Lumad shot dead in Bukidnon ‘bungkalan’
Security guards in a disputed land in Bukidnon fired at Lumads, killing one and wounding two others.
Lumad shot dead in Bukidnon ‘bungkalan’
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‘They took our land by force’
‘They took our land by force’
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com OPOL, Misamis Oriental – On February 10, 2011, security guards of A. Brown Company, Inc. pointed their guns at Gilbert Paborada, a leader of the local indigenous peoples group Pangalasag. One of the guards threatened Paborada that he...
Palm oil plantation impoverishes indigenous people in Opol, Misamis Oriental
Palm oil plantation impoverishes indigenous people in Opol, Misamis Oriental
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Their land and means of livelihood were taken away from them, their culture trampled upon, all in the name of public-private partnerships and foreign corporate interests.
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