Archive of National Minority

National minorities and progressive groups staged a protest action in front of the office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) on Thursday to mark the 24th anniversary of the enactment of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA Law). They demanded the abolition of the said law and the NCIP which only […]

Reports last Monday revealed that Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources asked the United Nations Development Program to support its plan to establish bamboo plantations in all cities and towns across the country. This came after the department’s issuance of Administrative Order 2021-26 (DAO 2021-26) in August, which laid […]

Balita noong Lunes ang paghingi ni Sec. Roy Cimatu ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources ng suporta sa United Nations Development Programme para sa planong pagtatayo ng mga plantasyon ng kawayan sa lahat ng lunsod at bayan sa buong bansa. Ito ay kasunod ng paglalabas ng kagawaran sa Administrative Order 2021-26 (DAO 2021-26) noong […]

Rodrigo Duterte is a lot of things but ‘enabler of criminal gangs’ is not least of them. One month before the world celebrate peasants and farmers, he again commemorated Conrado Balweg who swindled, murdered, looted and exploited indigenous tribes in the Cordillera, most of which are farming families. The past few years have seen him […]