Sandugo

Every 10 years the indigenous people of the Philippines gather to participate in "SANDUGO" (Blood Pact)
A conference and festival that highlighted the struggles of the National Tribal Minorities. Held in the Quezon City Circle, 500 tribal leaders and their supporters discussed the Katutubu's struggle with ancestral domains rights, displacement, land grabbing, and Government Republic of the Philippines human rights abuses.

Human rights violations in this era of globalization continue to worsen.
In the case of indigenous people, ethnocide aggravates their situation. Ethnocide describes the very difficult situation of indigenous peoples due to development aggression, increased militarization, and heightened political repression. Backed by national laws and policies, development aggression led to the unprecedented plunder of ancestral territories and destruction of the environment and sources of livelihood of indigenous peoples. Large-scale mining, mega dams, and other extractive projects by corporate interests and the government are the main culprits.
Even with the passage of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), which the Philippine government boasts as landmark legislation in international forums, ethnocide continues. State terrorism and repression have been used to suppress the peoples' defense of their ancestral lands and territories resulting in the rising cases of violations of the civil and political rights of the people, especially indigenous peoples. This further intensified with the all-out support given by the Arroyo government to the terrorist US-led "global war on terror".

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[LakanTubol15]

more power to the tribes of our people!

[fightforspartly]

wag nyo hayaan ng tayuan ng golf ng mga koreano na yan ang lupa nyo,nung panahon ng mga amerikano di kau pinaki alaman,bkit itong mga koreano,eh ng hihimasok sa inyo,never,wag na wag,

[cpfrisco]

should be every year

[makabayanst2007]

sulong digmang bayan boykot nestle philipin e justice for ding fortuna

[angryperson83]

Every 10 years? Why such a long time gap?