MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday belied reports that human rights violations increased in barangays that received bigger allocations under the anti-insurgency task force’s so-called Barangay Development Program (BDP).
The DILG has listed Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, Soccsksargen, and Caraga as the top regions with the biggest allocations under the P16.24-billion BDP funds, 99 percent of which are said to be already released to local governments.
But data from human rights watchdog Karapatan showed that the same regions recorded the most recorded extrajudicial killings (EJK) since 2016.
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