Telling the stories to carry on the struggles in Cordillera
“The mountains are still here, because of the people’s struggles.”
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“The mountains are still here, because of the people’s struggles.”
“The Aquino government just shows itself as anti-indigenous people and destroyer of the environment.”
“We commemorate the 31st Cordillera Day honoring the people’s martyrs celebrating victories and gearing for greater challenges for the defense of our land, life and resources.”
"There is no vacuum of leadership in BIFF."
"The Army trained and armed these militia men which, according to them, will help keep the peace and fight communist rebels, but now civilians became their victims.”
"We are disgusted at the lengths that the military would go to impede us from seeking and asserting our rights."
“We are not after those promises anymore. We do not want them to pay us royalty taxes. We want them to stop their operations.”
In Women’s month, mothers, daughters and wives – all environmental defenders – continue to march against the monsters that threaten their homes and communities.
"Even before the Spaniards came, we were already on the land. We have lived here for centuries, and we’re still here up to now."
Security guards in a disputed land in Bukidnon fired at Lumads, killing one and wounding two others.
Even as 969 evacuees return to their villages in San Luis town, more than a hundred others remain in Bunawan town.
A European Union-funded project helps strengthen the indigenous peoples unity to fight for their social, economic and political rights.
“We denounce the arming of the Lumad people against their own kin, making them pawns against the government's fight against insurgency.”
Many Moro heroes in Philippine history have been ignored and forgotten because of a legacy from the colonizers: the alienation between Christians and Muslims.
“He (Aquino) does not recognize and respect the indigenous peoples rights to their land and self-determination, and he turns a blind eye to the killings of indigenous peoples and the grave human rights violations committed against them by agents of the State,” said Piya Macliing Malayao, Katribu secretary general.
Calling President Aquino the “Plunderer-President,” protesters said the Mining Act and the government’s continued liberalization of mining adds more reason for his ouster.
"The special operation in Mamasapano, Magindanao is a U.S. operation from the start."
The death of 44 policemen from the Special Action Forces is not the whole story in the Mamasapano fiasco, there are stories of people in the communities that were attacked.
Three evacuees have died as Lumad communities blame the evacuation to relentless military operations “meant to pave the way for mining” in San Luis town, Agusan del Sur.
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