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New law scraps ‘no permit, no exam’ rule

March 17, 2024

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New law scraps 'no permit, no exam' rule

Educational institutions may no longer bar students from taking exams just because of unpaid tuition and other school dues, under a new law that took five years to be passed and was finally enacted early this week.

By Marlon Ramos and Krixia Subingsubing

Jail exec in Percy Lapid slay case dies of heart failure in Bataan

Jail Senior Supt. Ricardo Zulueta, one of the suspects in the 2022 killing of radio broadcaster Percival Mabasa, better known as Percy Lapid, died on Friday, according to the Philippine National Police.

By Nestor Corrales

ALL FOR TB AWARENESS A total of 5,596 participants set a new Guinness record for largest human formation in the shape of a pair of lungs, in the open field fronting Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Saturday. The activity—which broke the mark set by India in 2017—was organized by the Department of Health in observance of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. — RICHARD A. REYES

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Rediscovering Cagayan de Oro

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY— As people approach the main city center of Cagayan de Oro from the south along the national highway, a giant clay jar will greet them at a junction in Barangay Bulua.

By Bobby E. Lagsa

OPINION

Cure DOH inefficiency

That the DOH cannot resolve all these technical issues holding up the release of the long overdue allowances only heightens the frustration and distrust of our health workers, many of whom have been forced to seek better working conditions in foreign countries because of the government's neglect. The DOH should stop making excuses and immediately work to ensure that the money owed health workers for their services is released without further delay.

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