Indigenous Peoples and progressive groups wield spears at logos of British companies Woggle Corporation and its sister company FCF Minerals. Both are threats to lands in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya. We continue to condemn the dismantling of the people’s barricade in Dupax del Norte and reiterate our call for the immediate halt of mining activities in the area. Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas demands justice and accountability for the violent dispersa

Katribu welcomes the release of those who were illegally arrested by the police during the people’s barricade in Dupax del Norte against the encroachment of Woggle Corporation. We reiterate that forming a barricade is not a crime, but a legitimate act of self-defense against displacement and destruction caused by corporations like Woggle. We continue to stand with the people of Dupax del Norte in their fight against corporate plunder. We must hold the government accountable f

Today, January 23, hundreds of police personnel were deployed to Dupax del Norte in Nueva Vizcaya to enforce a writ of preliminary injunction ordering the dismantling of the people’s barricade against Woggle Corporation’s mineral exploration. Reports from the community indicate that Woggle personnel threatened the barricade with arrest if they interfered, while the police openly declared their readiness to carry out arrests. Despite a calm and peaceful protest—holding a mass

We strongly condemn the order of the Nueva Vizcaya Regional Trial Court Branch 30 directing the arrest of protesters who formed a peaceful human barricade along Keon Barangay Road in Dupax del Norte. This order, issued on 19 January by Judge Paul Attolba Jr., has the effect of criminalizing legitimate dissent and weaponizing the law to protect the interests of Woogle Corp. at the expense of the people. We stand firmly with the people of Dupax del Norte in their collective def

Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines face a deepening crisis of land loss caused by the aggressive encroachment of profit-oriented projects such as mining, dams, plantations, so-called renewable energy, tourism, and real estate developments. The biggest land grabber is the state itself, which declares ancestral lands as public lands and opens them to corporations for profit. This crisis is integral to the broader agrarian question in the country. The majority of Indigenous P