As the first senatorial candidate to visit Cabadbaran City in Mindanao, former senator Bam Aquino on Thursday, March 13, made a promise to be the voice for the rights of indigenous peoples and their ancestral domain if he wins another seat in Senate. CAMPAIGN TRAIL--Independent senatorial candidate...
A shepherd of soil and seas, Josefa Tauli, 29, grew up in the greenery-rich Cordillera alongside brave and wise women who molded the leader she is today. Indigenous Peoples (IPs), she said, have governed, managed, sustainably used, and conserved their territories for millennia. As an...
Senator Robin Padilla said on Monday, Feb. 17, that the "day of triumph" is near for Filipino Muslims, now that a bill ensuring the proper burial of Muslims in accordance with Islam is closer to becoming a law. Padilla stressed this as he noted House Bill 8925 - a "sister bill" of his Senate Bill...
DAVAO CITY – The Indigenous People’s group Timuay Justice and Governance hopes that the processing of their application for the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title would finally move forward after the recent signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the National Commission on...
DAVAO CITY – The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples has urged the public to be vigilant against a bogus group claiming to be the legitimate representative of indigenous peoples groups in the Caraga region. The NCIP issued the statement after a group called the Federal...
Two members of the Teduray Lambangian Indigenous Peoples tribe were killed in an ambush in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday afternoon. The fatalities were identified as Cita Angan, 39, and Ricky Tapioc, 30, residents of Barangay Mantao, Ampatuan. Angan was the wife of tribal...
DAVAO CITY – The Bangsamoro Parliament passed the long-awaited Bangsamoro Indigenous Peoples’ Act (BIPA) of 2024 on third and final reading during a special session on Dec. 10. The BIPA, also known as the Indigenous Peoples (IP) Code, was approved with 63 votes in favor, zero against, and...
DAVAO CITY – An Indigenous Peoples (IPs) rights advocacy group is seeing an increase in human rights violations against IPs across the country in the coming years amid the global boom on mining and development of renewable energy projects. INDIGENOUS women pound corn using a traditional method in...
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla has filed a bill seeking to provide Indigenous Peoples (IPs) a bigger share of revenues generated from natural resources within the territories of indigenous cultural communities. Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs,...
President Marcos has transferred the supervision of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to the Office of the President (OP). (Photo courtesy of NCIP) The transfer was made through Executive Order No. 71 (EO 71) dated Oct....
DAVAO CITY – A Indigenous Peoples delegation from the Philippines is set to join the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia next week to share an IP-led plan to help save key biodiversity areas in the country. DELEGATES...
A member of an Indigenous People's group was gunned down in Cotabato City on Monday, October 7. Police identified the victim as Jun Quimbo, 40, of Barangay Darugao, North Upi, Maguindanao del Norte. Investigation said Quimbo was with his wife and daughter at the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’...
