All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘mining’
Stop the killings of indigenous peoples in the Philippines
Dear friends and advocates! Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP, Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines) is the largest indigenous peoples organization in the Philippines. It is in the fore in the defense of ancestral land rights and rights to self-determination of …
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Blaan family massacred, IP killings rise to 28
http://katutubongmamamayan.org/node/364, October 19, 2012 – The Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) condemns the massacre of a Blaan family in the Sagittarius Mines Inc (SMI) mine site in Tampakan, South Cotabato. Piya Macliing Malayao, KAMP spokesperson, described the killings as “barbaric, and their …
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Suspicions about military’s involvement in Italian priest’s murder persist
DAVAO CITY—The verbal tussle between the military and groups seeking justice for slain Italian priest Father Fausto Tentorio has continued, four months after the priest was murdered and even after the arrest of Jimmy Ato, whose confession had somewhat cleared the military of responsibility for …
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URGENT ALERT: Mining bares more teeth by hiring renegade paramilitaries
URGENT ALERT: Mining bares more teeth by hiring renegade paramilitaries to force resisting communities to issue their consent in Bukidnon, Philippines On October 28, 2011, members of the paramilitary group Triom Force intercepted Jimmy Liguyon, the barangay (village) captain of Dau, San Fernando, Bukidnon, and …
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Another victim of Oplan Bayanihan killed in Arakan Valley
Ramon Batoy, 35, was killed a mere three days after Fr. Fausto Tentorio was killed also in Arakan Valley. MANILA – A peasant farmer was killed by soldiers from the 57th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Upper Lumbo, barangay Kabalantian, Arakan Valley, North Cotabato last …
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