The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) has expressed sympathy to the drought-stricken farmers in Kidapawan who experienced police brutality after the provincial government of North Cotabato did not heed their demand of rice subsidy.
A group of human rights lawyers blasted North Cotabato governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza for being an “aristocratic mata pobre” after the bloody and brutal dispersal of protesting farmers in drought-stricken Kidapawan City.
As one of the poorest basic sectors in the country, Poe said that she would also push for the increase of the fisher folks’ membership in the National Health Insurance Program and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities with the help of local government units and the private sector.
The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights headed by Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III will conduct a public hearing in Davao City to probe on the violent dispersal of the rally of farmers in Kidapawan City on Thursday, April 7.
The New People’s Army put up checkpoints in seven areas in Mindanao on Sunday, April 3 and captured three police officers and two soldiers.
Pope Francis acknowledged a letter sent by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in a response written by Italian Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu and sent to Davao Archbishop Romulo Geolina Valles, D.D.
Leaders of various church groups expressed condemnation of the violent dispersal of a farmers’ rally in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato province last Friday, April 1.
Four days to go before the start of the overseas absentee voting, an OFW leader urged registered overseas absentee voters (OAV) to vote starting April 9.
Presidential aspirants condemned the violent barricade dispersal on Friday, April 1 in Kidapawan City.
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.
