Value of PPADB awarded tenders fall
Friday, November 04, 2016
According to the 2016 annual report, tenders awarded by the board during the period amounted to P3.91 billion as opposed to P5.04 billion for the 2014/15 financial year, which represents a 22% drop.
The board adjudicated 527 submissions in 2015/16, which was a 28% decline compared to 735 submissions during the 2014/15 financial year.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...