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Ata-Manobo students: We only have pens and papers for our dreams
Aspiring students want the concerned government agencies to check on the operation of paramilitary group Alamara so they can go back to school.
Rights group blames paramilitary, private guards for disappearance of Lumad activist
"We demand from the BS Aquino government to immediately surface John Calaba.”
Fact-finding mission reports torture, food blockade by soldiers in Blaan communities
The soldiers clipped farmer Ruben Wating’s left thumbnail with pliers. Then, another soldier pulled out a .45-caliber gun, aimed it at his forehead, and threatened to kill him.
Telling the stories to carry on the struggles in Cordillera
“The mountains are still here, because of the people’s struggles.”
Mindanao tribe leaders talk peace, ancestral domain, human rights
“The Aquino government just shows itself as anti-indigenous people and destroyer of the environment.”
31st Cordillera Day | Indigenous peoples reaffirm ‘defense of land, life,’ call for Aquino ouster
“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.”
Spokesman confirms new BIFF chairman installed after Kato’s passing
"There is no vacuum of leadership in BIFF."
Army blamed on couple’s death for arming militia
"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.”
Indigenous leaders harassed
"We are disgusted at the lengths that the military would go to impede us from seeking and asserting our rights."
Palawan indigenous people call for stop to Citinickel mines
“We are not after those promises anymore. We do not want them to pay us royalty taxes. We want them to stop their operations.”
Marching against monsters
In Women’s month, mothers, daughters and wives – all environmental defenders – continue to march against the monsters that threaten their homes and communities.
Aileen Catamin, defiant vs dams
"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."
Lumad shot dead in Bukidnon ‘bungkalan’
Security guards in a disputed land in Bukidnon fired at Lumads, killing one and wounding two others.
Agusan Sur evacuees | A thousand go home, a hundred remain
Even as 969 evacuees return to their villages in San Luis town, more than a hundred others remain in Bunawan town.
Healing the Hurt project launched to promote rights of indigenous peoples
A European Union-funded project helps strengthen the indigenous peoples unity to fight for their social, economic and political rights.
Soldiers forcing Lumad chieftains to join paramilitary group
“We denounce the arming of the Lumad people against their own kin, making them pawns against the government's fight against insurgency.”
The martyrs of Bud Dajo and the forgotten Moro heroes
Many Moro heroes in Philippine history have been ignored and forgotten because of a legacy from the colonizers: the alienation between Christians and Muslims.
Indigenous peoples alliance renews call to oust Aquino
“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.
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