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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)

Deped: No more ‘classes under the mango tree’, but teachers say otherwise

Having classes “under the mango tree” is a thing of the past, said Education Secretary Leonor Briones, Tuesday.

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Read more about the article Lumad group decries ‘enemy of the state’ tag, hits reso questioning DSWD MOU
NOT ENEMIES. Kerlan Fanagel, chairperson of the Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao nixes the joint resolution issued by the Regional Peace and Order Council 11 and the Regional Defense Council 11 that urged the Office of the President to review the memorandum of understanding signed between Pasaka and the Department of Social Welfare and Development. In a press conference at the UCCP Haran in Davao City on Monday, June 5, Fanagel also hit the "enemy of the state" tag given to them by the two government agencies, calling them "malicious" and "irresponsible". (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Lumad group decries ‘enemy of the state’ tag, hits reso questioning DSWD MOU

The PASAKA Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao, an alliance of several town-based Lumad organizations expressed indignation at the joint resolution issued by the Regional Peace and Order Council 11 and the Regional Defense Council 11, which urged the office of the president to review the existing memorandum of agreement between the Department of Social Welfare and Development and PASAKA.

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