Fr. Peter Geremia on 50 years as priest: “a chance to serve the people as long as I can”

By Keith Bacongco on March 29 2013 5:17 pm

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/29 March) — He was once a target for assassination, was arrested thrice and has been a recipient of death threats for taking the side of indigenous peoples… »

Manobo clan vows to continue fight for ancestral land

By Nef Luczon on July 22 2012 8:21 am

QUEZON, Bukidnon (MindaNews/ 21 July)—About 500 members of the Manobo tribe have returned to their makeshift shelters along the road of a vast sugarcane plantation here, part of which they… »

Lumads ask Bayog officials to name mining firms with conflicting claims

By Violeta M. Gloria on January 29 2011 7:53 am

BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur (MindaNews/28 January) — Indigenous communities here have asked the local government to reveal the identities of companies that have conflicting mining claims in this town. Timuay Lucenio Manda, barangay chairperson of Conacon, raised the question after municipal officials said that aside from failing to comply with legal requirements, some companies have conflicting mining claims that cover portions of the Lumads’ 30,000-hectare ancestral domain.

Illegal Logging

By Mindanews on August 6 2010 6:33 am

Illegally-cut timbers left by poachers in a mountainous area of Brgy. Sto Niño, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat. Indigenous peoples are complaining of rampant timber poaching in their area. Toto Lozano /… »

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