Student groups tell gov’t to redo strategies on ending armed conflict

Student groups in Mindanao urged the government to recalibrate its strategies to end the armed conflict through resolving the root causes of armed rebellion: poverty, inequality, corruption, and atrocious governance, instead of sowing fear against dissent.

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Read more about the article Suffer thy poor: Lockdown, economic slowdown hurt Davao’s relocation community
Gina and her family of 12 live in this shanty with no electricity and water. They need to buy water everyday for their needs. (Photo courtesy of Dexter Ogayon)

Suffer thy poor: Lockdown, economic slowdown hurt Davao’s relocation community

Her family of 12 only eats two full meals a day, and most times it is just rice doused in soy sauce or salt given to them by their neighbor.

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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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