More than 70 indigenous organizations from across Asia urged President Benigno Aquino III to put an end to the killings and attacks against the Lumad of Mindanao.
Month: October 2015
#Manilakbayan2015 | ‘Aquino accountable for Lumád killings’
“We are here to bring the bad news of the attacks on the people of Mindanao. But we also bring the good news, that we are not afraid, that we know why this is happening, and that our actions are just.”
Metro Manilans support #Manilakbayan2015
“We are Filipinos, too. We should fight for each other’s rights.”
Manilakbayan reaches NCR
Their only dream is to uplift their lives, have education that their ancestors have been deprived of, live peacefully in their ancestral land and develop it for their families and the next generation.
‘Bakwet’ | Defending the land by leaving
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“This is not just seeking sanctuary, but also our protest, to demand respect for us indigenous people, not just in Mindanao, but the whole country.”
Peasant groups dare presidentiables to address land problem
“We hope that candidates who promise reforms in the country would hear and realize the aspiration of Filipino farmers, which should have been realized long ago.”
Back to normal
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Caloocan and Marikina city councils echo calls to #StopLumadKillings
“A resolute action is needed now to protect the Lumád way of life and to give the future generation the opportunity to interact with and learn from our indigenous tribes.”
History as tragedy, history as farce
If history repeats itself in 2016 and beyond, this time as farce, the joke would be on every Filipino…
Lower income taxes now
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Aiming to convince President Aquino to drop his opposition to lowering income taxes, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. told journalists the House leadership is determined to legislate such reduction – at least one of the pending proposals – before the 16th Congress winds up next…
Church groups support ‘lakbayanis’
“Moses said, ‘Let the people go.’ But today, we are asking to ‘let the people come.’”