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ILOILO CITY – The Ati Indigenous Peoples (IPs) living on Boracay Island have filed cases against a private developer that allegedly evicted them from land given to them by the Duterte administration in 2018. The Asosasyon ng Boracay Ati Tribal Organization (ABATO) filed separate complaints...

ILOILO CITY – The Ati indigenous people (IPs) urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to return the land given by the government two years after they were evicted at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. Members of the Asosasyon ng Boracay Ati Tribal Organization (ABATO) held...

ILOILO CITY – The native Ati people were once again barred from entering an area where they live at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. In a Feb. 16 Facebook post, the Boracay Ati Tribal Organization (BATO) revealed a new barricade was installed and guards were deployed by...