More than copper and gold: The people who won’t be moved
What they stand to lose is far more than copper and gold. It is everything they call home.
More than copper and gold: The people who won’t be moved
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Indigenous peoples, dev’t workers urge CHR to probe bombings in North Luzon
Indigenous peoples, dev’t workers urge CHR to probe bombings in North Luzon
Development workers, and indigenous peoples from the Cordillera region are calling for an investigation on the intensifying human rights violations in Northern Luzon that have resulted in the displacement of indigenous peoples communities.
A continuing tale of a people’s defense of land, life and honor
A continuing tale of a people’s defense of land, life and honor
Kalinga tribes continue to defend their ancestral lands from threats of destructive projects.
Kalinga tribe rejects army encampment
Kalinga tribe rejects army encampment
By JUDE BAGGO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Mabaca tribe in Balbalan town, Kalinga rejected the planned encampment of soldiers belonging to the 77th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in sitio Tanap, Mabaca village. According to the initial fact sheet...
Corn blights coffee, forest lands In Kalinga
Corn blights coffee, forest lands In Kalinga
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com Tabuk City, Kalinga – Inroads of corn production in Kalinga is threatening not only the famed coffee plantations of the highland province but its forest lands, too. Corn production may have given the Kalinga farmers better income but its...
Uma Hosts Cordillera Day ‘06
Uma Hosts Cordillera Day ‘06
BY AURA IRENE SEMANERO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga is this year’s host community for the Cordillera Day celebration from April 23 to 24. In a meeting last February the Uma Tribal Elders and Leaders Conference pointed out the...
The Cordillera Day: A Continuing Struggle
The Cordillera Day: A Continuing Struggle
BY MARIE CONIE DUERME Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com The commemoration of the Cordillera Day is an event that has become the biggest annual political solidarity gathering of indigenous peoples not only in the Cordillera Region but also worldwide. This day...
CPDF Call in Kalinga: Fetad vs. the AFP, Mining Transnationals
CPDF Call in Kalinga: Fetad vs. the AFP, Mining Transnationals
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com The Kalinga provincial section of the Cordillera People’s Democratic Front (CPDF), a regional organization under the umbrella of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), announced that they will...
Kalinga People Resist Corporate Mining
Kalinga People Resist Corporate Mining
BY LYN V. RAMO, NORDIS Bulatlat.com In another display of people’s unity, indigenous peasant communities and advocates from the middle sector in Kalinga province banded together to put a stop to all corporate mining activities in the province. TABUK, Kalinga (330...
Families of Slain Residents Push Criminal Raps vs. Suspended Kalinga PNP Chief
Families of Slain Residents Push Criminal Raps vs. Suspended Kalinga PNP Chief
Two victims’ heads run over by PNP jeep, survivors say The families of two Tabuk, Kalinga residents alleged to have been extra-judicially killed upon orders from suspended provincial police chief Preddro Ramos are seeking justice by urging appropriate authorities...
Cordillera Tribes Heighten Struggle Against Large-Scale Mines in Chico River Watersheds
Cordillera Tribes Heighten Struggle Against Large-Scale Mines in Chico River Watersheds
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Indigenous Peoples Watch Posted by Bulatlat BONTOC, Mountain Province – Like the anti-Chico Dam struggle in the 1980s, tribal elders in this province, 394 kms. north of Manila, and nearby Kalinga are renewing their...
Balatoc Land Sale Threatens NL, Cordi Food Security
Balatoc Land Sale Threatens NL, Cordi Food Security
Kalinga elders have disclosed that the food security of North Luzon and the Cordillera region will be threatened once the Batong Buhay Mines is reopened as a result of the reported sale of some 400 has.of the Balatoc ancestral domain. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern...
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