KATRIBU, muling lalahok sa halalan
Ang KATRIBU partylist, ang tunay na partido ng mga katutubong mamamayan, ay muling naghahanda para sa muling paglahok nito sa darating na halalan sa 2013. Sa huling araw ng pagsusumite ng Manifestation of Intent to Participate, dumulog ang nasabing grupo ng mga katutubo sa Commission of Election (COMELEC) para magsusumite ng “Intent to participate”.
Ayon kay Kakay Tolentino, Dumagat na Secretary General at Tagapagsalita ng KATRIBU, “Sa aming muling paglahok sa halalang 2013, muli naming sisikapin na dalhin ang interes at kagalingan ng mga katutubong mamamayan mula sa parliyamento ng lansangan patungo sa loob ng Kongreso” Read more »
IP Group to bring Rights Situation to UN HRC
The progressive party-list, KATRIBU Indigenous Peoples Sectoral Party-list (KATRIBU) and the national alliance of indigenous peoples organizations, the Kalipunan ng mga KatutubongMamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) with different human rights, church and peoples organizations from the Philippines is set to travel to Geneva, Switzerland to participate in the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Philippine Government by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this coming May 29, 2012.
In a Press Forum organized by Philippine UPR Watch, Ms. Pia Macliing-Malayao, an Igorot and spokesperson of the Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) stated , “We already submitted a shadow report on the human right situation of the indigenous peoples and we will conduct an active lobby to present and call upon the members of UNHRC to act on the real plight of the indigenous people in the Philippines.” Read more »
Amidst militarization human rights violation: NCIP failed to provide support to the IP
Progressive indigenous partylist, KATRIBU together with KAHUGPONGAN SA LUMADNONG ORGANISASYON – Caraga and Kalumbay and Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas(KAMP) held a picket protest at the National Commission of Indigenous People (NCIP) to call for immediate action against militarization and the influx of destructive mining in CARAGA and northern Mindanao region.
According to Genasque Enriquez, a Manobo and Vice President of KATRIBU Partylist, “Since the influx of mining projects in our community and the start of militarization last 2011, the NCIP in our region didn't provide assistance and welfare to the indigenous people who were forced to evacuate from their land” Read more »
Aquino's double standard on sovereignty issue
The indigenous peoples and the progressive KATRIBU Partylist call on the Filipino people and the Aquino government to stand firm and assert our national sovereignty and territorial integrity from foreign incursions, and consistently defend our national patrimony from foreign plunder.
The KATRIBU Partylist condemns in the highest possible terms the recent Chinese incursions into our territorial seas as a blatant violation of our sovereignty, territory and national patrimony.
The KATRIBU Partylist likewise condemns the Aquino government over its inconsistency in the issue of our sovereignty and national patrimony. Read more »
Mining brought militarization-say KATRIBU
Quezon City- The indigenous people under the KATRIBU partylist together with environmentalist, KALIKASAN Partylist and human rights group KARAPATAN held today a picket protest at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) calling for the cancellation of all mining permit in the CARAGA and Northern Mindanao Region.
According to Mr. Genasque Enriques, Manobo Vice-President of KATRIBU partylist, “Mining has not only brought environmental destruction, mining is also the reason why there is a rampant military combat operation in our which in turn resulted to massive violation of the indigenous people human right in the region.”
“As one of the agencies promoting large scale destructive mining as well as the approving agency of all mining application, we have the MGB under DENR as one of the culprit behind the misery that we are experiencing right now.” Read more »
Indigenous People call for stoppage of Militarization
Quezon City - Progressive indigenous people under the KATRIBU Partylist condemn in highest degree the intense militarization and call for stoppage of all military operations in the ancestral communities of the indigenous people
According to Genasque Enriques, Manobo Vice President of KATRIBU Partylist, “ There has been a increase incident of militarization and force evacuation in the indigenous people community and ancestral land” Read more »
Appeal for support for Mamanwa communities forcibly evacuated due to military operations
Military elements from the 30th and 38th IBPA and the 3rd Special Forces of the 402nd Brigade have encamped in civilian communities in the mountain areas of Cabadbaran and Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte and Alegria in Surigao del Norte. The soldiers have occupied public places, and are staying in civilian houses with the residents. Soldiers, in combat alert mode, held civilians at gunpoint, using them as shields and indiscriminately firing high-powered firearms at populated areas. Read more »
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