(Quezon City, 24 September 2026) – 30 Indigenous leaders and rights advocates hailing from 12 provinces across the Philippines finished in a national paralegal training workshop focused on monitoring and documenting possible human rights violations from the impending roll-out of the 2026 Revised Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Guidelines, under the context of the country’s pursuit of developing Pax Silica critical minerals and advanced manufacturing corridors. “This n

(Quezon City, August 27, 2026) Legal and policy group Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) today raised the alarm over the signing of Executive Order (EO) No. 122 establishing a national policy framework for developing the country’s critical minerals industry. LRC warned that the policy contains contentious provisions that undermine public participation and social safeguards, and that link the country’s minerals policy to the national defense industry. “EO 122 open

Kami, mga delegado at taguyod ng Pambansang Pagtitipon ng 2026 State of Indigenous Peoples Address (SIPA), nagmumula sa labing-siyam (19) na tribu—Taboli Manobo, Dulangan Menubo, T’boli-Ubo, Blaan, Tëdurày, Lambangian, Manobo, Subanon, Erumanen ne Menuvu (vansa Kirinteken, Ilentungen, Sinemburanen, at Livunganen), Balatoc, Bontok, Ibaloy, Tuwali, Gaddang, Palaw’an, Tagbanwa, Ayta, Balangao-Lias, at Kankanaey —mula sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng Pilipinas, kumakatawan sa mga Tradisy