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TEMPORARY FREEDOM. Valentina Berden, 78, is among the 78 farmers who were detained after the violent dispersal in Kidapawan City on April 1. The 78 detainees were granted temporary liberty after posting bail with the help of showbiz personalities and lawyers' group. Here she shows the photo of the violent dispersal where she was on the photo being shielded by a police officer. However, Berden was among those who were charged with direct assault against person in authority. (Contributed photo)

Kidapawan farmers now temporary free after posting bail

Post author:EARL O. CONDEZA
Post published:April 17, 2016
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A total of 78 farmers who were detained after the violent dispersal in Kidapawan last April 1 were released on bail on April 16, Saturday.

Kins cry for justice as slain Cotabato protester laid to rest

Post author:EARL O. CONDEZA
Post published:April 12, 2016
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Cries from the family, relatives, close friends, and support groups filled the atmosphere right before the body of Darwin Sulang was buried.

The tillers of the barren soil: hungry and detained

Post author:ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO
Post published:April 12, 2016
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KIDAPAWAN CITY –Unlike many Filipino families whose staple food is rice, the household of Adelina Rizardo’s source of nutrition is Cassava. They would crush it until it becomes a powder,…

Philippines: Witnesses, victims recount shooting, beating by police

Post author:DAVAO TODAY
Post published:April 11, 2016
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The Philippine police may have used unnecessary lethal force in breaking up a demonstration by farmers in Kidapawan City on April 1, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today.

Ordeal of wounded Kidapawan detainees

Post author:Ron Clarion
Post published:April 10, 2016
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The minute when Arnel Takyawan was able to walk with crutches, the police transferred him immediately to the City Hall gymnasium from a nearby private hospital, five days after he was shot at the ankle during the police dispersal against drought-stricken farmers last week.

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