November 14, 2025 QUEZON CITY — “Habang kinakasuhan at ikinukulong ang mga aktibista at tagapagtanggol ng karapatan, ang tunay na may sala, ang mga tiwali at abusadong opisyal ng gobyerno ay malayang nakakalusot. Ito ang anyo ng impunity na paulit-ulit nating tinutunggali,” said Beverly Longid, National Convener of Katribu, as former political prisoners Julieta Gomez and Niezel Velasco filed their position paper in countercharges against Philippine National Police (PNP) offic

Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas and the Int'l Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self Determination & Liberation, in partnership with the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mary and St. John, commemorated International Indigenous Peoples’ Heroes Day through a mass, a short forum during coffee hour, and community dancing. The event honored the lives and legacies of Bishop Bob Longid, Mother Petra Macliing, Ben Solang, Bai Bibyaon Bigkay, Nicanor Delos Santos, Samma

October 29 marks the anniversary of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA), the very law that created the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). But nearly three decades since its passage, what has it brought to Indigenous communities? Instead of upholding the rights to ancestral land and self-determination, IPRA and the NCIP have become instruments for repression, deception, dispossession, and corporate plunder of ancestral lands. As NCIP celebrates its anniver

Sumama at nakiisa ang Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas sa pagtitipon ng mga Katutubong Ayta at mga lingkod ng simbahan noong Oktubre 23–24 sa Pampanga, na inorganisa ng Pamilalamu, isang samahan ng mga Katutubo at simbahan, at Mansaway, ang bagong tatag na na organisasyon ng mga Ayta. Sa pagtitipong ito, tinalakay ang mga usapin hinggil sa pagdepensa sa sarili laban sa paglabag sa karapatang pantao. Pinagtibay din ang kaalaman sa karapatan ng mga Katutub

PLANETARY HEALTH, PEACE, AND SECURITY By Beverly L. Longid National Convener, Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas Delivered during the Planetary Health Annual Meeting 2025 October 8, 2025 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands Gawis ay agew ken datako amin. Warm greetings to everyone. Unlike many of you, I am a newcomer—a green apple—in the planetary health discourse as it is framed today. But as I listened to the discussions, I realized how deeply Planetary Health r