KATRIBU strongly condemns the illegal arrest of Mangyan-Buhid woman Binay Serrano and community organizer Christina Pasion on July 30, 2026, in Cabuyao, Laguna. We demand that the authorities immediately surface Binay Serrano, whose whereabouts remain unknown, and immediately release Christina Pasion. Serrano and Pasion were arrested by elements of the 68th Infantry Battalion, the 203rd Infantry Brigade, and the Philippine National Police based on baseless allegations linking

PRESS RELEASE | July 27, 2026 Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, Siklab - Philippine Indigenous Youth Network, Bai Indigenous Women's Network, Kabataan para sa Tribung Pilipino, and Tunay na Alyansa ng Bayan Alay sa Katutubo, delivered the 2026 State of the National Minority Address (SONMA) ahead of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s SONA. They marched with a banner bearing the call, “Likas-yaman para sa Sambayanan, Hindi sa Imperyalistang Gyera! Katutubo at Moro, La

Four Years of Marcos Jr.: Four Years of Plunder, Militarization, and Impunity July 27, 2026 Four years under Marcos Jr. have demonstrated policies and actions that violate Indigenous Peoples' rights. Across the country, indigenous communities experience intensified plunder of ancestral lands through aggressive expansion of mining, energy, and other destructive projects. Communities defending their territories were met with militarization, criminalization, threats, harassment,

July 21, 2026 – KATRIBU Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, AGHAM- Advocates of Science and Technology for the People, PROPEL - Pro-People Engineers and Leaders, JPIC-Redemptorist Vice-Province of Manila, and PAMILALAMU-Church and Ayta Partnership in Central Luzon officially launched the findings of the Environmental Investigative Mission (EIM) conducted from May 29–31, 2026 in the Olongapo Solar Power Project area. The mission covered the barangays affected by th

July 21, 2026 KATRIBU Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas firmly rejects the NTF-ELCAC's attempt to portray the conviction of the Talaingod 13 as a victory for the Lumad and Indigenous Peoples. It is not. It is yet another attempt to weaponize the justice system and manipulate public opinion to conceal the state's continuing attacks against Indigenous Peoples and those who stand in solidarity with them. The Talaingod 13 case arose from a humanitarian mission to ass