‘They took our land by force’
By Ronalyn V. Olea
Bulatlat
Opol, Misamis Oriental – On February 10, 2011, security guards of A. Brown Company, Inc. pointed their guns at Gilbert Paborada, a leader of the local indigenous peoples group Pangalasag. One of the guards threatened Paborada that he would be shot if he and his fellow tribesmen do not leave the land.
US-owned palm oil plantation impoverishes indigenous people in Opol, Misamis OrientalTheir land and means of livelihood were taken away from them, their culture trampled upon, all in the name of public-private partnerships and foreign corporate interests. By Ronalyn V. Olea
Palm oil plantation in Misamis Oriental has no right to occupy indigenous lands, IFFM saysPress Release
International mission urges Aquino to pull out palm oil plantation in MindanaoBy Franklin Roosevelt Dimaguiba and Gerry Albert Corpuz
Statement of support of the RMP-NMR to the crusade of Ms. Sharon Liguyon for justice for his slain husband, and the plight and struggle of the 19 families of IDPs of San Fernando, Bukidnon"What right have you to crush my people, grinding the faces of the poor into the dusts?" -Isaiah 3:14-15
CHR-10 probes Bukidnon village chief’s deathWalter I. Balane Malaybalay City (MindaNews/19 April) – A team from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) regional office in Cagayan de Oro is investigating the death of Dao, San Fernando village chief Jimmy Liguyon after the Kalumbay Regional Lumad Center filed a complaint last month. | Advocacy group for indigenous peoples pushes agenda for educationSince 2009, militarization has caused the closure of schools and disruption of classes in the rural areas of Mindanao. By Ina Alleco R. Silverio
Forced evacuation, militarization raised before EU a month before PH UPRBakwit communities demand: We want to return home to our land A month before the Philippine government undergoes the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Karapatan, with representatives from the evacuees in Caraga and Bukidnon, raised the issue of internally displaced persons or internal refugees before the diplomatic missions of the European Union, Spain, France, and Netherlands to the Philippines. Storm survivors oppose miningHannah Mae S. Salugsugan and Christine H. Cabiasa
Liguyon’s wife to go to national capital to protest killing of husband, threats against community
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