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Farmer dead, 20 injured in Kidapawan violent dispersal
DAVAO CITY ---A farmer is confirmed dead while 20 farmers injured after anti-riot police dispersed…
WAITING AREA. Voters in Malabog village, Paquibato District wait in this room before they can cast their votes. (davaotoday.com photo by Jandy Ken C. Lizondra)
Voters reminded 4Ps is government money
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.
HOLD THE LINE. Farmers demanding rice subsidy from the government stay in their picket line along Quezon Boulevard in Kidapawan City for two days as of Thursday, March 31. (Earl O. Condeza/davaotoday.com)
Gov’t urged to mobilize resources to address Mindanao drought, hunger
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.
WHERE'S THE RICE? Around 5,000 farmers protest along Davao-Cotabato national highway in Kidapawan City on Wednesday, March 30 to demand for rice assistance as they suffer the impact of prolonged drought in the province. (Danilda Fusilero/davaotoday.com)
No deal: Farmers decline North Cot Gov. Mendoza’s invitation to hold dialogue outside the barricade
KIDAPAWAN CITY --- Protesting farmers here declined the invitation of North Cotabato provincial governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza to hold the dialogue at the city hall on Wednesday night, March 30. Pedro…
Protesting farmers prepare to sleep on North Cot highway
Many of the protesting farmers who put up a barricade in the national highway of Davao-Cotabato in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato province sprawled on the streets 12 hours after they blocked the road paralyzing traffic in the whole stretch of Quezon Boulevard in Kidapawan City.