“The reason behind the bold moves of the military now is still the same – they want to log what remains of our forests and to mine the minerals in the mountains.” IP leader
‘We believe that they are really after our wealth, not just because of the presence of NPA in our communities.’
‘When the storm stopped, you feel like breaking down seeing your crops uprooted.’
“They wanted the capitalists to come in to solve poverty, but experiences in other mining areas showed that Lumads were displaced instead when the capitalists took over.”
Read 2nd part: Surviving Pablo, the Manobos’ story
Read 3rd and last part: Beyond military abuses: wresting control from Agusanon Manobos