Indigenous Peoples
Sunday, January 27th, 2013
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — On January 23, 2012, residents of sitio (subvillage) Madaymen, Tabio Mankayan set up their barricade against the drilling activities of Far Southeast Gold resources Inc. (FSGRI) and Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC). Determined to save the remaining natural resources, the indigenous people invoked their rights to their
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main Story: A signed ‘framework agreement doesn’t mean fight is over’ MANILA – The supporters and fighters of the Bangsamoro people may have the trust and allegiance of progressive peoples’ organizations in the...
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
A relative of the two Capion victims,...
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
By MARYA SALAMAT
Information being provided by Philex mines and the government on...
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Earlier, Gilbert Paborada was warned by a representative...
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — Even schools are being used by the Armed Forces of the Philippines for its counterinsurgency operations. The Department of Education’s Schools Division Superintendent Mary A. Lang-ayan issued a memorandum...
Saturday, September 29th, 2012
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is using the legal system to harass leaders of an indigenous people’s organization in Surigao del Sur. According to a report from the Rural...
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Lumad families left their community and set...
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
ByRONALYN V. OLEA
“Forty is not just a number to remember but a...
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are at it again. According to the Katribu Indigenous Peoples’ Partylist, the AFP is directly behind a criminalization and vilification campaign against...
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

'Scourges' such as mining, military aggression slammed at Int'l Day of Indigenous Peoples (Photos by Gregorio "Jhun" Dantes / bulatlat.com)