By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Standing firm on the community’s united decision and indigenous political systems in protecting their homeland, members of the Sadanga tribe of Mountain Province opposed the latest move of a mining company to explore parts of the virgin forest within their ancestral domain, which serves as the…
Day: July 18, 2011
Paint, write, sing, broadcast, film, act, dance the struggle
By LUCHIE MARANAN Northern Dispatch MANILA — For this year at least, this would have to be the most colorful, interesting gathering, incendiary even as the liberal atmosphere of Plaridel Hall was rife with the energy of delegates to the International Conference on Progressive Culture. It was one of many workshops in the First International…
Protests set for Aquino’s Sona; Bayan urges QC govt to grant rally permit
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We will hold rallies to demand jobs, wages, land reform, human rights and national sovereignty. The rallies directed against the Sona aim to highlight various people’s issues that the incumbent administration must address.” – Bayan
Farm workers occupy, cultivate disputed Hacienda Luisita land
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“This is only the continuation of the 2005 bungkalan” said Rodel Mesa, Ambala spokesperson. “The 500 hectares which RCBC claims is ours; it’s part of the 6,453 hectares that should have long been turned over to the farm worker beneficiaries.”