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“The NCIP’s so-called ‘datus’ vaguely label Rep. Cullamat’s participation in the protest as a ‘disrespectful act.’ We ask these datus: how is speaking in a peaceful protest action ‘disrespectful?’ How is the exercise of one’s democratic rights a rational basis for banning an elected representative from (...)
The first and last time I was able to step inside Ayala-Nuvali residences was during a job application. In 2019, I applied for the position of teacher assistant in one of the colleges inside Nuvali. I remember the shuttle ride clearly. I remember feeling rather proud because I was sitting (...)
POSITION OF THE TIMUAY JUSTICE AND GOVERNANCE (TJG) ON THE PROPOSED BILL FOR EXTENSION OF THE BANGSAMORO TRANSITION AUTHORITY - BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO (BTA-BARMM)
In the context of the United Nations, the Maguindanaon, Maranao, Iranun, Tausug, Yakan, Sama and others (...)
In celebration of the “2020 International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples” with the theme: Covid-19 and Indigenous Peoples Resilience, we in the Kesefanangguwit Timuay (Timuay Justice and Governance), an Indigenous Political Structure (IPS) of the Teduray and Lambangian join the different IP (...)
Since the UCCP opened its doors to the distraught members of the indigenous peoples community, the protestant church and its volunteers have been experiencing a series of harassment.
MANILA — Church workers who have provided sanctuary to terrorized Lumad are now under fire as they face a series (...)
Save Our Schools Network documents 32 attacks on Lumad schools from March to May 2020
The pandemic has not stopped the harassment of the Lumad, and the hardest hit are their schools – 178 of which have been shut down since 2016, according to the Save Our Schools (SOS) Network.
From March to (...)
In commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Focus on the Global South, presents the video documentary, “Sulagad: Our Life, Our Future”
Sulagad is the indigenous concept on food sovereignty and agroecology realized by the Téduray and the Lambangian indigenous (...)
Indigenous peoples demanding reopening of schools for tribes’ kids bring coffin to DepEd door.
FOR REAL The coffin of “lumad” leader Pakingan Gantangan sits at the main door of the Department of Education office in Koronadal City.—BONG S. SARMIENTO
KORONADAL CITY — “Lumad” demanding the reopening (...)
The Cagayan de Oro City commute was an invitation to the unfamiliar. We cut our way short. We passed through Dominorog in Talakag, Bukidnon and its dusty, unpaved road with almost no people idling by. On a huge tarpaulin was a command: “Support federalism and martial law in Mindanao.” The words (...)
Non-Moro IP Provisions in Senate Bill 1717 and House Bill 6475:
Compliant to FAB-CAB and the 1987 Philippine Constitution
The two versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) —Senate Bill 1717 and House Bill 6475 have been met with diverse reactions from different stakeholders in the Bangsamoro (...)
We, the twenty-six (26) members of the Council and peace panel of the Independent Indigenous Peoples’ Voice (IIP Voice) coming from different tribes of the Indigenous Peoples of Mindanao strongly condemned the spate of killings directed towards our ranks. In the Municipality of Arakan, North (...)
Indigenous spiritual leaders prepare the altar for the ritual for peace and justice at Brgy. Emamaling, Magpet, North Cotabato.
At the foot of Mt. Apo, the silence of the early morning was broken by the chants of the baylans who led the prayers in a ritual held in Brgy. Emamaling, Magpet, (...)
A briefer on Mt Firis and its value to the Teduray and Lambangian tribes in Maguindanao province collated by Alim M. Bandara in 2012. Alim Bandara is currently a member of the Council of Leaders (Minted Sa Inged) and formerly the Supreme Chief (Timuay Labi) of the Timuay Justice and Governance. (...)
Talaingod Manobos: Indigenous people seek peace after attacks
Davao Del Norte, Philippines - Up on the verdant mountains of Talaingod, a young pig squeals as four men grab its legs and a freshly sharpened bolo readies to slash its throat.
Dahosay Ansam-on, 77, utters a prayer to the (...)
Timuay Ronaldo Ambangan (second from right) holds the white rooster that will be offered in a ritual for another year of peace in the indigenous community of Aroman, Carmen, Cotabato.
“Do not bring your wars in our lands. Leave our ancestral domain”. This is the impassioned message of Timuay (...)
The Independent Indigenous Peoples’ Voice (IPVoice) is an autonomous body of 21 Mindanao Lumad tribes that pursues the indigenous peoples’ peace agenda to the peace processes between the government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as well as the Communist Party of (...)
Declaration in the Occasion of the Indigenous Peoples Leaders’ Conference on the Independent Voice in the Peace Processes October 27-29, 2016
Cotabato City
We, the tribes of Indigenous Peoples or Lumad in Mindanao celebrating the 19th year of the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples (...)
INDIGENOUS groups will soon be represented in the body tasked to draft the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) as part of President Rodrigo Duterte administration’s commitment to ending decades-old conflict in Mindanao, a Cabinet official said Wednesday, October 26.
Presidential Peace Adviser (...)
IPs demand Independent Voice in the Peace Processes
The current administration of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s thrust is to continue with the peace processes with the different non-state actors. This is a very positive development for Mindanao. However, for the indigenous peoples, this doesn’t (...)
IP struggle for Identity and Territory Consistent, Even Without Arms, says Lumad.
Manila – “Our struggle to assert our rights as Teduray to our identity and territory has started long before the MILF-GPH peace talks, and we have been very consistent about this,” says Jennevieve Cornelio, a (...)
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