While the farmers’ demands were unquestionably just, the powers-that-be have in the instant answered them with astonishing indifference.
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte reminded voters not to be lured by candidates’ promises using the government’s Pantawid Pampamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to get votes since the program is already sourced from government coffers.
After thousands of farmers blocked the Davao-Cotabato national highway in Kidapawan City on early Wednesday to demand rice distribution to drought-affected families, the International League of People’s Struggle has called on the government to mobilize its resources and address the farmers’ demands.