The new and enhanced Land Sector Development Framework and Roadmap (LSDF) 2019-2040 for efficient and effective land management in the country is getting the much-needed boost. Together with the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) and German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Department of Environment…
UNITY. Indigenous people leaders call for unity to uphold the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) leadership and to protect Republic Act 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples Reform Act (IPRA) during a press conference at the Hotel DreamWorld in Quezon City on Tuesday (Feb. 7, 2023). IPRA created the NCIP in 1997. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon) MANILA - Leaders of the indigenous peoples (IPs) in Mindanao called for unity to preserve the gains achieved by the government in protecting the IPs through Republic Act 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples Reform Act (IPIRA) that created the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in 1997. In a press conference at Hotel Dreamworld in Quezon City on Tuesday, the Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Council of Elders and Leaders (MIPCEL) and the Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Youth Organization (MIPYO) said the gains of government and the liberation of ancestral domains from the claws of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-Nat
MANILA-The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) will conduct a multi-stakeholder information forum with the theme: "MWSS Water Security: A Closer Look into the Kaliwa Dam Project (KDP)," to be held on Wednesday at the MWSS Multi-Purpose Hall. In a statement, the MWSS said the objective of the information forum is to explain the following: Big picture of the New Centennial Water Source-KDP (NCWS-KDP); MWSS Water Supply Infrastructure Roadmap. The best options that will ensure water security for mega Manila as developed by the MWSS and its concessionaires; and Whole-of-government approach to water security and environmental governance. The MWSS is launching the information forum in the hopes that it will provide key stakeholders, specifically the public, with the information they need to make well-informed decisions about the KDP and assure them that the risks have been adequately mitigated and that the benefits outweigh the risks. The guests of honor are De
National Security Adviser (NSA) Clarita Carlos announced on Saturday, Jan. 14, her resignation from the Cabinet of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos (File photo courtesy of Senate PRIB)
“I have realized that it is no longer politic to continue a