By Jes Aznar on December 22 2012 9:32 am
Their vividly colored indigenous clothing shout like a blast of dynamite ripping through the mountains they call home. It is Tuesday and they are standing in a busy avenue in… »
By Walter I. Balane on October 18 2012 12:38 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 18 Oct) – About 700 lumad leaders attending the 1st Bukidnon Provincial Indigenous Peoples Congress signed Wednesday a resolution urging President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to… »
By Rudy Buhay Rodil on October 16 2012 4:58 pm
4th of a series ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/16 October) — I first read the President’s speech, October 7, the same day it was delivered, on my 70th birthday; I saw the… »
By Walter I. Balane on September 25 2012 9:52 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/25 September)—Harnessing the potentials of indigenous peoples to produce medicines from plants and herbs as a livelihood opportunity is better than allowing mining in their ancestral domains, a… »
By Walter I. Balane on September 14 2012 6:22 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 Sept) – Indigenous cultural communities and indigenous peoples (ICCs/IPs) in Bukidnon will be holding a province-wide IP congress and local governance dialogue in October to consolidate their… »
By Walter I. Balane on May 3 2012 8:39 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/02 May)– Tribal leaders chosen to represent the Lumads or indigenous peoples of Bukidnon in local legislative bodies as provided under the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (Ipra) won’t… »
By Walter I. Balane on April 24 2012 9:47 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/24 April) – The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), sitting en banc, has issued a “final and executory” decision on the 480-hectare Villalon Ranch, denying the motion… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 17 2012 6:37 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 April ) – The Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB) in Western Mindanao has issued a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) against “all forms of illegal mining activities”… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 15 2012 10:29 pm
BALABAG, Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur (MindaNews/15 April) — The Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) on Friday passed an “urgent” resolution asking the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) to immediately… »
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.
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on August 18 2010 12:04 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/17 August) – Cotabato 2nd District Rep. Nancy Catamco is set to propose the integration in elementary and high school curricula the study of cultures and traditions of… »
