KIDS VIEW
Children served as audience to student activists demanding government support to education at a rally in front of the University of Mindanao campus. (Medel V. Hernani, davaotoday.com)
Lining up for relief. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Groups to Pnoy: prayers not enough, hasten aid in Yolanda areas
A group of Typhoon Yolanda survivors called Tindog (Stand) People’s Network in a statement said prayers are not only needed in Eastern Visayas, and instead called for action.
SHAM FRIENDSHIP
Student activists in Davao City led by Anakbayan celebrate the Fil-Am Friendship Day on Thursday with a protest. They slammed the “access agreements” proposed by the Aquino government, saying it’s…
Groups score K+12 Law as “wrong pill” for education woes
By DAVAO TODAY
Parents, students and teachers have long been complaining of the yearly shortages in textbooks, classroom and teachers. The budget on education has also been seen as the major problem as it’s deemed “insufficient.”
A Board of Election Inspector in one of the clustered precincts in Davao City’s Cesario Villa Abrille Elementary School tests the PCOS machine during the Final Testing and Sealing Monday. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Teachers grapple with technical glitches in PCOS final testing
By DAVAO TODAY POOLED REPORT
“We regret that the poor outcome of the FTS would reflect the outcome of the actual polls, which could lead to election failure.” -- Aya Ragrario, University of the Philippines professor and convener of Kontra Daya