We welcome the refiling of the People’s Mining Bill (HB 8248) by the Makabayan bloc, together with environmental groups and mining-affected communities. This proposed measure is a long-overdue alternative to the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, which, for 31 years, has allowed the plunder of our lands, the destruction of ecosystems, and the displacement of Indigenous communities across the country. The devastating consequences of this law are evident in communities such as Dupa

On this 31st anniversary of the Philippine Mining Act (PMA) of 1995, Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas stands firm in its call to scrap this neoliberal and anti-people law. For more than three decades, the PMA has enabled the unhampered plunder of our country’s mineral resources, opening vast portions of our lands to foreign mining corporations and facilitating the systematic land grab of Indigenous Peoples’ (IP) ancestral lands. Instead of bringing genu

Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas condemns the joint military strikes launched by the United States and Israeli governments against Iran. This latest act of aggression further destabilizes West Asia and drags the region deeper into a widening war driven by imperialist interests and Zionist militarism. Burning of US flag during a protest action at Kalaw Avenue in Manila on March 3, 2026. The groups marched to US embassy to condemn the US-Israel bombings o

Forty years ago, the Filipino masses rose in a historic uprising that brought down the fascist dictatorship of then-President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. The EDSA People Power Revolution was the culmination of decades of resistance: workers striking against exploitation, peasants and Indigenous communities rising against landlessness and militarization, students filling the streets, journalists defying censorship, and the Bangsamoro waging their struggle for self-determination in th