Mindanao Daily NEWS northmin . westmin . caraga . davao Bringing Good News of Mindanao
Thursday
P15.00
Farmers want sports complex to use other land area Volume III, No. 255
web portal: www.mindanaodailynews.com
April 23, 2015
A1
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA, DavaoToday
D
AVAO CITY – Farmers living in the area in the University of the Philippines Mindanao compound where the city and UP is set to build an P8-billion sports complex said they cannot give-up their lots as it remains to be their only source of livelihood. See FULL STORY, page A2
HS Summit discusses future of K12 students
CAGAYAN de Oro City -About 200 representatives from the academia, education officials and stakeholders in the private and public sector met in this seaport capital Tuesday for a “Senior High School Summit” here. Secretary Armin Luistro, of the Department of Education (DepEd), who flew here as guest of speaker, told that the participants of the importance of the summit aimed at preparing the current batch of ninth graders into senior high school students by 2016. Under the K+12 educa-
tional systems, the ninth grader is equivalent to the third year high school student (junior) in the old educational system. The 10th grader is equivalent to the fourth year high school (senior) students. The summit participants discussed about the opportunities of becoming a senior high school student under the K12 system because technical courses would become available for the Lumad leaders and students from Northern Mindanao gather at the Press Freedom Monument, Capitol Grounds, 10th grade students in 2016. Cagayan de Oro City before leaving for Davao City to attend the Midnanao Datu-Bai conference dubbed Dumalong There are a number of dong Mindanaw. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas technical courses available See summit, page A11
Zambo crop damage due to dry spell soars to P140M ZAMBOANGA City -- The City Agriculturist disclosed that the damage to agricultural and fishery products due to the prolonged dry spell had further soared to P140.8 million as of April 8. As of March 31, damage was estimated at P132.54 million. City Agriculturist Diosdado Palacat disclosed that so far 10,270 hectares See damage, page A6
Briton found dead in Canito-an apartment By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City -- A British national was found dead in the state of decomposition Tuesday afternoon in his rented house in Canito-an, Cagayan De Oro City, the police said. Police Inspector Christian Caballes, of the Scene of the Crime Operatives
(SOCO), identified the British national as Christopher Lenard King. Caballes said that the SOCO operatives have ruled out possible foul play since there were no signs of resistance or forcible entry into Kings rented apartment. Police investigators, however, recovered assorted medicines in the vicitm’s
room – some for diabetis, Caballes said. He said that the SOCO will conduct an autopsy of the body because the law requires that autopsy should be conducted on the body of foreigners. Caballes said that the there would be blood and DNA testings, and fingerSee dead, page A11
Editorial: e-mail: mindanaodailynews@gmail.com • Advertising: e-mail: mindanaodaily.ads@gmail.com Contact: 0917-7121424, 0947-8935776