{"id":232656,"date":"2019-09-27T23:11:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T03:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=232656"},"modified":"2019-09-27T23:11:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T03:11:01","slug":"reds-kill-ips-who-support-govt-projects-tribal-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/27\/reds-kill-ips-who-support-govt-projects-tribal-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds kill IPs who support gov\u2019t projects: tribal leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-232656 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/27\/reds-kill-ips-who-support-govt-projects-tribal-leaders\/0-02-06-1923a114448c81d75c70fe4ba7eb0790aec657968b1c32aef542a1f0f0b7ac2e8ef94203\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/0-02-06-1923a114448c81d75c70fe4ba7eb0790aec657968b1c32aef542a1f0f0b7ac2e8ef94203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-232658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/0-02-06-1923a114448c81d75c70fe4ba7eb0790aec657968b1c32aef542a1f0f0b7ac2e8ef94203.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/0-02-06-1923a114448c81d75c70fe4ba7eb0790aec657968b1c32aef542a1f0f0b7ac2e8ef94203-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-232658'>\n\t\t\t\tFILE: BREAKING THEIR SILENCE. Bae Magdalina Iligan, former New People&#8217;s Army member, shares her experiences as a fund collector for the communist terrorist group. Iligan, of the Mamanwa-Manobo tribe, said the NPA forces indigenous peoples to reject government infrastructure and social development projects or be killed. (Photo courtesy of PCOO Office of Global Media Affairs via PNA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/27\/reds-kill-ips-who-support-govt-projects-tribal-leaders\/ip2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-232660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip2.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-232660'>\n\t\t\t\tFILE: Bae Matumpis Anna Crisostomo shares how the CPP-NPA-NDF hinders the development of their community. (Photo courtesy of PCOO Office of Global Media Affairs via PNA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/27\/reds-kill-ips-who-support-govt-projects-tribal-leaders\/ip3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-232661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip3.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ip3-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-232661'>\n\t\t\t\tFILE: Leaders of indigenous peoples group from Mindanao hold a dialogue with the Filipino community in Berlin, Germany on Sept. 26, 2019. (Photo courtesy of PCOO Office of Global Media Affairs via PNA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>BERLIN, Germany<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Tribal leaders from Mindanao said communist terrorist groups are killing tribal leaders who avail of much-needed government support.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting with the Filipino community here on Thursday, Bae Magdalina Iligan of the Mamanwa-Manobo tribe said the Communist Party of the Philippines &#8211; New People&#8217;s Army &#8211; National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) is forcing Indigenous Peoples (IPs) to reject government infrastructure and social development projects, as anyone who supports them gets killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy uncle, who was a datu of our tribe, decided to request an infrastructure project for our community and got killed by the terrorist group,\u201d she added. \u201cThey even demanded for a percentage from the project funds of the development to happen in our community. They\u2019re demanding for millions of pesos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iligan, who was also a former NPA member, said they created the group of tribal leaders to go to Europe with the goal of<\/p>\n<p>exposing all the lies made by the CPP-NPA about their community.<\/p>\n<p>She said she wants to cut the communist terrorists\u2019 large financing source from international donor organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was still with the NPA, I was the one who collects the donations, so I know where most of the funds are coming from,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd we are here to tell you everything, what has been happening to our community and help us spread the truth&#8230; We are here not because we want to ask you money. We are here to ask your help. This is our chance to expose the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bae Matumpis Anna Crisostomo of the Ovu-Monuvo tribe said the NPA bans government projects and welfare assistance programs from entering their tribal communities, which hinders development in their area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPA says that the government is our enemy and we should not follow their rules, but it\u2019s the other way around,\u201d Crisostomo said.<\/p>\n<p>Langilan-Manobo tribe\u2019s Datu Nestor Apas said they have badly wanted to access government support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it our fault to not listen to the CPP-NPA because we want development in our community?\u201d Apas said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the communist terrorist groups also seize government welfare support for themselves, and are not distributed to the IP communities.<\/p>\n<p>The tribal leaders are seeking the international community\u2019s help to support the IPs directly through the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), to stop the funneling of funds into illicit activities by some front communist international organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The NCIP was created by virtue of Republic Act 8371 to recognize, protect, and promote the rights of indigenous cultural communities.\u00a0<em><strong>(PCOO PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN, Germany\u00a0&#8212; Tribal leaders from Mindanao said communist terrorist groups are killing tribal leaders who avail of much-needed government support. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":232658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232656"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232663,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232656\/revisions\/232663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}