CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/13 July) — A group of lumads from Bukidnon yesterday picketed the regional office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples here to demand the revocation of a Free and Prior Informed Consent granted to a ranch developer. The contested land is a 480-hectare property in Barangays Panalsalan and Dagumbaan , Kibawe town in Bukidnon.
Ituloy ang laban tungo sa hustisya sa klima, pagkakapantay-pantay at pagsusulong ng karapatan sa sariling pagpapasya ng mga katutubo! Manipesto ng pagkakaisa ng mga dumalo sa Indigenous Peoples Gathering on Climate Change na ginanap noong ika-7 hanggang ika-9 ng Hulyo,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 July) – Lumads or indigenous peoples belonging to 12 tribes in Mindanao’s southern provinces have declared their opposition to what they call the deceptive nature of treaty-based schemes to reduce carbon emissions, saying these are being promoted
Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao’s growing agribusiness, aquamarine, oil palm, mining and tourism industries have emerged as the top job destinations for skilled workers in the region within the next decade, a study on the region’s labor market situation showed.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/12 July) – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bukidnon will look into reports agribusiness firms in the province have resorted to labor contractualization and are paying their workers wages far below the minimum rates set by law. In the
Lumad leader Alfredo “Datu Mahawan” Ganinay of the Panalsalan Dagumbaan Tribal Association (Padata) used a megaphone to call for the cancellation of the Compliance Compliance Certificate of Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) issued by the NCIP to a land
