Marcos: Help drought-hit farmers now

THE tragedy in Kidapawan City should prompt the government to take a decisive action in helping farmers hit hard by drought and to address the effects of El Niño on the agricultural sector, Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Friday.

Marcos, who had repeatedly urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to speed up programs to help farmers in drought-hit areas especially in Mindanao, said the farmers’ resort to blocking the Davao-Cotabato national highway in Kidapawan to demand rice proves that the government has not done enough to help them.