KATRIBU stands with the people of Apayao in their strong defense of ancestral land against large-scale and destructive mining and dam projects. We have seen in the past months the strong opposition of the people of Kabugao against the large dams being pushed by Pan-Pacific in their domains, as well as the growing mass movement of the people of Conner against large-scale mining applications primarily by Oceanagold-Copperfields and Titan Earth Mining Inc. that cover a signific

KATRIBU Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas condemns the use of courts and state forces to suppress the people’s resistance and facilitate the entry of destructive mining operations into their communities. On August 20, 2026, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 64, in Abatan, Buguias, Benguet issued a Writ of Preliminary Injunction ordering the removal of the Mankayan people's barricade to allow CMDC equipment and personnel to enter. On September 9, elements of both l

KATRIBU Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas joins Lumad communities, Indigenous Peoples, and advocates in the 11th commemoration of the Lianga Massacre. The call for justice echoes for Emerito “Tatay Emok” Samarca, Dionel Campos, and Datu Juvello “Bello” Sinzo, who were brutally killed on September 1, 2015 by the Magahat-Bagani paramilitary group under the 75th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in Han-ayan, Lianga, Surigao del Sur. The massacre targeted a L

On National Heroes Day, Indigenous Peoples, environmental advocates, church workers, human rights defenders, and other concerned sectors launched the NO (Network Opposed) to Pax Silica Alliance to reject the US-led Pax Silica Initiative and defend ancestral lands, national sovereignty, and the rights of communities. KATRIBU Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas joined Ayta communities directly affected by the planned Pax Silica development in Capas, Tarlac, and other

KATRIBU Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas joins the families of the desaparecidos and the people in the continuing fight to surface all disappeared. On this day, we continue to call for the immediate surfacing of Indigenous Peoples’ rights defenders Dexter Capuyan, Bazoo de Jesus, Felix Salaveria Jr., James Jazmines, James Balao, Jonas Burgos, and all other desaparecidos. They were forcibly disappeared because of their commitment to defending land, life, and the