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By SATUR C. OCAMPO At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Infectious was the enthusiastic response of the student audiences in the Mindanao State University’s Marawi and Iligan campuses that I addressed in separate forums last Monday and Tuesday. Topic: the resumed...
As she herself admits, Joan Carling - chair of the Cordillera Peoples? Alliance - felt no pride in having been born of Cordillera?s indigenous peoples when she was younger. But she would reach a point from which there was no turning back, and now she is a prominent...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- In 1993, then Sangguniang Kabatan Federation president Florence Ibarra declared March 1-5 as the Kaigorotan Youth Week (KYW) in recognition of the valiant Igorot youth in the early 80s who bravely faced police...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The Aquino government continues to implement Arroyo’s National Minerals Policy, said Piya Malayao, spokeswoman of KAMP. “Aquino’s private-public partnerships would further hasten foreign investments on mining at the expense of indigenous peoples,” Malayao added.
By Northern Dispatch CPA Release Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- “Climate change is a matter of social justice,” said a report of the Ibon International, a non-profit economic research outfit based in the Philippines. “Two centuries of increasing...
By: www.nordis.net Posted by: Bulatlat.com MANILA — Over 50 indigenous leaders and representatives from different parts of the country including the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) marched to Mendiola August 9 to submit the Indigenous People’s Agenda to President...
By NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat.com MANILA — There’s another curious house call for the President. A group of indigenous peoples from different parts of the country, dressed in their traditional garb of g-strings and colorful headgear attempted to enter...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com QUEZON CITY – Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared Martial Law in Maguindanao to conceal the pieces of evidence that she cheated her way to the presidency in the May 2004 polls, according to indigenous peoples and the Bangsa Moro...
By VENCY D. BULAYUNGAN PIA-Ifugao/Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BANAUE, Ifugao - Indigenous peoples (IPs) have contributed little to climate change and yet they are among those who suffer its adverse consequences the most. One of the causes of climate...
By WENDY ATUBAN Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) ? While bio-piracy looms as a continuing threat to indigenous communities, an official of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPO Philippines) – the lead...
BY BULATLAT A progressive lawmaker branded the recent extrajudicial killings in Davao as ‘state-sponsored.’ In a statement, Rep. Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party condemned the killings of indigenous peoples Kapis Butod and Ludenio Monzon. Butod was killed by...
An exhibit, dubbed Aeta’s Trail at the Zoobic Safari entertains visitors with a grand show of native dances and war rituals. But behind the contrived performances lies a deeper story: one of continuing abuse against a marginalized culture that has faced oppression...
It is a proud day in Australia’s history. Justice has taken a foothold. The apology given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Feb. 13 marks the beginning of a new chapter in the interracial relations between people of indigenous origin and non-indigenous Australians....
The children were playing as the adults were discussing about the ill effects of mining on their ancestral land and in their lives. But their games were more than just games. These were the children’s way of expressing their views on the life and death issue of...
As the world commemorates Earth Day, environmental advocates and militant organizations linked arms and blamed the Arroyo government, for its aggressive promotion of mining in the country, and imperialism, for plundering the country’s natural resources in the name...
Distance has never prevented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from celebrating Cordillera Day and taking on issues affecting them and the Filipino people. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 BAAY-LICUAN, Abra?...
In the Cordillera region, there are already 149 barrios (sub-villages) with mining applications that are under process. Even the grounds of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) are covered by an application for mining exploration. Mining applications cover 66...
The Philippines’ indigenous peoples – who comprise some 15 percent of the population and who are among the country’s poorest – have become more marginalized and impoverished under this government. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WATCH Bulatlat Vol....
The united voice of the indigenous peoples swept from continent to continent in 37 countries calling their respective governments to stop large-scale mining and other extractive activities (oil and gas projects) in their indigenous lands until effective measures to...
A new book on the Cordillera land question is just off the press. BY PIO VERZOLA JR. Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila)—A new book on the Cordillera land question is just off the press. The Cordillera Peoples Alliance...
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