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Surface James Balao Now!

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Updated July 1, 2009

CPA Founding Member and Oclupan Clan Association President James M. Balao, 47 years old. Abducted by military intelligence and security units at Lower Tomay, La Trinidad, Benguet on September 17, 2008.

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	LEPANTO: SHATTERING THE MYTH OF SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE MINING New
	DIDIGRA ITI MANKAYAN, SAAN LANG NGA GAPUANAN ITI FAULTLINE New
	JORIS SMEETS LAUNCHES BOOK ON THE CORDILLERA New
	ENOUGH OF THE DISASTERS! SAVE MANKAYAN FROM FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION! New
	STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY OF THE GLOBAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES NETWORK TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF PERU
	TTU-CPA: PEOPLE POWER AGAINST CHARTER CHANGE NOW!
	[KMU CORDILLERA] STOP STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM IN THE WORKPLACE!
	MANKAYAN COMMUNITY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE PULLOUT OF 50th INFANTRY BATTALION
	STATEMENT OF THE ASIAN IP CAUCUS ON AGENDA NO. 6 TO THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH UNPFii SESSION
	STATEMENT OF THE CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE ON INDIGENOUS WOMEN MIGRANTS PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH UNPFii SESSION
	STATEMENT OF THE CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE ON THE MARGINALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN URBAN AREAS AND THE CARIÑO DOCTRINE OF NATIVE TITLE PRESENTED AT THE EIGHTH UNPFii SESSION
	STATEMENT OF THE CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE ON AGENDA NO. 3a (Economic and Social Development) ON THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES [UNPFii]
	GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE ASIAN INDIGENOUS CAUCUS ON THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES [UNPFii] on Agenda 3a (EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILTY)
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Residents of Aurora community are now evacuating as a result of the continuing massive land subsidence in Mankayan, Benguet. Long years of Lepanto Mining's underground large mining operations has created mazes of tunnels underground has been causing land subsidence as early as the 1970's, the worse cases were in 2009.

The Tongtongtan Ti Umili-Cordillera Peoples Alliance headed the Baguio City people's action against the Constituent Assembly last June 10. This was attended by students, teachers, various churches and seminaries and organizations such as the Magdalo Group. Photos courtesy of Noel Godinez

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers in Metro Baguio launched a series of activities under the theme Building our Commitment Towards Transformative Education, and calling for the P9,000 salary increase demand. Photos courtesy of AK Riva/ACT Metro Baguio

CPA delegates at the UNPFii. Left photo shows CPA leaders in a picket rally at the US Embassy on the Visiting Forces Agreement. Right photo shows CPA with other Cordillera delegates, indigenous peoples' rights advocates after the workshop on extractive industries and indigenous peoples.

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