Rappler's latest stories on Kidapawan protest
LOOK BACK: Philippine protests that turned bloody
Filipinos have the constitutional right to peaceably assemble but these protests against the government sometimes end in bloody clashes with police

Duterte’s lead, Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, Prince | 6PM wRap
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Gordon on Kidapawan protest: ‘That’s all lack of vision’
The problem with this government is they have all the laws and they don’t enforce the law ’ Richard Gordon says at Rappler’s ‘The Leader I Want’ senatorial debate
Kidapawan and the rice riots
Negotiations were cut short Riot police were unprepared and outnumbered Cops carried long arms This is the story behind the deadly protests in Kidapawan City

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Kidapawan protest: Can police use guns to disperse violent rallies?
Inconsistencies between the police manual and the Public Assembly Act create confusion on whether or not the police should have used guns to disperse protesters

From Tacloban to Kidapawan: Blaming the victim
In perilous times like these anger and a sense of urgency are virtues Anything less is a denial of justice

Police in Kidapawan protest: Are we not human?
UPDATED Police claim that their use of guns was justified because of the likely presence of active shooters among the protesters based on intelligence reports

'I have no regrets' – Kidapawan mayor
Joseph Evangelista says SWAT forces only reacted after they saw protestors mauling cops who had been caught in the melee If the police hadn’t used maximum tolerance they wouldn’t have been pinned down

Kidapawan protester: I was shot by sniper on firetruck
Roughly 1 500 protesters remain inside the UMC compound in Kidapawan Police manning checkpoints had been pulled out

Kidapawan and why the Philippines is always short of rice
Kidapawan is a failure of agriculture policy where the inability of the agriculture department and other parts of the government to come clean on El Niño resulted directly in lives being lost

Cayetano, Pimentel to hold public hearing on Kidapawan
The two senators both allies of presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte will be holding the hearing in Davao City
Davaoeños lead donation drive for protesting Kidapawan farmers
UPDATED The spirit of volunteerism starts with an April 1 post on Facebook that says 5 kilos of rice would be donated to the farmers of Kidapawan

Beyond the noise: Establishing facts, accountability in Kidapawan
The challenge is to get the facts and verify these There are so many pieces in the jigsaw puzzle on accountability that are still missing
