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NEWS BRIEFS | 5 February 2024
Laguindingan Airport to expand passenger terminal building The control tower of Laguindingan Airport. MindaNews file photo by FROILAN GALLARDO CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 05 February) — Transportation...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Minoritization of the Indigenous Communities of...
8th of 16 parts (Done in 1992 at Iligan City, published initially as two versions. First as the abbreviated edition published by The Minority Rights Group, London entitled The Lumad and Moro of...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Minoritization of the Indigenous Communities of...
14th of 16 parts Rudy Buhay Rodil (Done in 1992 at Iligan City, published initially as two versions. First as the abbreviated edition published by The Minority Rights Group, London entitled The Lumad...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Minoritization of the Indigenous Communities of...
16 of 16 parts Epilogue 1 (Done in 1992 at Iligan City, published initially as two versions. First as the abbreviated edition published by The Minority Rights Group, London entitled The Lumad and Moro...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Minoritization of the Indigenous Communities of...
16 of 16 parts Epilogue 3 (Done in 1992 at Iligan City, published initially as two versions. First as the abbreviated edition published by The Minority Rights Group, London entitled The Lumad and Moro...
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REVIEW: Literature as Collective Memory: Reading ‘Mga Lumadnong Sugilanon...
TITLE: Mga Lumadnong Sugilanon nga Mahinuklogon AUTHOR: Melchor M. Morante Published by Aletheia Printing and Publishing House, Davao City Virtual book launch on 30 December 2020 at 4 p.m. KIDAPAWAN...
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UPPER RIGHT HAND: Vulnerabilities of Lumad Communities in Mindanao
KIDAPAWAN CITY (Mindanews/17 January) With the Philippine government’s all-out war against the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), Lumad...
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Parent says Lumad children from DavNor “rescued” in Cebu weren’t kidnapped
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – One of the parents of 19 Lumad students who were “rescued” during a police operation from a “bawkit” school at the University of San Carlos (USC) in Balamban,...
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Move for BTA extension gets support from Lumads
LANTAPAN, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 9 March) – Drawing support from their years of friendship, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) asked the support of indigenous peoples as they seek for a...
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DSWD, police in Cebu defy court order to release Lumad child to her father
Despite the closure of the Salugpongan schools for the Lumads (Indigenous Peoples) in Mindanao, learning continues even in makeshift classrooms at the evacuation center in the United Church of Christ...
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The IP struggle continues as NCIP red-tags and bans use of “Lumad,” the...
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 March) – Lumad leaders and eminent Mindanawon scholars are questioning the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples’ (NCIP) resolution red-tagging and banning the use of...
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CBCP’s Commission on IPs protests NCIP’s resolution on ‘Lumad’
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – The Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the Indigenous People’s Apostolate (IPA) of Mindanao’s...
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ANALYSIS: Notes on the NCIP resolution on ‘Lumad’
(Presented by Dr. Augusto “Gus” Gatmaytan on 25 March 2021 during the roundtable discussion “What’s in a Name? Views from Anthropologists on ‘Lumad,’” the first of a two-part series triggered by the...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (1)
First of seven parts (Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author delivered between the years 1999 and 2000 to two major audiences — the Center for Media Freedom and...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (4)
Part 4 of 7: A Quick Historical Overview of the Resettlement Process in Mindanaw (Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author delivered between the years 1999 and...
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ANGAY-ANGAY LANG: The Lumads are Our People, Too! (7)
Last of Seven Parts: The Tri-People Approach: Citizens’ Participation in Creating A Culture of Peace Rudy Buhay Rodil (Editor’s note: This article is a slight revision of the lectures the author...
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5 rights activists sued for child abuse post bail in Davao
Tension escalated at the UCCP Haran compound along Fr. Selga Street in Davao City on Saturday , January 25, 2020, when alleged relatives of Lumad families from Kapalong and Talaingod, Davao del Norte...
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Massacre or Encounter? Surigao Bishop to join probe team on killing of 3...
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 17 June) – Bishop Raul Dael of the Diocese of Tandag in Surigao del Sur will join a provincial investigation team on Friday to look into the June 15 killing of three Lumad...
View ArticlePOETRY: Aswang. Lianga
I. 2015 The forest emerald faded and red the valley turned as embers devoured the commune The dawn cracked with bullets on the heads of two datus and a blade slashed Emok’s neck Wails echoed across...
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Films on Mount Apo and Marawi screening on Cinemalaya
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — The independent film festival Cinemalaya stages its 17th season with its second online festival from August 6 to September 5, featuring two award-winning Mindanawon...
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SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: NCIP: Poor, classy agency
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 02 September) – Back in 2005, the nongovernment organization I used to work with assisted the Bukidnon-Daraghuyan tribe in Malaybalay City in the processing of their...
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SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Protracted claims, delayed justice for the Lumad
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 4 October) – Some ancestral domain claims of Lumad in Bukidnon have been granted recognition by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). Among them are the...
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Davao falls short of daily target for 3-day vaccination drive
Davao City residents queue for Covid-19 vaccine at the People’s Park on November 29, 2021 during the kick-off of the Philippines’ intensive national vaccination program against the virus. Davao City...
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SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Cross, culture and “contradictions”
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 15 April) – Holy Week doesn’t only remind Christians, Roman Catholics in particular, to reflect on the meaning of the crucifixion, it also brings to the fore some elements...
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Police seize 8 firearms from security guards implicated in shooting of...
Ka Leody de Guzman and colleagues after two of the wounded were treated at a hospital in Bukidnon. Photo courtesy of PLM-Mindanao CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 21 April) – Police on Wednesday seized...
