10th Infantry Division spokesman Captain Rhyan Batchar defends simultaneous encounters between government troops and the communist guerrillas as pre-election measures. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development gives 2,000 sacks of rice to struggling farmers in Koronadal City on Monday, April 25. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
After five days of protest pressuring government agencies here to act on the demands for food aids, the farmers from South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos on Monday, April 25 got 2,000 sacks of rice from the Department of Social Welfare and Development's Quick Reaction fund.
This vast rice field in Barangay New Rizal, M'lang, North Cotabato shows cracked land due to severe drought. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)
Drought-stricken farmers who barricaded this city’s main highway did not wait long before they got partial victory Monday, April 25 with the delivery of 2,000 sacks of rice from the government.