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ISKO STAYING ALIVE. The student mascot Isko (colloquial for Iskolar ng Bayan (Scholars of the Nation) shows a placard lamenting the death of youth scholars in state universities with the suicide of UP student Kristel Tejada due to "commercialization of education." Students staged a picket in front of the CHED regional office, Monday. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

CHED orders 6 schools closed

Six Bukidnon State University (BSU) external campuses were ordered closed after they were found remiss of the basic requirement to operate an educational institution, a Commission on Higher Education Department official said on Tuesday.

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Read more about the article DA-XI seeks Php 1-B for rehab of Pablo-hit farms
Department of Agriculture XI Regional Director Remelyn Recoter.

DA-XI seeks Php 1-B for rehab of Pablo-hit farms

By TYRONE A. VELEZ Davao Today Davao City-- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region XI is seeking Php 1 billion to rehabilitate damaged farms and plant various crops in an…

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Read more about the article Family asks banana firm to release son held incommunicado
Photo of Allan Redubla (courtesy of Karapatan)

Family asks banana firm to release son held incommunicado

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today

The Rotto Fresh International Traders, a Cavendish banana plantation company in Compostela, Compostela Valley allegedly detained Redubla on suspicion that he helped New People’s Army guerillas in burning the company’s backhoe last July 13.

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Read more about the article Foreign peace advocates score “neglected” condition in Typhoon Pablo areas

Foreign peace advocates score “neglected” condition in Typhoon Pablo areas

By TYRONE A. VELEZ
Davao Today

“My taxes are sent (here) for military aid. Money should build roads, should be given to health care, decent things for the people, not military aid,” says Ron Gochez of Union del Barro, Los Angeles.

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