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Jennifer Quinto, 20, a student in the City of Malolos, said she was “interested to find out what [Mr. Duterte] would say about the K-12 education reform program, and explain what social media is saying about replacing algebra and calculus with business math.”
“I hope President Duterte would tackle and bring more emphasis on the implementation of the ongoing K-12 [basic education] curriculum even though this was implemented under former President Benigno Aquino III’s term,” said Marteena Kyla Panopio, a Grade 11 student at Bicol University in Legazpi City.
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“I want to hear his plans to curb the uncontrolled growth of our urban areas that commonly translate to gridlock traffic, pollution, squatting problems, increased crimes, overpopulation and unemployment,” said Joey Manalad, an architect in Pasig City.
Ray Casile, a doctor at St. Luke’s Medical Center, said: “I like to hear something aside from killing addicts. What’s his plan for the health service in the far-flung corners of the Philippines? Things that help make life longer, not shorter.”
Article continues after this advertisementCopuyoc wanted to know whether the campaign against corrupt officials would continue after the Supreme Court ruled that there was weak evidence in the plunder charge against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, leading to her release from hospital arrest.
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Nisperos also wanted to know “the next strategy” in the South China Sea dispute after the UN-backed arbitral court ruling that rejected China’s nine-dash line. Reports from Jodee Agoncillo, Aie Balagtas See, Maricar Brizuela, Erika Sauler and Jaymee Gamil in Metro Manila; Yolanda Sotelo, Inquirer Northern Luzon; Anselmo Roque, Inquirer Central Luzon; Delfin T. Mallari Jr. and Ma. April Mier, Inquirer Southern Luzon’ Carla Gomez and Joey Gabieta, Inquirer Visayas; and Frinston Lim and Jigger Jerusalem, Inquirer Mindanao/TVJ
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