In July 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte declared during a televised news conference that indigenous Lumad schools were “teaching children to rebel against the government” and warned them that he will… Continue reading "The demonisation of indigenous schools continues"
In an event organized by the Auckland-Philippines Solidarity and the Catholic Justice & Peace Commission, I had the chance of listening to Lumad activists who were visiting New Zealand to… Continue reading "Lumad Activists to New Zealand: “Help Us Stop the War Against Lumad Schools”"
When Dr. Jose Rizal declared that “the youth are the future of the Fatherland”, he envisioned that the future generations of Filipinos would be the caretakers of the country he… Continue reading "The Importance of Student Activism"
