644 classrooms, 2.5 Million chairs and 60 M textbooks for this school year. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Davao City councilor confirms lack of classrooms

A local legislator admits the need for more classrooms for public schools and teachers in the city as the number of enrollees has increased this year.

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Read more about the article Env’t watchdog alarmed at the sale of mercury-laden skin whiteners in CDO
EcoWaste Coalition chemical safety officer Thony Dizon shows to reporters the various skin-whitening products that the group said are laden with mercury and are being openly sold in Cagayan de Oro, during a press conference Tuesday, June 4. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Env’t watchdog alarmed at the sale of mercury-laden skin whiteners in CDO

The city government will look into the proliferation of imported mercury-laden skin-whitening products being openly sold in public markets here as reported by the environmental and health advocate EcoWaste Coalition.

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