Read more about the article More patients to be accommodated with new kidney institute at SPMC
The construction of a kidney center in Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is expected to be done within this year or in 2020. The facility will have more equipments to cater more kidney patients. (Photo from SPMC Facebook page)

More patients to be accommodated with new kidney institute at SPMC

The country's biggest government-owned hospital here, the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is expected to accommodate more kidney patients when the Kidney Transplant Institute would be completed this year or next year, an official said.

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Human rights watchdog slams gov’t for arrest, killing of elderly

The human rights watchdog Karapatan has slammed Monday the government for targeting the elderly following the arrest of the 61-year-old Davao City-based media personality Margarita Valle in Misamis Oriental and the killing of a 65-year-old land reform advocate Felipe Dacal-Dacal in Negros Occidental.

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Read more about the article Group warns child labor is up with Davao City’s economic growth
Children scour the roads towards Barangay Santa Catalina, Zamboanga City in search of scrap wood and other things, two months after the Zamboanga standoff burned hundreds of houses here. (davaotoday.com photo by Earl O. Condeza)

Group warns child labor is up with Davao City’s economic growth

A child rights group here said it was worried with what it claimed as increasing cases of child labor as the the city is riding high on its economic growth.

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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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