UP CSWCD names Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay 2017 Gawad Tandang Sora honoree
The College of Social Work and Community Development of UP Diliman named Manobo leader Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay as its third Gawad Tandang Sora recipient as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations this year. Bigkay was cited for her leadership in the Indigenous People’s struggles for human rights and dignity.
Woman warrior of Talaingod is 2017 Gawad Tandang Sora awardee
BAI BIBYAON LIGKAYAN BIGKAY was early for the nine o’clock ceremony at the University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) today. She sat at the front row of the hall, flanked by her two companions and interpreters, a Manobo Datu and a Catholic nun, patiently waiting for the people who […]
Kodao’s photo essay wins Gawad Agong 2016
A KODAO PRODUCTIONS photo essay on Manilakbayan 2015 won at the Fourth Gawad Agong para sa Pamamahayag (Agong Award for Journalism) held last December 20 during the at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Raymund Villanueva’s “Bonicris Mandagit: A Manobo bead crafter” published last November 2015 was adjudged as this year’s best photo essay. […]
STREETWISE by Carol P Araullo: Pavlovian Reflex
It was shockingly painful to watch the video footage of a police van mowing down protesting indigenous and Moro people in front of the US embassy last Wednesday. The rabid zeal and brutally with which the police used their might to inflict injury on anyone they could lay their hands on and arrest as many […]
IPs march to Mendiola to press fight for self-determination
Indigenous peoples who are participating in the Pambansang Lakbayan ng Pambansang Minorya 2016 marched to Mendiola, Manila last October 20 to press their fight for self-determination. The march was also in condemnation of the brutal dispersal of their rally in front of the United States Embassy the previous day. The indigenous peoples formed a new […]
Victims of violent dispersal at US embassy demand justice
PROGRESSIVE organizations demanded justice for the victims of the brutal police dispersal of protesting indigenous peoples in front of the United States Embassy in Manila Wednesday morning (October 19). In a press conference held last October 20 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, the groups called on President Rodrigo Duterte and Philippine National Police […]
OFWs in Italy condemn ‘inhumane’ dispersal of IPs in Manila
ROME, ITALY- Members of Umangat-Migrante, ICHRP-Rome and the Comitato di Amicizia Italo-Filippino (Italy-Philippine Friendship Association) held a candle light protest in front of the Philippine Embassy last night to condemn the recent dispersals of mass actions in the Philippines. Calling the dispersals “violent and inhumane,” Luciano Seller of the Comitato di Amicizia Italo-Filippino urged the […]
Police car rams through protesters; 50 injured
The Manila Police District violently dispersed indigenous peoples protesters this morning after its deputy director Marcelino Pedrozo ordered his troops to arrest and “fight back,” lest they lose face with the US Embassy. This video shows an MPD vehicle ramming and running over at least ten protesters.
50 injured as police vehicle rams IP protesters
By Abril Layad B. Ayroso / Photos by Reggie Mamangun AT LEAST 50 were injured when a Manila Police District vehicle rammed indigenous peoples protesters in a violent dispersal at the United States Embassy in Manila this morning. After being surrounded by protesters, a police vehicle with license plate SAA 5553 and National Capital Region […]
Indigenous peoples stage Salubungan 2016 in Mendiola
To start Manilakbayan 2016, indigenous peoples (IPs) from all over the Philippines staged Salubungan (Meet Up) last October 13 in Mendiola, Manila. Demanding respect for their right to self determination, the IPs scored the continuing harassments and killings in their communities perpetrated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The fifth staging of Manilakbayan is […]