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.
An estimate of 5,000 farmers from eight municipalities of North Cotabato province blocked the national highway in Kidapawan City early morning on Wednesday, March 30 to demand for rice from the provincial government to help them survive the drought.
As schools in the country start their graduation rites this month, two tribal schools in Surigao del Sur province held their commencement and "moving up" ceremonies in a very different venue.
Thousands of farmers and indigenous people from the region put up a barricade outside the Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command here on Friday morning, March 18 to call for the pull out of the military from the communities and schools.
The Commission on Human Rights on Thursday, March 17, said it will be sending a team from Manila to investigate the torture case of an indigenous farmer that was allegedly tortured by the military and militias in Demoloc, Malita, Davao Occidental on February 19.