1st Manobo in Congress vows to defend Lumad schools, national minorities’ rights over ancestral lands
“I admit I am one of the very few members in this hall who may have only finished elementary education and finds it difficult to understand English words or read them. I am living proof of the government’s failure to provide education for everyone because the nearest school from where I live is 20 kilometers away,” Cullamat said in Filipino.
Lumad leader, farmer-activist killed in their homes
“The [State] wants to silence anyone – especially the farmers here in Bukidnon – who is strongly calling for genuine agrarian reform in the country,” Anglao said.
8 Aetas killed during quake, IP group reports
“[T]he NDRRMC just recorded a total of 18 deaths. Of the reported 18 deaths, five missing person cases, 243 wounded, from the 3,632 affected families or about 7,410 individuals…few or even none of it includes the indigenous people and their communities,” the CLAA in its press statement said.
Indigenous peoples demand justice for Lumad chieftain Datu Kaylo
Manobo tribal chieftain Datu Kaylo was reportedly killed by elements of the 3rd IB of the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command during its military operations in Kitaotao, Bukidnon last April 7.
Martial law in Mindanao victimizes more Lumad children—NDFP
President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law in Mindanao, extended for the second straight year this 2019, continues to wreak havoc in the lives of Lumad children, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in Southern Mindanao Region said. In a statement posted on its website today, the NDFP reported that a platoon of the 88th […]
Talaingod PNP charges Castro, Ocampo, others with kidnapping
Davao del Norte police arrested ACT Teachers Party Representative France Castro, former Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo and 17 other human rights defenders who tried to rescue 74 victims of forced evacuation in Talaingod town and are being brought to Tagum City for inquest proceedings. In an alert, human rights group Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region said […]
National minority groups hold national assembly
National minority groups from all over the country gathered at the University of the Philippines in Diliman Quezon City last October 26 for the Second National Political Assembly of Sandugo (Movement of Moro and Indigenous People for Self-Determination). They held a mass action in Mendiola in Manila in the afternoon. Sandugo called for the ouster […]
Agaw Agimat
ni Rene Boy Abiva Kayong lagpas dekada nang binubusabos piniga’t pinatiwatiwarik hanggang sa dumausdos at malagutan ng buhay at damputi’t itapon sa libingang tila bangin ang bangis at lalim. Lagpas dekada na rin pala nang mapangahas n’yong tahakin ang ipinagkait sa inyong mga tanawin, ang lahat ng imaheng abot ng inyong paningin kabilang ang […]
On the Disinformation and Harassment Against ‘Tu Pug Imatuy’
By the Concerned Artists of the Philippines We condemn the uploading of black propaganda against the film Tu Pug Imatuy (2017), directed by Arnel Barbarona who is a member of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines. Set in Mindanao, Tu Pug Imatuy (The Right to Kill) revolves around the story of Manobo couple caught amidst […]
‘Tu Pug Imatuy?’
ni Rene Boy Abiva Kung sukdulan na ang pagka-alipin mainam pa’y tupdin ng kaluluwa, bisig at kamao ang pinakamatayog na tungkuin ng bawat tao sa mundo. ‘Sing linaw ng tubig sa bukal ang utos ng Maykapal sa Lumang Tipan na ang tanging kabayaran sa lahat ng lumalapastangan sa tao, hayop at kalikasan, sa […]