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.