Manila (May 10)Ang kagalakan ng mga katutubong Mangyan na bomoto sa kauna-unahang automated election ay napalitan ng dismaya ng makaranas ng diskriminasyon at samut-saring problema na dulot nito.Dinagsa ng ibat-ibang ulat ng reklamo ang opisina ng KATRIBU Partylist mula sa mga pollwatchers at volunteers nito mula sa ibat-ibang komunidad.

Ayon Kay Nelson Mallari, Secretary General ng KATRIBU Partylist, “Nakababahala ang mga ulat na natatanggap namin. Samut-sari ang mga insidente ng pandaraya at iregularidad ang aming natatanggap mula sa ibat ibang lugar ng mga katutubo.” Read more »

Indigenous peoples' party KATRIBU, was aghast over the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow presidential son Mikey Arroyo to represent the security guards as a representative of Ang Galing Partylist (AGP).

According to Nelson Mallari, KATRIBU secretary general, “The Comelec's decision is a defeat on the true essence of the partylist system. The partylist system is meant to facilitate participation of marginalized sectors and should not be used to serve selfish interests such as the Arroyos.” Read more »

QUEZON CITY -- "Gusto naming ng kapani-paniwalang eleksyon, ayaw na namin patagalin pa si Arroyo sa posisyon” ayon sa lider ng grupo ng mga katutubo mula sa KATRIBU partylist. “Maaring manatili si Arroyo sa poder kung hindi matutuloy ang eleksyon sa Lunes o kung mabibigo ang automated elections system,” aniya.

Habang iginigiit ng Comelec na tuloy ang eleksyon sa Mayo 10, nangangamba ang KATRIBU Partylist na hindi kayang garantiyahan ng Comelec na wala nang depekto ang mga cards na ipapalit, at kayang maihatid ng Smartmatic sa iba”t ibang clustered precints sa takdang oras ang 76,300 compact flash (CF) cards na kapalit ng naunang depektibong CF cards na naipakalat. Read more »

Davao City --- Leaders of Katribu Partylist turned over to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the Crocodile Center a 1 year – old Hawk Eagle found by one of Katribu members yesterday (May 6).

Members of Katribu Partylist from Paquibato immediately reported to leaders of Katribu Partylist, who happened to be in the area, that a Hawk Eagle has been found and an informal turn-over program was held. Read more »

Manila(May 5)—Nearly capping off their nationwide campaign, a colorful caravan of indigenous peoples and supporters of KATRIBU Partylist made rounds in Manila, injecting an ethnic flavor to the campaigns in the nation’s capital.

A dose of indigenous culture to passersby, KATRIBU Partylist gave brief performances during stops at their caravan. The Dulaang Iglap or flash performances were a good way of getting urbanites to stop and listen, the group said. “In Manila where indigenous culture is not commonplace, we are able to get people’s attention and hopefully their votes as well,” Nelson Mallari, an Aeta and KATRIBU secretary general, said Read more »

BAGUIO CITY (May 6, 2010) – KATRIBU Partylist is alarmed over the failure of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines in Abra province and nationwide, and calls on all voters to be ever vigilant over the impending failure of the Automated Election System (AES). Furthermore, KATRIBU is urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reconsider its decision regarding the manual counting of votes which it had earlier shelved. Read more »

BAGUIO CITY (May 3, 2010) – KATRIBU Partylist joins the nation and the world in hailing the media community for becoming the voice of the downtrodden, the voiceless and the undaunted at a time when our other freedoms are being sacrificed in the name of “praise releases” and “achievements” of a regime seeking recognition. Read more »

Davao City --- A thousand-strong delegation of Lumads from KATRIBU Partylist coming from various ethnolinguistic groupings in Region XI , XI and XIII trooped to Davao City as they held its Cultural Meeting De Avance here today, nine days before the May 10 elections.

Wearing their traditional clothes and waving Katribu flags, the lumads marched from three points in the city --- NCCC Mall Matina, R. Castillo, and Magsaysay then the three groups converged at Freedom Park. The participants are indigenous peoples from Malabog, Paquibato, Tugbok, Marilog, and Calinan in Davao City; Talaingod and Sto. Tomas in Davao Del Norte; Maragusan and Monkayo in Compostela Valley; Sta Cruz, Davao del Sur; Arakan, North Cotobato; Lingig, Surigao Sur; and Cogonon, Trento in Agusan Sur. Read more »

DAVAO CITY (April 29, 2010) -- Lumad leaders called the Philippine justice system inutile and discriminatory for as long as the members of the Philippine Armed forces remain as principal instruments of fascism and terror by the Arroyo government. This, as more than 100 lumads seeking for justice for the murder of their slain leaders and other victims of political killings held a protest-cum-ritual at the 10th Infantry Division Headquarters at Camp Panacan today.

“They call the traditional lumad justice system as backward and ignorant, but the bloody killings committed against leaders and persons of integrity and staunch principles of truth is a crime against humanity and justice itself,” said Diolito Diarog, KATRIBU Davao City Coordinator and nephew of the late Datu Diarog. Read more »

KATRIBU Partylist writes in reaction to the photo caption of Hon. Satur Ocampo on April 26, 2010 in page A2 of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. In the said photo, Hon. Ocampo was shown wearing the Igorot G-string. Its caption – ANYTHING FOR VOTES: Senatorial Candidate Satur Ocampo, wearing traditional G-String and Igorot headdress, campaigns in Burnham Park, Baguio City. Read more »

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QUEZON CITY – KATRIBU Partylist questioned the military’s “neutrality” as expressed by its chief of staff when he was installed into office, with officers and men in uniform doing otherwise.

KATRIBU lately called the attention of both the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) over the spate of black propaganda both policemen and soldiers in several indigenous peoples’ communities have reportedly been launching. Read more »

Davao City(April 22) --- 118 torches will be lit around the Freedom Park in a tribute to the nation’s 118 ethnolinguistic tribes who serve as the guardians and stewards of the Earth.

In today’s commemoration of the 40th Earth Day, more than 118 lumads clad in their traditional attire together with environmental advocates will hold a symbolic action for unity in advancing stronger environmental protection. Read more »