Philippine Task Force News Today

The Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world for environmental activists. At least 281 environmental defenders and indigenous land rights advocates were killed in the country between 2012 and 2022. Many had been smeared as communist sympathisers.

Typhoons are getting stronger, the mountain range and communities are under threat from destructive activities, and indigenous peoples are becoming more vulnerable to climate change

Twenty-six years after the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 or Republic Act 8371, Indigenous Peoples (IP) in the Philippines remain under attack, the Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights (TFIPR) said. The group is blaming the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) for allegedly failing to promote IP rights—sometimes

THE Court of Appeals (CA) has issued a writ of habeas corpus directing the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to bring before it indigenous peoples’ (IP) rights activists Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” de Jesus and Dexter Capuyan, who were believed to be victims…

The petitioners name AFP chief of staff General Andres Centino, PNP chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr., and CIDG chief Brigadier General Romeo Caramat Jr. as respondents

'Surface Dexter and Bazoo. Surface all the desaparecidos!'

On April 24, two organizers from BALATIK (Bond and Strength of Indigenous Peoples in Southern Tagalog), Mary Joyce Lizada and Arnulfo Aumentado, went missing while doing field work in relation to a series of shelling by the Philippine Military in ...

The Commission on Human Rights urges law enforcers to 'maximize and exhaust all efforts in the search' for Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil de Jesus

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has urged the government to "exhaust all efforts" to locate two activists who have "disappeared" for more than two weeks.

A court in Abra has junked the rebellion charges filed against seven activists who were tagged by the military as communist rebels.