Indigenous peoples condemn land-grabbing, violence in the name of ’development’

Indigenous peoples condemn land-grabbing, violence in the name of ’development’

The forum, organized by the Indigenous advocates and church groups, highlighted what they called the continuing plunder of ancestral lands under the Marcos Jr. administration, a policy they said is masked by the rhetoric of progress and modernization. By Helaena Rhyne PontillasBulatlat.com MANILA – “They call it development, but it means displacement.” said Almirah Lidasan of the Moro-Christian Peoples Alliance. Her statement reflects the sentim…