‘Extend IP claim period’
The House of Representatives passed on third and final reading a measure extending for another 20 years the period during ...
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52-MW hydro project gets FPIC
TABUK CITY, Kalinga—A tribal leader and barangay official have revealed the proposed 52-megawatt mini-hydroelectric project along the Chico River was ...
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DepEd: Put tribal customs to good use
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya —The regional director of the Department of Education in Cagayan Valley recently challenged indigenous peoples in the ...
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Kabayan IP folk reject hydropower plant along Agno
KABAYAN, Benguet—Indigenous peoples in the 13 barangays of this town voted to reject the proposal of the Aboitiz-owned Hydroelectric Development ...
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IP groups question selection process
BAGUIO CITY—Elders of the city-based Ivadoys, Kalanguyas and Kankanaeys are questioning the selection process done by the indigenous peoples groups ...
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Dispersal condemned
Lumads and other indigenous peoples from Mindanao gather Monday outside the gates of PNP national headquarters at Camp Crame in ...
Read more3,000 Mindanao folk gear for across-the-nation caravan Oct. 8
OVER 3,000 Moros and indigenous peoples from Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao will stage a nationwide caravan to Manila starting ...
Read moreFirm’s guards kill 3 IPs over Bukidnon land conflict
Cagayan de Oro City— A land conflict in Sumilao town in Bukidnon resulted in the murder of three indigenous peoples ...
Read moreIndigent students become college scholars
PAGADIAN CITY—Some 400 poor but deserving college students belong to the Indigenous Peoples from the Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi ...
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