Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas extends its warmest greetings of solidarity to the Tumandok people as they commemorate December 30 as Tumandok Day, a collective declaration forged from struggle, memory, and resistance. This year’s commemoration boldly affirms that Tumandok Day is not only an act of remembrance but a conscious declaration of the Tumandok people’s continuing struggle for land, life, and self-determination. It is a collective assertion to

Katribu on the abduction, torture of Mangyan-Iraya Woman in Abra de Ilog, Occ Mindoro December 12, 2025 Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas vehemently condemns the abduction and torture of Mangyan-Iraya woman Dolores Mariano Solangon of Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, on December 2, 2025. According to her account, she was tied to a tree and even forced to dig her own grave by soldiers of the 76th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army. This horrific at

December 10, 2025 - On International Human Rights Day, Indigenous and Moro Peoples join the Filipino people in exposing and confronting the worsening human rights violations and corruption under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte administration. Indigenous territories face intensified plunder, state violence, and militarized repression disguised as “development.” Across the archipelago–from the Cordillera and Southern Tagalog in Luzon, to Panay and Negros in the Visaya

December 8, 2025 December 8 is Indigenous Peoples and Moro Human Rights Day. On this day, we honor the life and legacy of Dumagat leader Nicanor “Ka Kano” delos Santos, who was assassinated in 2001 under the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo administration. Ka Kano was a steadfast defender of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, resisting the incursion of destructive projects such as the Kaliwa Dam along the Sierra Madre. His courage became a symbol of the relentless struggle to protect ancestr

Indigenous, Moro Peoples mark Human Rights Day; denounce plunder, intensified militarization of communities December 8, 2025 QUEZON CITY – Moro, Indigenous Peoples, and rights groups trooped to the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) General Headquarters on Monday to commemorate Indigenous Peoples and Moro Human Rights Day and protest the escalating militarization and state-sponsored attacks on their communities, now further compounded by systemic corruption. Beverly Longi