DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Non-Moro indigenous peoples (NMIP) in the Bangsamoro fear further marginalization, including losing their ancestral domain claims, if the current version of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) Indigenous Peoples’ Code is approved and passed into law. Timuay Labi Leticio Datuwata, supreme leader of the Teduray-Lambangian Timuay Justice and Governance,
ILOILO CITY, Philippines — A mining company doing exploration work on Pan de Azucar Island in Concepcion town, Iloilo, has renewed its move to conduct mining operations in the area amid opposition from residents and a cease-and-desist order from the provincial government. Kaycee Crisostomo, spokesperson for TVI Resource Development Inc. (TVIRD), told the Inquirer that
SAN MATEO, ISABELA, Philippines — Mango farmers in this town in Isabela province were experiencing a glut in harvest with not enough buyers, forcing some of them to dump more than 3,000 kilos of unsold mangoes on the roadside as prices dropped due to oversupply. “Almost all mango farmers flock to [public] markets to sell
