Indigenous residents of Barangay Guina-ang are seeking to withdraw their consent to a geothermal project by Energy Development Corporation (EDC), alleging that the approval process failed to meet required standards. Read more »
The lack of inspection facilities for imported agricultural products is allowing smuggled goods to enter the Philippines, according to the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG). Read more »
A Baguio councilor and former UN Indigenous rights expert says the revised consent rules for projects on ancestral land need government support for communities, not just shorter deadlines. Read more »
A Kalinga elder presented the province’s centuries-old peace-pact system at an ASEAN peace education conference, and Malaysia wants to study it up close. Read more »
Workers died building Imelda Marcos’s film palace by the bay, and nobody agrees on how many. Here’s what the record shows, what the ghost stories say, and why the two keep getting mixed up. Read more »
A proposed Provincial Indigenous Peoples Tribal Center in Nueva Vizcaya is being pushed as a permanent space where Indigenous communities can preserve their heritage while gaining better access to health, livelihood and educational opportunities. Read more »
