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...
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...
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...
Bayan Muna Party-list has filed a resolution urging the House Committee on Human Rights to investigate the shooting incident that interrupted Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) presidential candidate Leodegario "Ka Leody" De Guzman’s sortie last April 19. The PLM sortie in Bukidnon right before the...
Suffrage is a right by citizens and even Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are not excluded from this, giving them every right to be able to cast their vote in the May 2022 elections. Photo by Noel Pabalate According Section 1of Article V of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, as long as you're not...
Members of particular Filipino ethnic communities who are counting on the services of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) may expect better support from the national government under the potential leadership of presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson. In keeping with...
OLONGAPO CITY, Zambales— The Aetas tribe on Tuesday, April 19, endorsed the tandem of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan for president and vice president, respectively, citing their track records and experiences in honest public service. Aetas endorse the Leni-Kiko tandem in...
A consultation between leaders of indigenous people (IP) and presidential bet Leodegario “Ka Leody” De Guzman and members of the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) Senate slate in Barangay Butong, Quezon Municipality, Bukidnon province was rocked by gunfire on Tuesday, April 19. PLM statement...
ANTIPOLO CITY—As she signed a covenant with indigenous group 1Sambubungan here, promising to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their ancestral domain, Vice President Leni Robredo talked about her life’s work as a volunteer lawyer for indigenous people. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) inked a partnership with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to provide further assistance to the indigeous cultural communities (ICC) and indigenous peoples (IPs) for the registration and...
A total of 300 urban poor indigenous people (IPs) residing in Barangay San Manuel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan have benefited from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor’s (PCUP) Disaster Resilience Caravan, the Commission announced on Friday, March 18. The Disaster Resilience Caravan...
