TURNING POINT: No More Forests to Roam
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews/03 Oct) — Presidential Proclamation 1966 s. 2009 declares the month of October every year as National indigenous Peoples Month. In Mindanao, the indigenous people...
View ArticleAnti-mining advocate killed in ambush in ComVal
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 October) – An anti-mining and human rights activist died a day after he was ambushed in Montevista town in Compostela Valley. Jimmy P. Sayman, a Mandaya farmer from Barangay...
View ArticleKadayawan titlists turn to coffee business to uplift their tribe
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 October) – Beauty queens turned social entrepreneurs from the Bagobo-Klata tribe in Baguio District here have ventured into a business that will promote their culture and...
View ArticleA SOJOURNER’S VIEW; A shift in Bukidnon’s Lumad struggle
QUEZON, Bukidnon (MindaNews/24 October) — There seems to be a new “game in town” among the Bukidnon Lumads these days. It is a “game” that is a continuation of centuries of struggles of the...
View Article‘Continuing attacks’ against Lumad hit
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 November) — Two progressive lawmakers have called attention to what they said are continuing attacks against Lumad or indigenous peoples in Mindanao. In a statement...
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STATEMENT: Human Rights violations in Mindanao continue to rise amidst peace...
The worsening human rights violations in Mindanao have been disregarded by the Duterte government despite the unilateral ceasefire of the GRP and his declaration of support to the peace talks. The...
View ArticlePEACETALK: Encouraging both parties to hurdle the snags in the current round...
(Statement of Bishop Felixberto Calang of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, main convenor of Sowing the Seeds of Peace in Mindanao and observer in the GRP-NDFP Peace Talks) ROME, Italy (MindaNews/ 20...
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A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Lumad scholars in our midst
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 March) — Something quite historic took place in the Board room of the Finster Building at Ateneo de Davao University last Wednesday, 15 March 2017. No, it was not the...
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BATANG MINDANAW: Pondo alang sa Lumad: sa edukasyon o sa festival?
MARAMAG, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 02 Abril) — Sa pag-usbaw sa adlaw, kapin 90 ka estudyanteng Lumad ang gapaninguha nga makakat-on og bag-ong kahibalo gikan sa ilang tunghaan, ang Mindanao Tribal School,...
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Panalabugta
Datu Felix Bollosoz leads the Panalabugta — a Higaonon ritual to pay homage and respect to Mother Earth — at the Press Freedom Monument in Cagayan de Oro City. About 800 Higaonons from different parts...
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VP Leni wants mandatory representation of Lumads done by law not just dep’t...
Vice President Leni Robredo delivers a message to participants of the National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Education Festival at the Pamulaan Center for IP Education, University of Southeastern...
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Lumad Representation
Vice President Leni Robredo delivers a message to participants of the National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Education Festival at the Pamulaan Center for IP Education, University of Southeastern...
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A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Merging currents
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 May) — “Of all the art exhibits I have lately seen in Davao City, this one is the best!” Such were the words of the noted Davao visual artist, Victor Secuya at the opening of...
View ArticleSoldiers, paramilitary men accused of threatening teachers, students of Lumad...
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 June) – Teachers and students of a school for Lumad in Davao del Norte have been prevented from holding classes since June 5 by soldiers and paramilitary men, one of the...
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KOMENTARYO: Ipaliwanag…paninidigan! Malou Tiangco
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 July) — Burn and bomb the Lumad schools… What has become of you Mr. President? You were elected to your post now because we thought and believed you are for the Poor,...
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FILM REVIEW: Tu Pug Imatuy (The Right to Kill)
FiLM REVIEW: Tu Pug Imatuy (The Right to Kill) Director: Arbi Barbarona Screenplay: Arnel Mardoquio Cinematography: Arbi Barbarona, Bryan Jimenez Editor/Sound Designer; Arbi Barbarona Assistant...
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BOOK REVIEW. Panagkutay: Bringing us right into the Lumad lifeworld
BOOK REVIEW. Panagkutay: Bringing us right into the Lumad lifeworld Levy L. Lanaria, Ph.D. A.Th. TITLE: Panagkutay: Anthropology & Theology Interfacing in Mindanao Uplands (The Lumad Homeland)...
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Ex-lawmaker optimistic on GRP-NDF peace talks
File photo of Lumad evacuees from Balaodo, Barangay St. Peter in Malaybalay City camping out in front of the provincial capitol in the city. The evacuees said they left their homes for fear of the...
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Lumads push for peace sanctuaries
Erlinda Pagalan, a Lumad bakwit from Sitio Han-ayan, Barangay Diatagon in Lianga, Surigao del Sur shares with a grandchild a small space at the provincial sports complex in Tandag City on 1 October...
View ArticleLumad schools being used by NPA for propaganda – Army
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 5 Sep) – A military official operating in Region 12 has confirmed reports that some of the schools run by the indigenous peoples (IPs) are being used as “tool for...
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