Beleaguered tribal students want right to education sustained
According to Delideli, they have gathered an estimated amount of Php 10, 000 from the event and this will help the Talaingod students on their educational trip in Manila.
Tribal militiamen fire at rural school students after buying school supplies
About 20 students of Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation, Incorporated (MISFI) Academy in Kapalong, Davao del Norte, were reported to have been in the group who were fired upon by members of the tribal militia, called Alamara.
contributed photo by Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP)
PH ethnic groups want IPRA, NCIP permanently abolished
Saying the law on indigenous Filipinos has “failed to deter the plunder of our national patrimony and exploitation of our indigenous territories", the activist organization of tribal Filipinos called on the scrapping of both the law and the agency that was created to administer to the welfare of tribal Filipinos.
Davao health office encourage men to participate in family planning procedures
The city’s health officers are encouraging openness among men to adapt to family planning methods and other reproductive health issues, in their bid to alter the “very low acceptance rate" to a family planning procedure.
UP Mindanao held anti-EDCA activities
The student council of the Mindanao campus of the University of the Philippines warned that it would hold protest activities to demonstrate its indignation over it called as a lopsided Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the US.