The recent admission made by President Rodrigo Duterte saying that the country would never achieve rice self-sufficiency is a clear admission that attainment of rice self-sufficiency and food security is not in the economic agenda of the present administration.
In the midst of the serious threat hurled by President Rodrigo Duterte, the militant group Kadamay expressed unity among their ranks to withstand subjugations and vowed to continue staging more occupations of idle housing projects.
The peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines has again hit a snag, and for party-list group Bayan Muna, the delay will only serve the saboteurs of the process.
The recent threat of violence posed by President Rodrigo Duterte against the members of Kadamay organization is a step of throwing away from the opportunity to make up with the poor.
If it were up to her, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio would rather be a barangay chair than a senator, as she reminded village officials during a mass oath taking here on Friday the important role of the barangays in nation-building.