Katribu condemns the arrest of two longtime women development workers, Josephine Parra Porquia and Ma. Luisa Tagamolila, on April 2 during Holy Thursday in Iloilo City. Their arrest is yet another blatant act of political persecution against activists and development workers who have long dedicated their lives to serving the oppressed and marginalized sectors of society. Josephine Porquia has long stood with Filipino migrants and their families, having witnessed firsthand the

Under the administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., rivers in Indigenous territories are increasingly being assigned price tags and commodified for profit. Our rivers are being opened to corporate exploitation. What were once gifts of nature that sustained Indigenous communities for generations are now treated as economic assets to be sold, or collateral damage for the building of dams, wind farms, solar plants, and other large-scale energy projects. On the commemoration of the

Katribu expresses grave concern over the arrest of Kennedy Bangibang, a peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) for the Cordillera, along with nine (9) other individuals, according to reports received by the Cordillera Human Rights Alliance. Bangibang is an Indigenous person from the Taluktok tribe of Tanudan, Kalinga, and a 63-year-old senior, making his arrest, detention, and the reported abuse against him even more alarming and raising s