Vicky Tauli Corpuz, chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples, on how multinational companies are blocking the passage of a U.N. document that would recognize the rights of indigenous peoples:
“[These firms] were against the declaration because they would like [to keep] their business interests in countries where indigenous peoples wanted to assert sovereign rights on their territories. They were afraid that the declaration would stop them from extracting the resources in indigenous peoples’ communities,” she said.
►Two state-owned corporations, the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) and the ridiculously named PSALM (for Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation), have not been paying their taxes to the province of Benguet. Sue them now. [Nordis]
►Typhoon kills three people, destroys one house, partially wrecks 13 other houses, and causes the evacuation of 3,000 Cordillerans. [Manila Times] ►The fact finding team formed to investigate alleged infra project anomalies finishes its probe. It will soon issue its report. [Manila Bulletin]
It’s always interesting to see what our artistic kailiyans are coming up with these days. And its good that they are uploading their masterpieces to the internets so we can appreciate them. The above illustrations are the work of an Igorot/Kankanaey artist who goes by the handle bratkokenka. You can see more of his work in deviantart, a community devoted to art. [Warning: Some images portray violence.]
We hope you already read our post about “those gallant Igorots” during World War II. And that you also watched the video documentary about some of these Igorot heroes. We plead guilty to prematurely judging the video but we don’t feel too bad (maybe just a bit hehe) because our critique prompted its producers to come to its defense and so we got to learn that the documentary is really more about the 66th Infantry Battalion.
Now, why are we digging back those old posts? Well it’s because they are related to this story about Major Dennis Molintas, Sr. — an Igorot World War II hero and the man who headed the 66th Infantry Battalion. Thanks to our good friend, Danilova Molintas for sharing this article with us.
