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Palawan residents condemn government’s claims of ‘no harassment’

“What happened on Nov. 20 and Dec. 4? Women were almost stripped naked. And just this January 31, 2025, SMC staff and the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative of Balabac, along with NCIP staff, stormed in,” Angelica Nasiron, a Molbog resident, said.“What happened on Nov. 20 and Dec. 4? Women were almost stripped naked. And just this January 31, 2025, SMC staff and the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative of Balabac, along with NCIP staff, stormed in,” Angelica Nasiron, a Molbog resident, said.

Bulatlat Contributors | Feb 6, 2025

Special Report | Push for renewables threatens lands and livelihood in the Cordillera

The Cordillera region, with 5.5 million hectares of drainage area, is considered the "water cradle" of Northern Luzon. Its watersheds feed six major river systems, and have an estimated generation potential of 3,600 megawatts, according to the Department of Energy. With this substantial potential, the Cordillera region is again in the spotlight regarding dam-related conflicts more than five decades since the proposed Chico River Dams ignited popular resistance.

Northern Dispatch | Nov 13, 2023

Bikers, advocates pedal against Apayao dam projects

The dam projects in Apayao threaten to displace thousands of indigenous peoples, farmers and fisherfolk.

Emily Vital | Apr 17, 2022

Military told to stop harassing woman Lumad leader’s kin

“We in UP hold Bai and all Lumad leaders in very high esteem – for her incredible strength and leadership, for standing for her advocacy and for defending her tribe. She’s very strong and vocal. There is no way we could silence Bai.”

Anne Marxze Umil | Sep 29, 2021

Group defends Bayan Muna solon vs NCIP-backed tribe leaders

“The NCIP’s so-called ‘datus’ vaguely label Rep. Cullamat’s participation in the protest as a ‘disrespectful act.’ We ask these datus: how is speaking in a peaceful protest action ‘disrespectful?’ How is the exercise of one’s democratic rights a rational basis for banning an elected representative from her own ancestral community?”

Anne Marxze Umil | Feb 6, 2021

Lumád protesters ‘shut down’ NCIP

“Far from protecting the Lumad, the NCIP is the primary arm of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in depriving indigenous peoples of their rights.”

Dee Ayroso | Oct 30, 2015

‘17-year-old tool of plunder’ : Indigenous peoples want law scrapped, agency abolished

Indigenous peoples say the call to scrap Ipra is more resonant than ever.

Dee Ayroso | Oct 29, 2014

Cordillera folk call for NCIP abolition

“Instead of protecting the indigenous peoples, the NCIP served as a bridge for the entry of destructive projects.”

Northern Dispatch | Oct 28, 2014

Tribal groups call for NCIP end in UN forum

“The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples has for a long time failed to protect indigenous peoples’ rights and well-being and instead worsens the violations of indigenous peoples’ rights and human rights. It is for this reason that our organizations are now calling for the dismantling of the NCIP.”

Northern Dispatch | May 20, 2014

Indigenous peoples deplore Aquino government ‘snub’ of their agenda

Against the 156 processed Certificate of Ancestral Domain Titles, of which only 37 were registered, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples issued a total of 320 certifications allowing mining operations.

Marya Salamat | Aug 27, 2013

Mankayan elders reject NCIP list of reps

Elders from Mankayan town refused to be included in the list of representatives made by the National Commision on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Cordillera for the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes regarding mining applications and land conversions affecting the area.

Northern Dispatch | Jun 30, 2013

Reform the NCIP, said indigenous peoples’ groups

By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch MANILA – A study on the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) reveals the need for total reform of the commission. At the start of the four-day gathering of indigenous peoples (IP) to observe the International IP day...

Northern Dispatch | Aug 23, 2011

Indigenous peoples’ groups decry use of IPRA and NCIP for development aggression

By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main Story: Respect our rights to land and life, indigenous peoples asked on World IPs Day MANILA – Most often, “large-scale resource-extractive ventures like mining and so-called development projects” destroy the environment, the...

Marya Salamat | Aug 12, 2011

To grab land of settlers and indigenous folk, Aurora officials sow disunity, fear

By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Economic zone project to evict thousands of farmers, fisherfolk in Casiguran, Aurora CASIGURAN, Aurora – An Agta resident here, who has been living here, tending several coconut trees, fruit trees, and has been doing...

Lyn V. Ramo | Jul 1, 2011

For two Igorot women, a constant struggle to survive

By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Main Story: A first hand experience with Oplan Bayanihan Sidebar: Imprisoned for refusing to leave their land Pantabangan, NUEVA ECIJA – In 2004, Mina Golitiw, 52, left Sta. Fe, Nueva Vizcaya to search, literally, for greener...

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 13, 2011

Indigenous Groups Decry 7 Years of IPRA Law

Dumagat, Remontado and Mangyan indigenous peoples from Southern Tagalog picketed the office of the National Commission Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in Quezon City where they held a traditional blood-letting ritual of a native chicken. The protest action was to condemn...

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 30, 2004

Canadian Mining in Asia as a Dirty Business

In today’s commercialized culture, love is often expressed through gifts of 18-karat gold rings, pendants or necklaces. The means employed in the extraction of the gem, however, are far from romantic. By EDWIN C. MERCURIO Bulatlat.com TORONTO, Canada – Hidden from...

Bulatlat Contributors | Apr 12, 2011

Benguet Governor Questions Mining Firm’s Permit Renewal

By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - Governor Nestor Fongwan questioned the automatic renewal of the exploration permit in phase 1 for the mining exploration of Royalco Philippines Inc. in Gambang, Bakun during the...

Northern Dispatch | Oct 9, 2010

Indigenous Peoples Call for Review of IPRA, Other Laws Affecting Their Communities

By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- A review of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), a mining moratorium and to put a stop to the counterinsurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL) became the rallying calls for more than 200 delegates representing the...

Lyn V. Ramo | Aug 14, 2010

Kalinga People Resist Corporate Mining

BY LYN V. RAMO, NORDIS Bulatlat.com In another display of people’s unity, indigenous peasant communities and advocates from the middle sector in Kalinga province banded together to put a stop to all corporate mining activities in the province. TABUK, Kalinga (330...

Marya Salamat | May 27, 2006

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