Local officials, NCIP commissioner back royalty claims of Manobos who barricaded mine site

Local officials, NCIP commissioner back royalty claims of Manobos who barricaded mine site

MANOBO BARRICADE. A number of Manobo tribesmen belonging to the Kahugpungan sa Nagkahiusang Tribu nga Manununod sa Yutang Kabilin (Kantrimyuka) fro…
PGMC pays P16-M royalty share for lumads in Surigao

PGMC pays P16-M royalty share for lumads in Surigao

Photo Credit: Chamber of Mines By Alvin T. Guanzon   BUTUAN CITY — Mining firm Platinum Group Metals Corporation paid a total of P16 million r…
Mamanwas receive potable water from mining firm, rotary clubs

Mamanwas receive potable water from mining firm, rotary clubs

 Mamanwa chieftain Bae Soledad Cañete receives the water pipeline from Metro Surigao Rotary President Edgar Guerra during the turnover of the…
Two NCIP officials in Caraga Region suspended without pay for one year

Two NCIP officials in Caraga Region suspended without pay for one year

 Photo: Ben Serrano Following suspension order of the Office of the Ombudsman, National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) Chairperson Zenai…
Solon urge the CHR to investigate the plight of Mamanwas in Surigao City

Solon urge the CHR to investigate the plight of Mamanwas in Surigao City

“The Commission on Human Rights should investigate the plight of about 37 Mamanwa families now in Surigao City, “said ANAD Rep. Jun Alcover as he cal…
Troops dismiss allegations of forced evacuation of Mamanwa families

Troops dismiss allegations of forced evacuation of Mamanwa families

(Photo courtesy of Jun Clerigo, DXKS) The 30th Infantry “Python” Battalion Commanding Officer LTC Erwin Rommel Lamzon has dismissed the allegation…
Task force created for displaced Kitcharao tribal folk

Task force created for displaced Kitcharao tribal folk

(Photo courtesy of Jun Clerigo, DXKS) The City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) created recently a multi-agency task force purposely to facilitate t…
House probes Mamanwa’s 1% royalty share in Surigao City

House probes Mamanwa’s 1% royalty share in Surigao City

The committee on Cultural Communities of the House of Representatives recently conducted a public hearing in Surigao City to determine the amount of …

2 Caraga solons seek probe on alleged connivance over ancestral domain row in Surigao Norte town

Surigao del Norte Congressmen Guillermo Romarate Jr. (2nd-District) and Francisco Matugas (1st-District) have filed a proposed House resolution seeki…

Official Statement from Taganito Mining Corp: Re Equipment Burning near Sitio Daging, Urbiztondo, Claver

On July 21, 2010, a group of armed men took two security guards hostage and, after freeing the security guards later in the day, proceeded to burn a …

Heavy equipment ng Taganito Mining sa Claver, Surigao del Norte, sinunog

SINUNOG ng mga pinaghihinalaang miyembro ng indigenous people sa mga Mamanwa ang heavy equipments ng Taganito Mining Corporation sa Brgy. Urbiztondo,…

Lumads seek probe on mining, logging in protected watershed

Tribal chieftains and their followers in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga Region) Tuesday requested the Department of Environment and Natural Resources …

Caraga lumads demand ouster of NCIP head

Members and officials of the Caraga Regional Tribal Consultative Assembly (CRTCA) will hold "peaceful" lightning protest rallies at the reg…
Taganito Mining Corp mihatag ug hi-lux cars, mga motor ug 5 milyones sa mga Mamanwa sa Claver

Taganito Mining Corp mihatag ug hi-lux cars, mga motor ug 5 milyones sa mga Mamanwa sa Claver

Dako ang pasalamat sa mga Mamanwa sa Brgy. Urbiztundo ug Taganito sa lungsod sa Claver pinaagi sa ilang kapunungang Asosasyon sa Madazaw na Panagkais…

Mamanwa tribe now on their 2nd week of "human barricade" vs mining firms in Taganito

Some 400 members of the Mamanwa tribe are now on their second week of staging a “human barricade” along the highway of Taganito in Claver, Surigao d…