Security forces opened fire ... killing at least 3 people and injuring 116 more, as desperate farmers - stricken by food shortages arising from four months of drought - blockaded the Cotobato-Davao highway in Kidapawan City yesterday forenoon, after their appeals for help to the local Mayor and Provincial Governor - BOTH [surprise, surprise!] members of the nation's ruling party - were ignored.

87 others are believed missing in the wake of the melee, in which ... water cannon were also initially ( ... ... if somewhat ironically) deployed in an attempt to disperse the protesters.

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