Multisectoral Ocular Visit in Surigao del Sur
Multisectoral Ocular Visit in Surigao del Sur August 24, 2016 Summary Report 11 Lumad communities in the municipalities of Lianga and San Agustin in Surigao del Sur were visited
on August 24 by representatives of different government agencies from the Surigao del Sur local
government unit, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Education
(DepEd), Department of Health (DOH/PHO), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP),
members of civil
First commemoration of the Eydow Tu Pakigsantuya Tu Tumindok Kane't Caraga - Day of Struggle of
PASAK NU KABILIN, HAWI-ON TAD! Take Back Our Ancestral Lands! Today, September 1, 2016, the indigenous peoples (Lumad) of Caraga, especially those who continue to struggle for the achievement of their comprehensive rights, has declared as the first commemoration of the Eydow Tu Pakigsantuya Tu Tumindok Kane't Caraga (Day of Struggle of the Indigenous Peoples of Caraga). This declaration is a recognition of the inexhaustible contribution of all Lumad that genuinely stand for t
24 years after The Hague Joint Declaration, the struggle for just peace continues
01 September 2016
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24 years after The Hague Joint Declaration, the struggle for just peace continues
Hopes are high for just peace in the Philippines as local and global activists commemorate the signing of The Hague Joint Declaration with renewed calls for asserting the Filipino people's demands.
On September 1, 1992, The Hague Joint Declaration, a framework agreement, was signed by the emissaries of the Government of the Republic of the Philippine
Unearthing Resistance: Struggles of Subanen in the wake of extractive capitalism
FOR AS LONG AS ANYONE who came to Guinoman can recall, the hills of Balabag on the northern edge of the sleepy town of Bayog, Western Mindanao had been a peaceful forest of maple-leafed trees and bamboo. Certainly if one goes on foot, by bike, in a truck on the brow, the impression is that it takes you deep into the heartland of the peninsula. That Guinoman, like the meaning of its name is unlike any other place. Here the municipality seem to lose its central force. The netwo
Fight Back News: 3 Days in rural Mindanao - Human rights abuse and land grabs
International solidarity mission to the Philippines Guinoman, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines - On July 16, three vans stuffed with passengers traveled the badly eroded, muddy, narrow road from Pagadian City to the village of Guinoman in Western Min-danao, in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. On the roof of one of them was a dog, standing on all fours, that managed to stay on its feet through one of the torrential downpours that are a daily occur-rence in July. The vans inclu
Fight Back News: The Philippines: Indigenous people vs. multinational mining companies
Iligan City, Mindanao, Philippines - Starting July 16, there will be hundreds of activists from the U.S., Canada, Europe and around the world in the Philippines in a show of international solidarity. Organized by the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, this is taking place as developments in the international and national economy have seen a rising level of attacks on Filipino working people and the environment. There is also a growing level of imperi
