Read more about the article Pandemic, rice imports, price controls killing farmers in North Cotabato
A farmer in Sitio Dao, Barangay White Culaman, Kitaotao town, Bukidnon is dusting off rice grain before delivering it to the rice mill. Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com

Pandemic, rice imports, price controls killing farmers in North Cotabato

The low buying price brought by rice liberalization has been killing farmers and the local economy.

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Read more about the article 3-month-old daughter of political prisoner passes away
A relative grasps the tiny hands of three-month-old River a few hours before the baby died. (Photo courtesy of Kapatid)

3-month-old daughter of political prisoner passes away

The three-month-old daughter of political prisoner Reina Mae Nasino has passed away Friday night, lawyers of Nasino confirmed with Bulatlat.

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Read more about the article Galvez inviting EU, UN to probe Haran will backfire, says rights groups
Lumad evacuees in UCCP Haran conducted a flag ceremony to commemorate the 122nd Independence Day.

Galvez inviting EU, UN to probe Haran will backfire, says rights groups

Rights advocates say that presidential peace adviser and retired general Carlito Galvez’s challenge to let European Union and United Nations investigate UCCP Haran’s alleged profiting from the Lumad in its sanctuary may reveal instead the real reason why the Lumad are displaced.

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