DETERMINED. Florencio Peratir, also known as Datu Maalamon, says they are ready to re-occupy the land they claimed as their ancestral domain in Butong, Quezon town, Bukidnon, even if they die in the process. About a thousand families belonging to the Manobo-Pulangihon tribe were driven out of their land by a corporation forcing them to live on the side of the road. (Jigger Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Tired of living like squatters and getting empty promises from government agencies, a group of indigenous people (IP) belonging to the Manobo-Pulangihon tribe are now ready to take back their ancestral land in Barangay Butong, Quezon town, Bukidnon even if it will cost them their lives.