Progressive indigenous partylist, KATRIBU together with KAHUGPONGAN SA LUMADNONG ORGANISASYON – Caraga and Kalumbay and Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas(KAMP) held a picket protest at the National Commission of Indigenous People (NCIP) to call for immediate action against militarization and the influx of destructive mining in CARAGA and northern Mindanao region.
According to Genasque Enriquez, a Manobo and Vice President of KATRIBU Partylist, “Since the influx of mining projects in our community and the start of militarization last 2011, the NCIP in our region didn’t provide assistance and welfare to the indigenous people who were forced to evacuate from their land.”
As of April 15, 2012 there are 351 families with about 1140 individuals from Brgy. Mahaba and Brgy. Puting Bato in Cabadbaran City; Manhumapay in Zapanta Valley, Brgy. Bangayan, Kitcharao, all in Agusan del Norte; Brgy. Ferlda in Alegria and Brgy. Camam-onan, Guigaquit, in Surigao del Norte have been staying in three different evacuation center in Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur
“Sadly, the government official and agency in the region have been denying the existence of these evacuees”, Mr. Enriques lamented. Read more…
And the government is for… whom, exactly?
The NCIP being useless is not exactly something new. Ask any member of any indigenous community about it and they’ll have plenty of things to say about the NCIP, most if not all of it would be in the negative.
I think government action wherever one may be, has always been prompted by media coverage and public outrage. The problem is that in the case of the indigenous people being displaced in Caraga and several other parts of the country, only the local media has been religiously reporting the news.
And this is why I lamented a few days ago on why a fist-fight between a columnist and a couple of celebrities in an airport had more coverage from the national media, than indigenous communities being uprooted by mining conglomerates in Caraga.
I really can’t understand how news items are evaluated in the national media nowadays. It seems that the boundaries between real news, gossips and scandals have been blurred. And some of our journalists can no longer distinguish one from the other.
It is in these moments when I thank God I no longer work in a newsroom. Otherwise, I would have earned the ire of many with how I view the stories they consider to be “news” items.
About Me
I'm a 19 year old stereotype she who looks emo,but hey that statement sucks. My hair is a hell of a punch knowing its been a year of experimentation, failed attempts to mimic Simon Simones of Nightwish. Only to end up a copycat of Lacey Sturn and worse, a chipmunk of the flop punk princess, Avril Lavigne.Its one great frustration being quoted a poser of some metal genius.
I love tattoos and piercings,shirts,pins,vans and pony,and rabid of CD compilation. Though you might disagree coz my feminine aura doesn't ooze this much.
I dissent flirting for damn reasons,esp unknown people so your call, we might need some thrash talk.
Apologies still, I'm a human and capable of sustaining serious conversations and yes I'm open for counseling. what the hell am i saying dude? laugh my ass off.
I'm supposedly studying but for unholy reasons, I decided to work as a consultant for a while and sometimes do ghost writing for my friends (hey, that's charity alright?haha) as means of getting in touch and keeping the knowledge as well.
A bit of my tribulation? I go to work 5days in a week,go home late night with the age privileged of not being scolded. My parents believe I'm already ripe brained so they let me be.
Some attention diverts are writing while listening to post hardcore and metal bands. In line with that, I prefer foreign better, but I still go to gigs once in a while(though that should have been once in a blue moon) be it underground or mainstream. i think that was as early as i was 16 years old.
My system radically denies alcohol and nicotine so its simple that I seem like an innocent she on a corner with a few colleagues and bros while taking photographs and observing. I don't want to mislead you so let me mention, I do not play any instruments nor sing. I'm not in a band nor in a group of insane whose who, i guess we are already clear with that.
Another fact, I do not favor the idiot box so my rest days are spent in reading. I don't read mushy "best seller soon to be major motion picture" novels nor crappy success tutorials rather essays,articles,blogs and pulp are my best buds. I do even read Filipino Contemporary and tabloids only to prove that I'm not a stateside lass.
by the way, regards to how i look, literally my eyes are graded so i basically cannot see you from afar. if you know me, don't bother to give a tap and I'd certainly be giving a chit chat.
I'm always sleepy, never you could see me hyped up in the morning. i yawn all the time and somehow rest on my desk but if that means I'm lazy, its how you see it.
A bit about my personal life? well i have this one true colleague by the pseudonym andy. we've been together for almost three years now and our infinite tale goes on. she is my brother in soul and in any other considerations, my sibling. the person you always have to refer on regards to how i'm doing and how i do for the past couple of years.
and my fam-ILY group with my mom janela, nieces phoebe,mantha,mars, katkat. and wait my two lovely daughters (good thing thy did not inherent my genes) paulene and sarah.
real family? youngest of the three sisters. no brothers. living good enough under the same roof for almost 28 years now (the years my parents are living together as a couple).
and yes, no one in the family likes my stuff and they always put them in the trash. but i insist on doing what i like. that's because i am psychopathic, at least almost far from being schizophrenic nor bi polar. kidding with the last statement though.
i mentioned a lot and this is seemingly an annoying piece of crap so i'd better cut myself off.
Last words? I'm not dead yet so obviously this piece of bio gets updated when my crazy mind beckons again.
-janianne
*by the way, if you are a blog fan give me a follow. and if you want to team up in writing just give me a beep and let's give it a shot.
also if you are an incubus fan. let me know. haha. we might get some boyd talk with my sibling (considered) jexel.
