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Lumads protest 'terrorist' tag

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 05:43 PM

Lumad people protest outside the Department of Justice (DOJ) building in Manila on Friday to express objections to the DOJ's inclusion of Lumad activists in the list of terrorists. Read more »

Driven from home, Philippine indigenous people long for their land

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Apr 19 03:13 PM

The Lumad in Mindanao have been caught in the middle of a five-decade old insurgency, as well as a push by logging and mining companies to tap Mindanao's rich resources including gold, copper and nickel, after President Rodrigo Duterte said he would welcome investors. Read more »

Duterte vows to help livelihood of Lumad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 05:41 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he will help provide livelihood to the indigenous people in Mindanao. Read more »

Lumad protest at military HQ

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 04:09 PM

Members of indigenous groups protest in front of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) headquarters in Quezon City, March 15, 2018.  Read more »

Mga katutubo nag-rally sa Crame vs martial law sa Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 02:27 PM

Kinondena ng grupong binubuo ng mga katutubo ang pagpapatuloy ng batas militar sa Mindanao, na anila'y nagiging mitsa ng ilang mga pang-aabuso. Read more »

Lumad air gripes

Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 07:20 PM

Lumad representatives and environmental advocates hold a protest outside the House of Representatives on Monday.  Read more »

Lumad decry 'human rights violations'

Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 07:15 PM

Activists stage an act depicting President Duterte and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre behind bars during a protest outside the Department of Justice in Padre Faura, Manila on Wednesday. Read more »

Lumad seek probe into rights violations in Mindanao

Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 07:59 PM

Indigenous peoples (IPs) organizations and rights advocates meet with Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Chito Gascon at the CHR headquarters in Quezon City on Monday. Read more »

Lider ng tribo sa Surigao, pinatay umano ng NPA

May Diez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 11:32 AM

ALEGRIA, Surigao del Norte – Patay ang isang dakula o lider ng tribong Mamanwa matapos umanong barilin ng mga miyembro ng New People's Army (NPA) sa bayang ito noong Biyernes.  Read more »

CHEd 'tweaks' scholarship program to accommodate more indigenous peoples

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 04:25 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) is "tweaking" its scholarship program to allow more indigenous peoples (IPs), including the Lumads, to enroll in state universities and colleges (SUCs), the agency's chief said Thursday.   Read more »

CHR: Ancestral lands of Indigenous Peoples 'sacred'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 07 05:35 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday reminded the government to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) to their ancestral lands. Read more »

Mahigit 300 Lumad, humingi ng hustisya para sa pinaslang na lider sa Davao del Norte

Ara Casas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 03:37 PM

TALAINGOD, DAVAO DEL NORTE — Hustisya ang panawagan ng mga Lumad para sa kanilang lider na pinatay umano ng mga rebeldeng New People’s Army Linggo ng madaling araw. Read more »

Mag-amang lumad patay sa pamamaril ng umano'y mga NPA sa Davao del Norte

Hernel Tocmo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 09:55 PM

TALAINGOD, Davao del Norte - Patay ang mag-amang lumad nang pagbabarilin ng umano'y mga rebeldeng New People's Army sa kanilang bahay sa Barangay Palma Gil sa bayang ito.  Read more »

Duterte warns UP students: I will give your slots to 'bright' Lumad

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 02:16 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday warned University of the Philippines students that he will give their slots to "bright" Lumad if they keep on missing class to protest against his administration's policies. Read more »

Duterte vows P100-M for Lumad ancestral domain dev't

Ara Casas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 10:38 PM

DAVAO CITY - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday vowed to set aside P100 million for the Lumad for agricultural development in ancestral domains.   Read more »

Callamard, ipinagtanggol ang Pinoy UN rapporteurs mula sa patutsada

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 08:23 PM

Ayon sa kapwa nila special rapporteur na si Agnes Callamard, walang bahid-pulitika ang pahayag ng dalawa, na ginagawa lang ang kanilang tungkulin na may tapang at walang kinakampihan. Read more »

Callamard, ipinagtanggol ang Pinoy UN rapporteurs mula sa patutsada

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 05:56 PM

Ayon sa kapwa nila special rapporteur na si Agnes Callamard, walang bahid-pulitika ang pahayag ng dalawa, na ginagawa lang ang kanilang tungkulin na may tapang at walang kinakampihan. Read more »

Callamard: We won't be cowed by 'bully pulpit'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 03:33 PM

MANILA - United Nations special rapporteur on summary executions Agnes Callamard vowed Sunday that she and her colleagues will neither yield to "lies" nor intimidated after they were criticized by President Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque. Read more »

Human rights group slams Palace for criticizing UN execs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 01:14 PM

Human rights group Karapatan on Sunday lashed out at Malacañang for chiding 2 United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs who criticized the impact of martial law on Lumad communities in Mindanao.  Read more »

UN fears ‘massive’ human rights abuses in Mindanao

Reuters
Posted at Dec 28 08:03 PM

The militarization has allegedly displaced thousands of the Lumad people and some have been allegedly killed. Read more »