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Editorial: A quick guide on Davao Region's, Davao City's RT-PCR test requirement

/ from 21 hours ago

AMONG the increased border control in Davao Region is the requirement of a negative RT-PCR test result. At present, the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) and Davao City have existing regulations on this. Here is a rundown of these policies.First we have the RIATF-RTF-Davao Resolution 01 series of 2021.This policy ...

Uyboco: Teaching vs education

Andy Uyboco / from May 03, 2021

I NO longer have a passion to teach. What I have is a passion for education.While most people would equate the two, I have discovered a difference. Teaching is about me, my expertise, my skills in delivery, techniques to engage, simplification of complex ideas and so on, and as a ...

Editorial: Premature announcement on border control

/ from May 02, 2021

LAST week, Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte announced that she has requested the Regional Inter-agency Task Force (RIATF) to tighten the borders of Davao Region."We wrote to the RIATF about [semi-]closing Davao Region [sa] mga travelers gikan sa gawas sa (to travelers outside) Davao Region. Ang atoang RIATF nagpa-comment ...

Mendoza: Opening of classes to be determined by the President

Lorenzo E. Mendoza / from May 02, 2021

AS PROVIDED by the law, under Republic Act No. 11480, the school year shall start on the first Monday of June but not later than the last day of August.However, in times of state of emergency or state of calamity, the President may also set a different start date for ...

Velez: Lost for books

Tyrone Velez / from April 29, 2021

WE MAY laugh at a vice governor’s guffaw for posting praise for Magellan instead of LapuLapu as the hero of Mactan, and we may laugh more at one DDS influencer who shared the same post. We cringe when one official said LapuLapu is of Mindanao descent. But, this also shows ...

Editorial: Fear of complacency

/ from April 28, 2021

DAVAO City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said she wants Davao City to shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) to allow the reopening of more businesses and increase the capacity of those currently operating.However, she fears that as restrictions are easesd residents in Davao City will become complacent."Of course, gusto nato ...

Editorial: Community pantry and health protocols

/ from April 27, 2021

ON MONDAY, the Matina Community Pantry had to temporarily suspend its community pantry due to the large amount of people gathering and lining-up."The police, barangay tanods and the Matina Community Pantry have agreed on additional measures to be implemented tomorrow (April 27) for the distribution to be more efficient, orderly ...

Mendoza: Good news to Science, Math teachers

Lorenzo E. Mendoza / from April 25, 2021

A GOOD news in times of Pandemic.The Department of Education (DepEd) has encouraged high school Science and Mathematics teachers to apply for a government-provided graduate scholarship, through Part-Time Scholarship for Science and Mathematics Teachers of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) as part of delivering quality education.DepEd ...

Velez: Contagious spirit of community

Tyrone Velez / from April 23, 2021

COMMUNITY pantries sprouting all over the country is the best news that we have in over a year in this dreary pandemicIt has been a year-long dread to read news of people reduced to cold statistics of falling ill, succumbing to the virus, suffering from loss of jobs, getting arrested ...

Editorial: Preventing floods

/ from April 22, 2021

THE city government of Davao has been intensifying the clearing of its waterways and drainage system to prevent flooding in the city.On April 10, 2021, we saw how several areas in the city were flooded after heavy rains.Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said on April 12 that based on the reports of ...

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