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Read more about the article PNP-11 assures public of orderly opening of classes in Davao region
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)

PNP-11 assures public of orderly opening of classes in Davao region

The Philippine National Police in Davao Region (PNP PRO-11) assured the public of orderly opening of classes in the region.

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Read more about the article Teachers’ group says 4Ps failed to improve enrollment in public schools
LISTENING. Act Party-list Representative Antonio Tinio listens as a member of the Bagani group who testified on Thursday’s Congressional Inquiry in Davao City said that his former colleagues are after him and his family because he disagreed with the decision to kill Fr. Fausto Tentorio. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Teachers’ group says 4Ps failed to improve enrollment in public schools

The government’s Conditional Cash Transfer program has not improved the enrolment rate in both elementary and secondary schools despite the increase of budget it received from 2011 to 2015.

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Read more about the article ‘More autonomous than ARMM’: New BBL draft to be submitted to Duterte soon
ALMOST DONE. Ghazali Jaafar (3rd from right), chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, announces that the BTC is close to completing its draft of the new Bangsamoro Basic Law. In a press conference on Saturday, June 3 at the Park Inn Hotel in Lanang, Davao City Jaafar said they will submit the draft to President Rodrigo Duterte by the first week or second week of June. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

‘More autonomous than ARMM’: New BBL draft to be submitted to Duterte soon

It will only take the Bangsamoro Transition Commission a few more days before they complete the new law that will create the Bangsamoro, a new political entity which will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Duterte says NDFP offer to fight vs Maute shows goodwill
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Duterte says NDFP offer to fight vs Maute shows goodwill

Despite his stance for the government not to participate in the fifth round of formal talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has recognized the offer of the communists to fight against terrorism as a sign of goodwill.

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