By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (November 11, 2011) — The government is moving to exempt corporate mining from total log ban policy, Leo Jasareno, director of Mines and Geosciences, said in a discussion about Philippine mining at the Minerals Industry Symposium held at Camp John Hay last Thursday. The exemption from total log ban [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY– Rehabilitating the Ambuklao Dam in Bokod, Benguet will not mitigate the effects of climate change, contrary to what the SN Power Aboitiz is saying, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) here said in a statement. SN Power Aboitiz in their launching of the recommissioned Ambuklao dam recently told [...]
Friday, November 4, 2011By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch (nordis) Weekly BOKOD, Benguet – As the developers of Ambuklao dam extend a hand in partnership with the communities affected by their dam, the folk and local officials here urged the developers to address the issues which are traceable – and still un-addressed up to now- to the Ambuclao [...]
Friday, November 4, 2011
Moro rights group protests vs Aquino’s ‘all-out justice,’ urges the people to defend human rights
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By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Why is it becoming harder to be of service to your fellow Blaan? What does the government want us to do?” – Blaan Teacher
SECOND PART: Encampment in communities, instilling fear, part of ‘peace and development’ operations?
Sidebar: Neglected, Blaans unite, empower themselves
Sidebar: News in Pictures: Suffer the little children to go to this school
Sidebar: Slideshow: In Upper Suyan Village, children suffer the worst from poverty, militarization
Thursday, August 25, 2011By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com DLUMAY, Sarangani — (Second of two parts) In an effort to document the human rights violations being perpetrated on the Blaans, Clans organized a peace and solidarity mission to visit Sitio Dlumay. More than 150 reporters and members of NGOs responded to CLANS’ invitation. The participants left General Santos [...]
Thursday, August 25, 2011
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Our lives as Blaans are not affected no matter who wins the national elections. It is these non-government agencies who have been doing a big chunk of their work to improve our lives. So no one could take that away from us.”
Children from indigenous community of Bgy. Yabi Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya greets with their smile the participants of International Solidarity Mission of Defend Patrimony last July 9-11, 2011. Photo by Clemente Bautista (Bulatlat.com)
Sunday, August 21, 2011By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Two indigenous women, one an Aggay and another a Higaonon, share the yoke of the military abuses inflicted against mountain peoples and indigenous peoples. Their husbands, also from the same indigenous groups, had fallen victims to military and para-military atrocities. Both coming from the peasant masses eking out [...]
Saturday, August 13, 2011By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com A member of Taga-Kaulo tribe was killed inside his home in Sulok Talaod subvillage, Ticulon village, Malita, Davao del Sur, August 4, by suspected state agents. According to human rights group Barugkatungod, a man knocked on the door of Dioquino Scuadro’s house at around 10:15 that night. When Scuadro refused [...]
Friday, August 12, 2011By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main Story: Respect our rights to land and life, indigenous peoples asked on World IPs Day MANILA – Most often, “large-scale resource-extractive ventures like mining and so-called development projects” destroy the environment, the lands that are home to the country’s indigenous communities, and with it, their traditional economic activities. These prompted [...]
UP, artists reiterate call for release of Ericson Acosta (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea and Fred E. Dabu)
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