Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:08:30 +0000
A town in Mountain Province is questioning a government rule mandating an indigenous Filipino representative in all local councils.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2019 21:04:16 +0000
After years of struggling for the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs), Manobo tribeswoman Eufemia Cullamat from Surigao del Sur
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 23:21:03 +0000
(Editor’s Note: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, a Kankanaey native from the Philippines, is the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the former chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.) The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL) and has called for its yearlong […]
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 02:57:59 +0000
It’s high time to amend the law on mendicancy, if National Capital Region Police Office Chief Director Guillermo Eleazar is to be believed.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 02:26:37 +0000
More than 1,000 members of indigenous groups who traveled to Metro Manila for the holiday season have been rescued since December 11, according to data from NCRPO.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 01:20:01 +0000
A total of 937 indigenous people who traveled to Metro Manila to ask for alms during the holiday season have been rescued from the streets, the NCRPO said.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 01:35:01 +0000
A total of 937 indigenous people who traveled to Metro Manila to ask for alms during the holiday season have been rescued from the streets, the NCRPO said.
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