, there were no “untoward incidents,” Bringas said, even as some parents and other residents had protested Taguig City taking over these densely populated neighborhoods from Makati.
The DepEd secretary herself was in Cebu and visited two schools in the northern part of the province.WAITING. Parents wait for their children at the gate of Cembo Elementary School during the opening day of classes for SY 2023-24. Alecs Ongcal/Rappler ASSEMBLE. Students with their parents wait for the gates of General Artemio Ricarte Memorial Elementary School in General Trias, Cavite, to open for the first day of classes. Dennis Abrina/Rappler
SECOND HOME. Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna speaks to new students as she formally opens SY 2023-24 at the Legarda Elementary School. Rappler