Sacred Land

Apu Mamalu Burial Site Listed as National Cultural Treasure

whit — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:22:09 +0100

Manila, Philippines – The National Museum is now finalizing the declaration of Apu Mamalu Burial in the tribal Barangay of Mikasili, Damulog, Bukidnon as a National Cultural Treasure. “It’s on the 3rd of our list for approval after Maribojoc Church of Bohol, and Manila Metropolitan Theater in Manila” an update made by Angel Bautista, Curator from the National Museum today to LRC-KsK. Maribojoc Church and Metropolitan Theater are classified as important cultural property as enshrined in the R.A.

Lumads seek help from Government Historical & Museum Institutes

whit — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:55:22 +0000

Manila – The recent industrial developments in areas of Mindanao have endangered the lives and the very existence of various tribes in Mindanao, especially for the Manobo tribe in Bukidnon. Located in the area of Barangay Mikasili, Damulog, Bukidnon, is the centuries old sacred burial site of Apo Mamalu, the supreme ancestor of the Manobo, T’duray and other Lumad tribes in Mindanao. He was the brother of Apo Tabunaway, the ancestor of the Moro tribes.

According to oral traditions, Tabunaway and Mamalu were Manobo brothers.

A Joint Position Paper on the Proposed Mindoro Nickel Project by Intex Resources

Kailash — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:32:11 +0100

For the record, the underlined signatories manifest our vehement objection to the resolute attempts of Intex Resources to proceed with the operational phase of the mining project, despite the long-standing opposition of the local government units, the Church and the civil society groups both in Oriental and Occidental Mindoro.

We fully support and enforce our provincial mining moratorium calling for a stop to the conduct of public hearing in view of completing the EIA process to secure the Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) that Intex needs to commence the environmentally-critical pr