Coming together
We see the deployment of state apparatus to protect not the interests of the poorest and most vulnerable but the richest and most powerful
When pricey durians prick
As our agriculture program focuses more on “cash crops” the local food crops will become marginalized
We lost the spirit of Kadayawan
Kadayawan asta karaatan maglumon. In English, this Dabawenyo expression means “the good and the bad are siblings”, symbolizing the duality of things: the yin and the yang, darkness and light, the…
NOT ENEMIES. Kerlan Fanagel, chairperson of the Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao nixes the joint resolution issued by the Regional Peace and Order Council 11 and the Regional Defense Council 11 that urged the Office of the President to review the memorandum of understanding signed between Pasaka and the Department of Social Welfare and Development. In a press conference at the UCCP Haran in Davao City on Monday, June 5, Fanagel also hit the "enemy of the state" tag given to them by the two government agencies, calling them "malicious" and "irresponsible". (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
Lumad group decries ‘enemy of the state’ tag, hits reso questioning DSWD MOU
The PASAKA Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao, an alliance of several town-based Lumad organizations expressed indignation at the joint resolution issued by the Regional Peace and Order Council 11 and the Regional Defense Council 11, which urged the office of the president to review the existing memorandum of agreement between the Department of Social Welfare and Development and PASAKA.