Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP)

Another indigenous person has fallen to masked motorcycle-riding gunmen according to an indigenous peoples’ organization. “Worse, it is from the same family,” Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas spokesperson Piya Macliing Malayao said.

A group of indigenous peoples and environment activists staged protest at the Sofitel Plaza Hotel in Pasay City where a conference of mining investors was being held. Members of the Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) and Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment led the protest.

The protesters were ‘pushed out’ of the hotel lobby by security. The hotel security forcibly took the protesters’ placards and manhandled the protesters. “We are killed, mauled, harassed, and threatened in the grounds. This is nothing compared to the extent of human rights abuse we suffer because of mining,” Piya Malayao, KAMP spokeperson said.

In August 30 of this year, residents of Ansili and Zapanta Valley became aware of military presence in their farms.

On the morning of August 31 more troops from the 30th IB PA arrived in the vicinity and gunshots were heard soon after. This compelled community members to evacuate and on September 1, residents including children and teachers, brought but a few of their belongings and walked for more than 9 kilometers and sought shelter in Brgy. Canaway and Brgy. Bangayan. On September 2, a truck filled with military men was seen passing Brgy. Bangayan going to Zapanta. Two helicopters were heard firing towards the mountain areas of Zapanta and Ansili. Until present time, military movements continue in said communities.

At least 106 residents of Ansili and Zapanta Valley of Brgy. Bangayan, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte have been dislocated due to the ongoing military operations of the 402nd ID and 30th IB PA. 46 Mamanwa families and 60 families of peasant settlers left their community last September 1, 2011 and sought shelter in Brgy. Bangayan and Brgy. Canaway. Said residents were in evacuation just last May 26 to July 15, 2011 due to military operations and only returned when the military left their communities.

Following President Noynoy Aquino’s visit to China, militant indigenous peoples group Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) slam new mining contracts signed with Chinese mining corporations.

Kami, mga katutubong Agta, Alta, Kankana-ey, Ilongot, Igorot, at iba’t iba pang tribu sa probinsya ng Aurora ay nagpapahayag ng aming mahigpit na pagkakaisa upang ipaglaban ang aming mga kolektibong karapatan sa lupang ninuno at sa sariling pagpapasya.

Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamaan ng Pilipinas (KAMP), the national alliance of indigenous peoples in the Philippines, vehemently condemn the violations against the rights of the Blaan indigenous people in Sitio Dlumay and nearby communities in Barangay Upper Suyan in the Malapatan municipality of Sarangani.

August 9 is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples says Piya Macliing Malayao of Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP.) “The occasion is a grim one as human rights violations and ancestral land grabbing are rampant,” Malayao said.

"The right to self-determination is a right of all peoples," says Piya Macliing Malayao, spokesperson of Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP.) "The use, ownership, and control of our ancestral territories and resources found therein are an expression of that right."

KAMP expressed support to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's opposition to oil and gas exploration in what they pertain to as the 'Bangsamoro Homeland,' asserting that genuine economic development should be "geared towards uplifting the Bangsamoro people from their current impoverished state." The MILF also assailed the privatization of the Agus and Pulangi Hydropower Complex in Central Mindanao.