Tag: Indigenous Peoples

“For all the years that [the mining company] has destroyed our land, we have stood up and defended it”

Quarrying destroys the karst dating back to the Paleocene epoch 66-56 million years ago in the Marikina watershed

PCPR said the charges were only meant to harass the Church leaders and the human rights defenders

Local government units in Mindanao must conduct inspection/verification/investigation on whether these chemicals are cancer-causing or not

"We must find new ways to come to terms with the darker and more difficult aspects of the past"

The bishops noted that the April 19 shooting was the second incident since 2014 when the people were shot at by security personnel

"How can you own that which will outlive you? Only the race owns the land because the race lives forever” - Macliing Dulag

Apela ng diyosesis sa pamahalaan ang maayos na pagpatupad sa batas na nangangalaga sa karapatan ng mga katutubo sa bansa

The attack on Indigenous Peoples "illustrates the bloody political landscape of the Philippines that has been worsening"

“I wish to tell you that the Church stands beside you and wants to continue journeying with you,” Pope Francis said