The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) lambasted the attempt of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala to downplay the poverty incidence in North Cotabato, saying that even government statistics show that almost half of the province’s population is poor.

“Halos kalahati po ng populasyon ng North Cotabato ang mahirap, kung kaya’t hindi po namin maintindihan kung saan nanggagaling si Sec. Alcala (Almost half of North Cotabato’s population is poor, that we cannot understand where Sec. Alcala is coming from),” Mon Ilagan, UNA spokesperson, said.

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