HAPPENING LATER: IPs from Bugsuk Palawan will share their narratives in "Sambilog Balik Bugsuk: Laban Para sa Karapatan, Kalikasan, at Lupang Sinilangan," a TALAB session organized By Ateneo Para sa Bugsuk at ISO Conference Rooms 5 & 6, 8:00 to 10:00 AM | via @Ash_TheGUIDON…
HAPPENING NOW: IPs from Bugsuk, Palawan will share their narratives in "Sambilog Balik Bugsuk: Laban Para sa Karapatan, Kalikasan, at Lupang Sinilangan," a TALAB session organized By Ateneo Para sa Bugsuk at ISO Conference Rooms 5 & 6 | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
A "Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" documentary on armed men harassing and opening fire at local residents of Marihangin Island, Palawan is being screened. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Representatives of Sambilog’s Balik Bugsuk Movement and the Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) are in Ateneo to campaign for the IPs’ battle to reclaim their 10,821-hectare ancestral domain in Balabac, Bugsuk, Palawan, (1/2) | via @Ash_TheGUIDON…
which have been relentlessly land grabbed by San Miguel Corporation for its proposed Bugsuk Island eco-tourism development project. (2/2) | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
PAKISAMA National Coordinator Socrates Banzuela says that the forcible eviction of IPs and development aggression in Palawan dates back to the martial law regime and is a matter of transitional justice. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
He states that from the initial 11,000 hectares seized in 1974 by San Miguel Corporation's former CEO Danding Cojuangco, a Marcos crony, the conglomerate is now expanding its hold in the "last frontier." | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
PAKISAMA Advocacy Officer Rene Cerilla presents a Map of Southern Palawan, including the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title application area of the Molbog people in Marihangin, a 7-kilometer long sandbar. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Alham Tahil, a resident of Marihangin, boasts of the island's abundant natural resources. He says that in a year, the 130 remaining families earn around 150 million from selling agar-agar (seaweed), dried fish, and other sea catches. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Tahil is one of the many victims of violence in the island, as he was threatened to be beaten by a boat paddle and was chased out of their traditional fishing ground by the armed men. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Recalling the firing incident on June 29, Rustyene Leoncio shares that he first noticed the presence of armed men along the shores while he was peacefully playing with the children. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
SAMBILOG Member Tarahata Pelayo declares, "Hindi naman sa kanila [San Miguel] 'yang lupa." She states that their livelihood has been impeded by the presence of the security personnel sent by the corporation to roam the island. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
According to Pelayo, they travelled all the way to Manila to continue the struggle for ownership of their land. SAMBILOG members collectively urge the audience to engage in dialogue, sign petitions, and show solidarity to the cause. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
SAMBILOG members perform “Awit Para sa Bugsuk.” They sing in chorus, “Hanggang kamatayan, sa amin ang isla.” (Until death, the island is ours.) | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Banzuela asserts, “Itong nangyayari sa Bugsuk, hindi ito isolated.” (What is happening in Bugsuk is not an isolated case.) He adds that PAKISAMA is a member of Land Matrix, an independent initiative monitoring land acquisitions worldwide. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON…
Banzuela recognizes that San Miguel products and services are virtually everywhere. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Hence, he says that it is their primary target to appeal to the President to reverse the Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary’s order excluding Bugsuk from the coverage of the comprehensive agrarian reform. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Mel Bundac delivers his message. He remembers the time Cojuangco surveyed the island in 1974, which was followed by the mass displacement of indigenous residents. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
An audience member asks about the aftermath of the incident. In response, Leoncio says that despite it being caught on camera, they could not do anything because they don't have a lawyer. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Moreover, he says that the local government in Balabac, Palawan did not extend assistance to the community. | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
The Certificates of Appreciation are presented to the speakers. Their shirts read, "Amin ang Bugsuk, Hindi Sa San Miguel." (Bugsuk is Ours, Not San Miguel’s.) | via @Ash_TheGUIDON #TALABIntegralEcology
Four more sessions of the "Sambilog Balik Bugsuk" event will be held in the same venue today. That concludes our coverage of the first session. Thank you for joining us! #TALABIntegralEcology
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