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Peace Caravan set in Agusan del Sur town Volume IV, No. 009 web portal: www.mindanaodailynews.com
Tuesday
May 26, 2015
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By David M. Suyao
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur - The Provincial Government of Agusan del Sur (PGAS), in collaboration with the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process - Whole of Nation Initiative (OPAPP-WNI) in coordination with the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) is initiating the Local Government Unit (LGU)led Peace Caravan on May 28-29, 2015 in the nine barangays of Loreto, Agusan del Sur. See FULL STORY, page A5
Elderly thanks 2 Samaritans ON May 7, 2015, in the morning, a certain Mr. Wilson Lim, a handicapped senior citizen residing in King Arthur, Puntod, Cagayan de Oro City, while walking out of the main gate of Camp Evangelista, lost his balance and suddenly fell to the ground. A 10-year-old boy, and a 30-year old lady who were nearby and both saw the senior citizen about to fall, immediately, reached and grabbed his arm that lessen the impact of the fall and also prevented his head from hitting hard on the
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pavement. People joined in, helping the senior citizen stand on his feet and put inside a taxicab. The hero lady, good Samaritan paid the See elderly, page A11
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A giant Bangus takes center stage during the Float Parade competition where 40 barangays participated in. The parade is one of the highlights of the Lambangus Festival in Balingasag town in Misamis Oriental, some 32 kilometers away from Cagayan de Oro City. Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
K-12 to produce one million school dropouts: youth group UP to a million students could drop out of school as the government implements the controversial K to 12 program next year, according to youth group Anakbayan. Anakbayan national chairperson Vencer Crisostomo said the Department of Education’s “K12 ready” report revealed that only 3,839 of the 7,976 or only 48% of public high schools nationwide have submitted
proposals to implement senior high school next year. This means that public schools may not be able to accommodate about half of the 2 million students currently in 4th year high school, which will be required to take senior high school next year, Crisostomo said. “Students will be forced to transfer to private schools and pay expensive tuition. But many are in public
schools precisely because they cannot pay. What will happen to them? Surely, the number of out-of-school youths and dropouts will balloon,” he said. He said that this will worsen the already alarming dropout and unemployment rate in the country. At present, half of the youth population aged 11-15 are out of school and only 20 of 100 entering Grades 1 See K-12, page A11
Bt corn a superior crop: DA
Biotechnology breeds superior crops, the Department of Agriculture (DA) says. And this is true with Bt corn which has been commercialized in the Philippines and many other countries for more than a decade now, says Dr. Antonio Alfonso, Director of the DA Biotechnology Program.
See corn, page A11
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