The recent resolution by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to denounce the use of the term "Lumad" is a blatant attempt to erase the identity ...

The adoption of the Regalian doctrine during the Spanish colonial period marks a pivotal and damaging event in the history of land use in the Philippines. The doctrine, which declared that all land in ...

Ata-Manobo elders urge the House of Representatives to fast-track their ethics complaint against Rep. France Castro, citing a court ruling on child abuse. They call for accountability and justice for ...

The priest died at the age of 75 from health complications. In 2020, he suffered a stroke while preparing for a Senate ...

BUTUAN CITY – Indigenous Peoples (IP) leaders in the Caraga region have condemned the activities of the Federal Tribal ...

"The 'Stepback Leadership' concept integrates the Indigenous Political Structures of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs), a ...

We are displaced by war, and killed by peace,' tribal leader Leticio Datuwata passionately tells lawmakers. He also says they've been unheard for too long.

The Philippines has lost a champion of the environment and indigenous people with the death of Franciscan priest Father Pedro "Pete" Montallana on Jan 27. He was 75. Tributes poured in from clergy and ...

Police filed 10 charges against the leaders and members of the Federal Tribal Government of the Philippines (FTGP) in Surigao ...

DAVAO CITY―The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in the Philippines and New Zealand have launched a program aimed to ...