The arrest of several Lumad children and adults in Cebu is the latest in a series of attacks against them. These indigenous peoples have long struggled to continue their education and maintain their ...

MANILA, Philippines — A House panel may launch hearings into a raid on a campus of a Cebu City university in what authorities claim was a rescue operation, a House leader said, adding police officers ...

The following piece is Part 1 of a two-part series. You may read Part 2 here. On May 26, the House of Representatives’ Committee on Human Rights conducted an inquiry into the February 15 raid and mass ...

The Philippine bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples (ECIP) has condemned a government order banning the use of the word “lumad,” a widely recognized term when referring to indigenous ...

A CHECK ON STATE ACTIONS The Supreme Court ruling penned by Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda on red-tagging is seen as “fair warning” to Red-taggers in government and a win for activists, ...

Over 700 Lumad (indigenous peoples from the southern Philippine island of Mindanao) traveled thousands of kilometers and set up protest camps in the nation's capital of Manila in October 2015 to ...

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday said it found “no evidence” that the 19 Manobo children “rescued” by armed policemen from the University of San Carlos (USC) in Cebu City had been ...

Lumad schools are under attack, according to the The Save Our Schools (SOS) network. On Jul. 17, the children’s rights advocacy network staged a protest at the Department of Education (DepEd) office ...

CEBU CITY — A roaring crowd at the Cebu City Sports Center marveled at Lumad Basakanon of Barangay Basak San Nicolas as they dominated the Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan 2025 on Sunday. Lumad ...