DUMAGUETE CITY—Vice President Leni Robredo and her team are willing to “offer assistance” to fellow presidential candidate Ka Leody de Guzman after he, some senatorial aspirants, and members of the Manobo-Pulangihon indigenous tribe were shot in Bukidnon province. (Ka Leody de...
OLONGAPO CITY, Zambales— The Aetas tribe on Tuesday, April 19, endorsed the tandem of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan for president and vice president, respectively, citing their track records and experiences in honest public service. Aetas endorse the Leni-Kiko tandem in...
A consultation between leaders of indigenous people (IP) and presidential bet Leodegario “Ka Leody” De Guzman and members of the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) Senate slate in Barangay Butong, Quezon Municipality, Bukidnon province was rocked by gunfire on Tuesday, April 19. PLM statement...
Batangas-based writer Marcial “Macay” Enginco is constantly worried about the environment. From climate change to decreasing forest coverage, Macay is worried how all these bad news can impact the Philippines. As a plant enthusiast, he is particularly concerned how these developments can affect...
ANTIPOLO CITY—As she signed a covenant with indigenous group 1Sambubungan here, promising to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their ancestral domain, Vice President Leni Robredo talked about her life’s work as a volunteer lawyer for indigenous people. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) inked a partnership with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to provide further assistance to the indigeous cultural communities (ICC) and indigenous peoples (IPs) for the registration and...
OTTAWA, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Wednesday with an Indigenous community that recently identified 93 graves at a former residential school, part of a series of similar discoveries that shocked the country. His visit to the Williams Lake First Nation in British...
A total of 300 urban poor indigenous people (IPs) residing in Barangay San Manuel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan have benefited from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor’s (PCUP) Disaster Resilience Caravan, the Commission announced on Friday, March 18. The Disaster Resilience Caravan...
SANTIAGO, Chile – On his first day in office, Chile's president broke new ground by participating in a ceremony with indigenous peoples at the presidential palace before attending mass in Santiago's cathedral. CHILE'S PRESIDENCY / AFP Seated in the center of a circle in a courtyard at the...
State security forces figured in an armed encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Davao de Oro on Thursday, Feb. 24, killing an alleged volunteer teacher for indigenous people (IP) and four others who were tagged as communist rebels. Chad Booc (Courtesy of Chad Booc's Twitter...
If elected president, former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will determine the original ancestral domain of the indigenous peoples (IPs) to give them justice and protect them from land grabbing. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (right) in Pampanga During SMNI's presidential debate on...
NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur—Former Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr. took the stage clad in traditional Ifugao attire of “bahag” or loincloth on Monday, Feb. 8, the start of the official campaign period for the May polls. Former Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr. wears “bahag” during the...
