Pursuant to Proclamation No. 250 signed on April 20, 1998, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) will be celebrating Cultural Communities Week from July 10 until July 16. Cultural Communities Week 2022 (Image courtesy of NCIP) By virtue of this proclamation, the Cultural Communities...
QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's government and Indigenous leaders signed a deal Thursday that would cut fuel prices and end cost-of-living protests that largely paralyzed the country for 18 straight days. The president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities in Ecuador (Conaie), Leonidas Iza...
The Fred Hollows Foundation conducted an on-site eye screening and community visit for an Indigenous Peoples (IPs) community in Barangay Tongko Tayabas City, Quezon on Tuesday, June 21. (NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CALABARZON) In a Facebook post of the National Commission on...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) - Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) released a statement on Monday, June 13 saying that they did not allow the way traditional "bahag" or G-string was worn in a male pre-pageant competition. (NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES...
Embattled Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu, 31, former member of K-pop boy band EXO, has been put on trial for rape and leading a crowd to engage in promiscuous activities in Beijing, China. The Beijing Chaoyang People's Court announced on June 10 that “defendant Wu Yifan’s rape, gathering for...
The streets of Pasig truly are for the people as the City Transport Development and Management Office (CTDMO) named five roads that will be closed to vehicular traffic on certain times during the weekend starting on Sunday, June 12, coinciding with the nationwide celebration of Independence Day....
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on June 3 to promote the creation of special economic zones in ancestral lands. National Commission on Indigenous Peoples website The MOA signing was...
The indigenous Aeta groups Ayta Mag-Indi and Ayta Mag-Antsi in Pampanga on May 31, have formally received their Certificate of Ancestral Domain Titles (CADT) with a total land area of 18,660 hectares. (National Commission on Indigenous Peoples website) The IP groups have waited 13 years for the...
Vice President Leni Robredo, through her official Facebook page, asked supporters to be wary of social media groups claiming to be the official Angat Buhay NGO account. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo from VPLR Media Bureau) “Paalala po sa lahat na tumutok lamang sa VP Leni Robredo Page para...
Comelec/MB More than 40,000 indigenous people voted during the recent national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said. Based on the partial data of Comelec as of May 14, a total 40,319 indigeneous people participated in the general elections last May 9. The figure...
Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo, has filed a cyber libel case against a Manila-based news organization for the supposed intentional publishing of a defamatory news article against him and the Vice President. Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s campaign has been volunteer-driven with supporters spending their own money and time campaigning for her, but at its heart are the youth who have been relentless in converting as many voters as possible for her. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of VPLR...
