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Wide Spread Functional Illiteracy

Decades ago, classroom learning hinged on memorization, rather than comprehension, of what students read or write. Hence, when students apply for jobs, they can...

Comelec spots 200 defective counting machines 

THERE’s no cause for alarm, says Commission on Elections (Comelec) following the replacement of around 200 malfunctioning automated counting machines (ACM) which caused delay...

Cops take over Datu Odin Sinsuat’s election board

SERIES of gunshots seemed more than enough to scare and send home teachers who were supposed to act as members of the local election...

3 dead as cops trade shots with bet’s convoy

AT least three persons were killed, while two others were hurt in what police claimed was an encounter involving cops and members of an...

Election violence: 2 killed, 5 wounded in Silay City 

JUST an hour before the local election board opened voting precincts, gun-wielding individuals sprayed bullets in Silay City in Negros Occidental killing two local...

Technical glitches, power outages hit 6 regions 

DESPITE government assurance of a flawless election, six of the country’s 17 regions recorded delays caused by technical glitches and power outages. According to Brigadier...

Conti blasts Duterte’s lead counsel for ‘unethical’ statement

THE HAGUE, Netherlands â€” Reacting to the assessment by former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte 's lead counsel that she and her fellow human rights lawyer...

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