Tag: indigenous people
Church, activists demand end to land dispute in Indonesia’s Flores Island
(UCAN): The Catholic Church and rights activists in Flores Island, Indonesia, have called on the…
Church-backed group urges renewable energy roadmap amid Philippine power crisis
MANILA (RVA News): REnew Mindoro, a Church-backed renewable energy campaign in Mindoro, southwestern Philippines, has…
Call for anti-red-tagging law after Philippine inquiry documents abuses
MANILA (LiCAS News): The Philippine Commission on Human Rights [CHR] has urged Congress to criminalise…
Vatican condemns slavery, counters ‘partial narrative’ in UN resolution
(OSV News): Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations,…
A small Philippine town’s victory over hazardous mining
Jesus Cabias Jr. heaved a sigh of relief in the third week of February, watching…
On 40th anniversary of People Power revolution, Philippine bishop calls for ‘culture of accountability’
MANILA (LiCAS News): Marking the 40th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power uprising on…
Unrestricted mining is destroying communities and the environment
Father Shay Cullen The latest police action against anti-mining protestors in Barangay Bitnong, Dupax del…
