The Aklan provincial board has warned that the killing of the spokesperson of the Ati tribe on Boracay Island could spur more violence on the popular island-resort if the crime is not solved quickly.
The sound of budyong (conch shells) blared repeatedly as the white casket on bamboo poles was carried on the shoulders of Ati tribe members along the main road of Boracay.
Dexter Condez had learned to fight for his rights at a young age. When he was in Grade 4, he stopped going to school because he was teased and bullied by his classmates for being an Ati. Articulate and passionate, he believed that a person’s worth is not measured by the color of the skin.
The three Ati tribal leaders of Boracay Island just came from a meeting with nuns about 9 p.m. on Friday to prepare for Mass on Sunday and discuss the beautification of their community.
Freshly Tumanon and Roberto Castel would be among the hundreds of performers in the Ati tribe presentation today in Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival.
The government has barred three people from developing a beach-front property that is part of the Atis’ ancestral land on world-famous Boracay island.
The three claimants of a piece of land on the island resort of Boracay that has been awarded to the Ati tribe are barred from building any structures on the property.
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has issued a writ of possession for the Ati tribe on Boracay Island over their ancestral land in the world-famous resort.
Ati tribe members in Boracay on Thursday resisted what they said was an attempt to stop them from occupying ancestral land that had been titled to them in the resort island.
ILOILO CITY—The Ati tribe in Boracay Island would not be removed from the ancestral land that they occupied on Tuesday even without a writ of possession, according to Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo. But Robredo directed local officials to implement “status quo” and prevent structures from being built by the tribe or anyone else on the [...]
Before the sun rose on Tuesday, the Ati tribe of Boracay Island occupied the land titled to their community in what they hope would be the end to decades of struggle to have a home in the world-famous resort.
BORACAY ISLAND—Members of the Ati community who were awarded land by the government five months ago on Boracay Island, the country’s top tourist destination, could still not occupy the property due to the resistance of claimants. The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is still hearing a petition for injunction filed by the Ati people [...]
