Bangladeshi tribals demand justice for killings

Hundreds of people Sunday staged protests in several districts in the northwest of Bangladesh to demand justice for four tribal laborers murdered earlier this month.

Firm denies harassing tribal communities

A company that operates a palm oil plantation in Misamis Oriental yesterday denied land grabbing and harassment charges by tribal communities of Tingalan and Bagocboc in Opol town.

People flee as armed clash intensifies

At least 150 people, most of them children, were forced to flee a remote village in Agusan del Sur province in Mindanao Tuesday as a battle between government troops and communist guerrillas intensified.

Priest to donate prize to protect ancestral domains

Father Edwin Gariguez, the Filipino Catholic priest who recently won the prestigious “Goldman Environmental Prize” for helping tribal communities fight against mining companies, said he will use the $150,000 (around P6.4 million) prize he received to help protect the ancestral domains of indigenous peoples.

India’s policy on minority admissions ‘unfair’

A Christian group in Madhya Pradesh has threatened legal action against the state government for making the online admission process for minority higher educational institutions mandatory.

Tribals occupy ‘promised land’

Frustrated members of a tribal community on Boracay Island today seized a piece of land promised to them by the government.

Priest wins environment award

A Catholic priest has won a Goldman Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for environmental campaigners.

Tribal body approves mining operations

The government’s National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Wednesday approved drilling operations by a mining company on contested tribal land in the northern Philippine province of Benguet.

Nepal parish ordains first Oraon priest

The country’s first tribal Oraon priest was ordained Wednesday in Damak parish in a ceremony overseen by Apostolic Vicar Bishop Anthony Sharma and concelebrated by around two dozen priests.

Food crisis hits Bangladesh hill tribes

THOUSANDS of tribal people are facing starvation in the remote southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts as an acute food shortage resulting from poor crop yields and low prices begins to bite.

Displaced tribes demand land back

FAMILIES displaced by fighting between government troops and communist rebels in Agusan and Surigao provinces have called for the immediate withdrawal of armed groups from their ancestral lands.

Indonesian diocese reaches out to tribal people

FOUR years ago Banjarmasin diocese in Indonesia’s South Kalimantan province made evangelizing Dayak tribal people living in the Meratus Mountains a priority.

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