Exhibit paying tribute to Lumad leader opens
“Through art, the legacy of Bai Bibyaon is remembered, and the struggle for ancestral lands and self-determination is continued,” said Lala Empong, chairperson of Sabokahan, an organization of Lumad women.
Bai Bibyaon, warrior chieftain of the Lumad, dies
“When I leave here, I will become a guiding light for you all. Don’t give up, but continue the struggle,” Bigkay uttered in her final days, Sabokahan IP Women said.
Tribes reject large dams in Balbalan and Pinukpuk, Kalinga
By Rod Asurin TABUK CITY–Six tribes in upper Kalinga province declared opposition to large dam projects in two of the country’s cleanest bodies of water, the Saltan and Cal-oan (Mabaca) rivers. Around 200 representatives from the Salegseg, Poswoy, Dao-angan, Ab-aba-an and Mabaca tribes in Balbalan town and the Limos tribe in Pinukpuk gathered last August […]
From bodong to electricity
“The children ran from the power house to their homes, wanting to be the ones to switch on the lights,” Dalma said. “That night, they played in the barangay clearing way past their usual bedtime while their elders played the gongs that echoed around the mountains throughout the night.”
Lumad teacher arrested in Surigao, farmer-couple missing in Negros
Campos is preparing to take the professional licensure examination for teachers and is currently a volunteer teacher at a local Department of Education school.
SOS: New Bataan Massacre victims waylaid on Wednesday night, not Thursday as military claims
“We strongly assert that the victims were community volunteers and civilians from varying backgrounds, and their murder must merit the strongest condemnation,” SOS said.
Tatlong tula para kay Chad Booc
Balabal-ritwal at kasuutan ng mga katutubo./Awit, sayaw, huni at galaw ng mga ninuno,/Dayuhang narahuyo sa diwatang sinusuyo./Tadhanang naghatid ng pag-ibig at pagsuyo.
‘Chad Booc and 4 others were massacred’ – Save Our Schools Network
“There was no encounter in New Bataan, Davao de Oro, yesterday (Thursday), where the AFP claims it killed activist Chad Booc and four others. This was confirmed to us by the local NPA unit in the area,” CPP information officer Marco Valbuena tweeted.
Out of order
At last week’s hearing by the House of Representatives hearing on the raid conducted by the police and the social work department on the Bakwit School at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City last February, Presidential Communications Operations Office undersecretary and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict co-spokesperson Lorraine Badoy showed ignorance of parliamentary procedures and attempted to interrogate other resource persons. She was promptly told that she told that she could not ask questions as she is not a member of Congress.
DSWD worker taunts, threatens Lumad child as she regains freedom
SOS-Cebu reported Abilo whispered taunts in the child’s ear, sarcastically saying “she hopes that what Philippine National Police chief Debold Sinas said about her becoming an armed rebel will not come true.”