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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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