Tuesday, August 07, 2007 (Philippines)

Durian is starting to fill up fruit stands as the city gets ready to prepare to celebrate its bounty and culture in Kadayawan sa Dabaw. Here, workers of Tito's Fruit Stand at Magsaysay Park clean up the durian for display. (Sun.Star Davao/Seth delos Reyes) THE proposed city ordinance that has earned the flak from child rights' advocates because of the Anti-Truancy Law that gives a bad tag on children, will be making a comeback in the 15th Council Tuesday with a new, and a much longer name. Proposed by the committee on education chaired by Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta, the ordinance is renamed "Ensuring Class Attendance Among School children Through the Prevention of Truancy, in the Protection of the Child's Right to Education." Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo Updates on the Kadayawan Festival 2007 [full story]