Twelve police investigators who served its search warrant did not find any firearm or ammunition at the seven buildings in Spottswood Methodist Center here where 4,500 protesters sought sanctuary since police opened fire at them Friday, April 1.
A local media correspondent covering the violent dispersal of the farmers’ barricade in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato province was briefly arrested by the police Friday noon, April 1.
Presidential aspirants condemned the violent barricade dispersal on Friday, April 1 in Kidapawan City.
As early as 1:00 am Thursday, March 31 police woke up protesters from their sleep with their loud sound system inviting protesters to go home as they brought with them dump trucks provided by the provincial government to ferry them.
Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said the dispersal of the farmers in Kidapawan City resonates the 1987 Mendiola Massacre because of the police’s use of their firearms to disperse protesters.
DAVAO CITY —A farmer is…
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.
KIDAPAWAN CITY — Protesting farmers here declined the invitation of North Cotabato provincial governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza to hold the dialogue…
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.
