Lumad present another face of plunder in forum
The Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA), along with the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), and national office and Northern Mindanao chapter of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) launched the Network Resisting Expansion of Agricultural Plantations in Mindanao or REAP on October 28, 2015 […]
IBP promises to act on Lumad complaints
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), through its president Atty Rosario Setias-Reyes, promised to act on the complaints presented by the Lumad leaders at their Manilakbayan campsite last November 3. Atty Reyes also called on President Benigno Aquino to stop the killings of indigenous peoples and to build peace instead. The Lumad of Mindanao […]
STREETWISE: Manilakbayan 2015’s opening salvo by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
Streetwise Lumad extrajudicial killings and forced evacuations due to military and paramilitary forces rampaging across the indigenous people’s ancestral domain in the remaining frontiers of Mindanao have finally made its mark on the national public consciousness. The arrival of the Manilakbayan 2015, a contingent of more than 700 people who traveled from Mindanao to Manila […]
Desaparecidos kin at Manilakbayan 2015
Desaparecidos including John Calaba, a Dulangan Manobo missing since April 30, 2015, and other human rights victims were remembered on All Soul’s Day Nov. 2 as the Manilakbayan 2015 camps out at the Liwasang Bonifacio. Connie Empeño, mother of abducted activist Karen, and other kin were joined by lumad leader Datu Jumong and veteran writer […]
Bonicris Mandagit, a Manobo bead crafter
A photo essay by Raymund B. Villanueva THEY SIT AROUND in groups in a workshop of sorts on a Sunday afternoon. After more than a week on the road from Mindanao to Manila and six days in a camp within the University of the Philippines campus, they were spending the weekend on two basketball courts, regaining […]
LARAWAN: Gawad Agong 2015
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Kodao wins three awards at 3rd Gawad Agong
Kodao Productions won two major awards and one special citation at the 3rd Gawad Agong Journalism Awards for excellence in reporting indigenous peoples issues held at the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communications last October 29. Kodao’s photo essay “The Banwaon children of Balit”( https://kodao.org/2015/03/16/the-banwaon-children-of-balit/ ) and its November 25, 2014 Tala-Akayan episode […]
Unity Walk with the Lumad, “A proud moment for UP”
The University of the Philippines’ main campus in Diliman, Quezon City held a unity walk with the Lumad of Manilakbayan 2015 led by its students, faculty and staff last Wednesday, October 28. As the Lumad marched from their campsite along Ylanan Avenue hundreds of students welcomed them in front of the Palma Hall steps with […]
UP opens arms to Lumad Struggle
The Manilakbayan 2015 from Mindanao arrives at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman to press against state terror attacks on Lumad schools, communities and people. UP Chancellor Dr. Michael Tan and CONTEND Chair Prof. Gerry Lanuza receive the Lumads with open arms. Music provided by Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino (Kontra-GaPi) led by Prof. Edru Abraham. […]
UP Diliman welcomes Manilakbayan 2015
Manilakbayan 2015 arrived at the main campus of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City on October 26 after nine days of travel from various regions in Mindanao. They were welcomed by UP Diliman chancellor Michael Tan, teachers, students and staff. the national university is hosting the Manilakbayan camp while the 700-strong contingent […]