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On the Right to Self-Determination
On the Right to Self-Determination Beverly Longid's input during the VIVA PALESTINA! A Solidarity Fair for Justice and Freedom workshop entitled “Home and Horizon: Struggle for Self-Determination and the Right of Return" March 22, 2026 Good day. Magandang hapon sa ating lahat. I am Beverly L. Longid, an Igorot - a Bontok-Kankanaey from Mountain Province. I am the convener of Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas – an alliance of Indigenous Peoples’ organizati
Katribu Nasyunal
Mar 295 min read
Defend Our Rivers! Stop Corporate Plunder in the Name of Renewable Energy!
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 Nasyunal
Mar 144 min read
Urgent Alert: NDFP Consultant Kennedy Bangibang and 9 Others Arrested on Fabricated Charges; Jess Gamay and companion still missing
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
Katribu Nasyunal
Mar 132 min read
“Lunurin si Marcos at mga ganid sa likas-yaman!" Indigenous Peoples mark Int’l Day of Action for Rivers with protest at DENR
QUEZON CITY – Indigenous Peoples, environmental groups, and advocates gathered in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Central Office on Friday to mark the International Day of Action for Rivers, condemning large dams and renewable energy projects that continue to destroy river systems and displace communities. The protest, led by Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, featured a symbolic “drowning” of the faces of President Fer
Katribu Nasyunal
Mar 134 min read
Look: Map of mining projects affecting the Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines
Across the Philippines, Indigenous Peoples’ ancestral lands are being carved open for large-scale mining. What corporations call “development” has meant displacement, environmental destruction, militarization, and the erosion of Indigenous communities’ rights to land, livelihood, and self-determination. Since the enactment of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, large portions of the country have been opened to foreign and large-scale mining corporations. By 2023, nearly half o
Katribu Nasyunal
Mar 102 min read
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