Instead of thieves in gov’t, police arrests Cordillera labor leader
“It is clear where state priorities remain: punishing those who speak for the people instead of those who steal from them,” BIEN Philippines said.
Cordillera’s cultural norms push back against political dynasties
The Cordillera region remains largely rooted in its communal and participatory indigenous forms of governance. Where political dynasties exist, they are generally ‘thin’—except in two provinces where dynastic politics has taken a deeper hold.
Sa gitna ng unos
Ngunit kahit sa siphayo’y di mapakali,/
kahit pa pilit niyayapos ang pangamba,/
kahit pa bangungot ay karimarimarin,/
hiling sa Diyos, matunton ang hininga.
Pinoy NGO wins big in global indigenous peoples’ award
SIBAT is honored for bringing electricity to 1,684 indigenous households in the Cordillera region through community-managed hydroelectric power generation systems.
Electricity that does not destroy the environment
“Here in Conner, we also have the unique phenomenon of lowlanders making the eight-hour trek up to our village to have their mobile phones, flashlights, radio sets, batteries and other gadgets recharged after strong typhoons have damaged their [on grid] power supply lines. Why is that? Because what we have here is a more reliable power supply that is cheaper and cleaner,” village chief Benito Lugayan said.
Anti-dam activist’s abductors wanted him to turn gov’t spy
While inside a black van he was forced into, Tauli was blindfolded, handcuffed and mauled while he desperately struggled and screamed for help, the two organizations reported.
Bantayog welcomes Chico River monument replica in QC
“We honor the Cordilleras as an example of a successful struggle of the marginalized against powerful giants,” Bantayog executive director Ma. Cristina Rodriguez said.
Monument to Cordillera martyrs demolished
“The monument’s removal is ‘a brazen act of obliterating the Cordillera people’s history of struggle against oppression and injustice,'” its advocates said.
Rights defenders raise alarm over PNP dossier
By Kimberlie Quitasol BAGUIO CITY–Human rights defenders raised alarm over a ‘confidential memorandum’ of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to its intelligence group to submit a dossier of individuals the police labeled as New People’s Army (NPA) leaders. Mary Ann Gabayan, secretary general of the Ilocos Human Rights Alliance (IHRA) said they are deeply concerned […]
Cordillerans to launch #DEFENDCORDILLERA campaign on IP Day
Activists will commemorate International Day of the Worlds’ Indigenous Peoples (IPs) on Thursday, August 9, in Baguio City to call for a stop to intensified attacks, plunder of ancestral land and resources, militarization, and the criminalization of indigenous human rights defenders, In a press conference in the said city Monday, August 6, the Cordillera People’s […]