“If she wants to help, she should listen to us, because we experienced these abuses.”
Category: Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples slam Aquino’s ‘5 years of fascism’
In the past five years, operations of military and paramilitary groups have killed, threatened, displaced indigenous communities and close down their schools.
Sulong Katribu partylist to run for congress
“Sulong Katribu offers an alternative and genuine representation for the most oppressed, least represented and discriminated sector.”
Lumad camp out at DepEd Davao City
Lumad chiefs say they will not leave until their children are back in school.
‘Rebels’ killed by military are civilians, says group
“The ‘NPAs’ the Army is pursuing could be farmer-leader Aida Seisa and her family.”
IP education woes motivate teachers to volunteer
“It must be the will of God that your schools continue to serve as we see new teachers volunteering.”
World Environment Day | Groups protest DMCI projects
“The Filipino people must demonstrate on World Environment Day our commitment to protect our natural heritage and ecology by opposing DMCI’s coal-fired power plant in the globally-renowned ecological treasure that is the province of Palawan.”
IPs to DepEd: Don’t close schools we built
“We have been waiting all our lives for the government to build a school in our communities, but now that we are able to build schools with our own perseverance, why do they want to close it?”
2 months delayed: Indigenous peoples school holds moving-up rites
Parents and children walk for hours to attend their ‘moving up ceremony’ which was delayed by accusations of the military and paramilitary groups that the school is supposedly run by communist rebels. The school denied it.
Within sight | Account of an indigenous rights advocate
By GLADES JANE MAGLUNSOD Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY — The recognition rites is a very important event for every parent, teacher, and student. It is like a license for one to move on to the next level. The eighth Moving Up Recognition Rites of the MIFSI Academy was recently held in Davao City to recognize Ata…
Ata-Manobo students: We only have pens and papers for our dreams
Aspiring students want the concerned government agencies to check on the operation of paramilitary group Alamara so they can go back to school.