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TRANSFIGURING MINDANAO: View Mindanaw-Sulu as a kolon or palayok
(Speech delivered for Rudy Rodil by his wife Bebot, during the launch of the book, Transfiguring Mindanao: A Mindanao Reader, at the Ateneo de Davao University on 22 June 2022. Rudy Rodil is one of 44...
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Lumad Painting
A painting contest is one of the activities during the Aldaw ta Kitanglad celebration in Brgy. Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on Tuesday (8 November 2022). The event serves to highlight the...
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Lumad Musicians
Lumad musicians perform using ethnic and modern instruments during the Aldaw ta Kitanglad celebration in Brgy. Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on Tuesday (8 November 2022). The event serves to...
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Lumad Basketball
Except for the rattan ball, this was how the game invented by Canadian James Naismith was played during its infancy, although the Lumads in this photo may not know it. That’s why it’s called...
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Give ‘special attention’ to indigenous peoples, IPMR asks colleagues in...
Lawyer Arbie Llesis (2nd from right) joins other tribal leaders of Bukidnon at the headwaters of Tagoloan River in Brgy. Can-ayan, Malaybalay City for the annual panalawahig or ritual for the water...
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Lumad Voters in Davao City
Lumad residents from the hinterland village of Paquibato district of Davao City avail of a free lunch after registering at the Commission on Elections satellite booth in SM Lanang Premier, Davao City...
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Agrarian reform beneficiaries, water district cry foul over occupation of oil...
A “No Trespassing” sign at an oil palm plantation in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur covered by the CADT application. Photo taken January 27, 2023 by CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN/MindaNews SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan...
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Since younger days, MP Froilyn Mendoza already championing IP women’s rights
MP Froilyn Mendoza speaks during the Women, Peace and Security and Policy Dialogue on the draft IP Code of the BARMM held in Davao City on October 4 to 6, 2022. Photo courtesy of MP Mendoza’s office...
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Lumad Ritual
Lumad leaders comprising the Council of Elders of Mt. Kitanglad Range hold a ritual before the start of their annual planning conference on Monday, 30 January 2023, in Barangay Dalwangan, Malaybalay...
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Bukidnon’s Kaamulan opens with calls for unity
Street dancing during the 2018 Kaamulan. MindaNews file photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 27 March) — Top officials of Bukidnon urged for unity towards progress as the...
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SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Sablay
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) — Pablo Torre, a Filipino-American sportswriter, drew criticisms for wearing a Sablay from the University of the Philippines even if he himself isn’t a graduate of...
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Agusan del Sur town officials, Lumad leaders mull libel complaint vs vlogger
Datu Bulubagyo Carlos Otacan, Municipal Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative to the town council of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur (speaking) says the tribal councils of Higanonon, Banwaon, and...
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Charges eyed vs owners of socmed account spreading “fake news” vs mining firm...
Screenshot of Ako Agusanon FB page taken on Friday (June 16, 2023). SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June) — A mining company said it is closely monitoring a social media account said to...
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Davao tribes showcase indigenous sports, culture through Dula Kadayawan
Maranao men pull on the rope during the “Usuroy” (tug-of-war) contest of the Dula Kadayawan at the People’s Park in Davao City on Thursday, 17 August 2023. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO DAVAO CITY...
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Dula Kadayawan
Lumads aim at their targets during the “Sisibow” contest (similar to the Filipino “siatong”) of the Dula Kadayawan at the People’s Park in Davao City on Thursday, 17 August 2023. MindaNews photo by...
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VP Sara calls ACT Teachers Rep. Castro, other critics of confidential funds...
Vice President Sara Z. Duterte shares with the audience of the Peace Village Exhibit on Monday her encounters with rebel leader Leoncio “Kumander Parago” Pitao, and how the casualties of rebellion in...
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A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Killers of Indigenous Peoples
Film Review: Killers of the Flower MoonDirected by: Martin ScorseseWritten by: Martin Scorsese and Eric Roth based on a book by David GrannCast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert de Niro and...
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TYBOX: Flight (or that national costume)
That moment to soaron stage comescrashingon cosplay like wingsa “national costume”that re-presentssomethingof nationalityperhapsa nationwhere two millionfly to foreign landin a yearleaving...
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Bai Bibiyaon Ligkayan Bigkay, warrior, chieftain, defender of Talaingod, dies
Image from the Facebook page of Sabokahan IPwomen Woman Lumad chieftain Bai Bibiyaon Ligkayan Bigkay from Talaingod, Davao del Norte has died, the Indigenous group Sabokahan IP Women announced...
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Selling Bracelets
Matigsalug women from Marilog District, Davao City wait for buyers of their bracelets made of tikog (arrowhead plant) that sell at 20 pesos each at the capitol grounds in Malaybalay City on Wednesday...
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Lumad from Mt. Apo
Betel nut in her mouth, a Lumad who says her name is Inday points to the mountains near Mount Apo and says “layó” (far) when asked where she resides. Inday is asking for fare money from passersby...
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INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: Dumahan Taw sa mga Suled ha Lumad
(Pamahayag sa Kura Paroko sa Jesus Nazareno Parish, Libona, Bukidnon Mahitungod sa Pakigbisog sa mga Lumad sa Sitio Alawon “Sultihan ko kamo nga sa matag higayon nga nagdumili kamopagtabang sa usa...
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Old Weaver
Menuvu Datu Benjie Ompigan introduces his mother, Visitacion Ompigan, to their visitors at their tulugan in Barangay New Visayas, Don Carlos, Bukidnon on Sunday evening (14 July 2024). The elder...
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