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Read more about the article (Update) Arrested IP leader says he is “not in hiding, not guilty”
STOP LARGE-SCALE MINING. Tribal leader Genasque Enriquez, Katribu Party-list’s second nominee, calls on the Aquino government to stop the continued intrusion of foreign and large-scale mining companies to the indigenous peoples’ ancestral lands in Mindanao in a protest Saturday outside the Camp Crame in Quezon City. (davaotoday.com photo by Alex D. Lopez)

(Update) Arrested IP leader says he is “not in hiding, not guilty”

A leader of an indigenous people’s group arrested by government agents earlier today said he was “never in hiding” and that he is not “guilty” of the charges filed against him.

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Read more about the article Int’l Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples More IP victims under Aquino’s term, groups say

Int’l Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples More IP victims under Aquino’s term, groups say

As the country joined the global observance last August 9 during the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, an organization of tribal communities deplored the Aquino administration for having made them “sacrificial lambs” for the government’s various projects and programs.

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