By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Like the Moro in many parts of Mindanao, evacuation has become a way of life for the Lumads . They would rather sleep in schools, at village halls or town gymnasiums than stay in their villages and bear the brunt of military operations.
Barely a month after the Manobos went back to their homes in Lianga, the soldiers are back again, recruiting them to the Task Force Gantangan, a paramilitary group to fight the government’s war against the insurgents.
In one of their stories of long ago, the Mansaka, an indigenous tribe from the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley, once possessed a golden guitar, which they played when they sang their songs of longing, aspirations and victory.
Davao City — The October Peasant Month culminates today (Oct. 21) with a symbolic protest -cum- send off activity at the Freedom Park joined by more than 200 members of peace advocates, farmers groups, and members of Anakpawis that will hold a simultaneous peace and mercy mission in different farmer and lumad communities gravely affected…
PRESS RELEASE October 21, 2009 For Immediate Release Peasant Day Today PEASANTS MARCH AMID HEAT OF THE SUN: CRY FOR LAND AND SURVIVAL Cagayan de Oro City (October 21, 2009) — FARMERS coming from various municipalities in Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon are converging today at the Capitol grounds to start a protest march highlighting the…
Former Philippines President Joseph Ejercito Estrada answers question from a panelist during the Millenium Developement Goals (MDG) Leaders’ Forum held in Makati City on Oct. 14. Recently, Estrada has made known his intention to run for president in next year’s election. He is expected to make a “formal declaration” this afternoon in Tondo during the…
On October 3, 2009 graphic and disturbing photos of the brutal rape of a 14 year old Iraqi girl emerged via confidential source and caught media attention. The photos show US Soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division forcibly holding down and gang raping the Iraqi girl. The girl and her family, including a five year…
PRESS RELEASE Information Bureau Communist Party of the Philippines Enlisting of US troops to help in rescue of priest, an open invitation to military intervention–Ka Oris October 19, 2009 National Democratic Front-Mindanao spokesperson Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos denounced as an open invitation to foreign military intervention Malacañang’s enlisting of US troops to help in rescue…
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today remarked that the Oct. 20 Leyte Landing commemoration does not do justice to the Filipino guerrillas of World War II and instead gives undue importance to the return of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and US imperialism. “The big politicians like Gloria Arroyo and others in the region give only token…
MANILA — The recent typhoons highlighted land and crop use conversion as a factor in worsening the effects of disasters on food production and the need to ensure adequate land for food production. However amid all these, government has reserved more hectares of agricultural land for export crops and use of foreign agro-corporations. According to…
By MARYA SALAMAT
While the government bears down on small businesses and producers, warning them against profiteering in the wake of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, it has allowed Shell, Caltex and Petron to increase oil prices at will.