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LAAK, Compostela Valley (Eagle News) – Agad na binawian ng buhay ang isang lider ng mga lumad sa Laak, Compostela Valley nang tambangan ito ng mga miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) habang patungo ito sa kaniyang sinasakang lupa tanghali nitong Huwebes, Mayo 31. Kinilala ang biktima na si Laurelio Tilacan, 43, residente ng Brgy. Bollukan. Nakaligtas naman ang anak nito na kasama niya papunta sa pagsasaka. Ayon kay Lt. Gilbert Ombos ng 60th infantry Battalion, […]
Assures lumads gov’t will help them secure a good education, employment (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced the release of P100 million for the relocation of lumads, as he discussed other ways to improve their lives. Duterte announced the allotment of P100 million for the indigenous people’s relocation to temporary shelters modeled after shelters in Marawi, as he spoke before their leaders in Mindanao at the headquarters of the military’s Eastern Mindanao Command […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (August 10) – Former President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10689 on October 23, 2015, declaring August 9 every year as the National Indigenous People’s Day to promote the rights of indigenous people groups in the country. (Official Gazette) August 9 is also the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous people are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environment. They have […]
TOBIAS FORNIER, Antique (Eagle News) – Pinangunahan ni Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao ang pamamahagi ng mga maaalagaang baboy para sa mga katutubo (Indigenous People). Isinagawa nila ito sa Municipal Gymnasium sa bayan ng Tobias Fornier, Antique. Ito ay sa ilalim ng proyektong IP livelihood Assistance Program for One Antique. Layunin din nito na maipadama ang pag-ibig at pagmamalasakit sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng tulong pangkabuhayan. Lubos ang kasiyahan ng mga napagkalooban dahil malaking tulong aniya […]
BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Matagumpay na ipinagdiwang ng mga kababayan nating katutubo (Indigenous People o IP) ang kanilang selebrasyon kamakailan. Isinagawa ito sa Bislig City Cultural and Sports Center sa Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. Pinasalamatan ni City Councilor Rodulfo Villegas Sr., IP Rpresentative sa Sangguniang Panglunsod at Committee Chair for Indigenous People ang City Government sa malaking suportang ibinigay sa kanila. Ayon sa konsehal, lalo pa aniya nilang paunlarin ang kanilang […]
MANILA, Oct. 12—The government always addresses the needs of indigenous people in Mindanao, Palace reiterated on Sunday in response to reports citing the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees saying that there were more than the reported 6,000 indigenous people who were displaced and deprived of protection from the state against militias and armed groups. “The government is continuously addressing the situation of the indigenous peoples in Mindanao, and is working tirelessly to ensure […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 22 (Eagle News) — A group of indigenous people from Mindanao asked the Congress to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), adding that said law is the only way to solve the peace problem in Mindanao, not only for the Muslims but for the indigenous people as well. They also asked the Congress to pass all the provisions in the BBL, especially the one which provides for tribal universities which will […]
