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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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 23:26:05 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — When the Japanese army tore through Manila during World War II, Petronila Muñoz’s tribespeople, the Aeta Hungey, took a fabled American soldier to the green slopes of Sapang Kawayan in Tarlac province.
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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:18:21 +0000
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) on Tuesday repeated its April 15 advisory that warned the public against the group Federal Tribal Government of the Philippines (FGTP), which claimed to represent the Lumad.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 09:07:02 +0000
The construction of tunnels at Kalinga province for the China-funded Chico Pump Irrigation Project has been allowed to continue
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 21:38:39 +0000
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) is not suspending construction of the China-financed Chico River Pump Irrigation Project
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 23:22:34 +0000
BAGUIO CITY, BENGUET, Philippines — Work on the Chinese-financed Chico River Pump Irrigation Project should be suspended because the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and its Chinese contractor have not been issued a certification that they obtained the consent of affected tribes in Kalinga province, a committee of the Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC) said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:22:50 +0000
TABUK CITY — The Chinese contractor of the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project that is being constructed on ancestral domains has failed to get the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of affected communities, according to the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in Kalinga province.
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