The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), through Ethnographic Commissioner for Central Mindanao Bo-i Jennifer Pia Sibug-Las, turned over its Project Epanaw’s Three (3) Coffee Table Books (CTBs) to Consul General Neil Frank Ferrer at 447 Sutter Street, 6th Floor, Philippine Center Building, San Francisco, California last 09 December 2021.…
NCIP approves ANI project with Bagobos By James A. Lpyola The rice and corn production project of AgriNurture Inc. (ANI), in partnership with the Unified Bagobo Tagabawa Tribe (UBTT) of Davao del Sur and North Cotabato, has been approved by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) - Re
AgriNurture Inc., a company chaired by businessman Antonio Tiu, has obtained the green light from the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples – Region XI for its rice-corn production project.
(Photo courtesy of PNP) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) joined forces with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and two non-government organizations to institutionalize effective and culturally sensitive IPs desks in all police offices nationwide as parts of efforts to advance their welfare. The police force signed two memoranda of agreement (MOA) with the NCIP and the International Youth Fellowship (IYF) Philippines, in partnership with the International Mind Education Institute (IMEI), in a ceremony in Camp Crame on Monday. Signatories to the MOA were deputy chief for administration Lt. Gen. Joselito Vera Cruz, NCIP chair Allen Capuyan, and Rev. Kyung Hyun Nam, who represented the IYF and IMEI. "As duty-bearers and public servants, the PNP has a great responsibility to ensure that the human rights and human dignity of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) remain upheld, protected, and respected in the enforcement of laws. Because of their vulnerability, they hav
(Photo courtesy ofNCIP-Nueva Vizcaya) ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya - The Isinai indigenous people here finally got their Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) covering more than 11,000 hectares after almost 15 years of waiting. The approved CADT has total a land area of 11,586.4091 hectares covering 16 barangays of Aritao town, a barangay of Dupax Del Sur town, and a portion of Barangay Mauan in Bambang town, all in Nueva Vizcaya, lawyer Roderick Iquin, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples-Nueva Vizcaya acting provincial officer told the Philippine News Agency on Friday. NCIP chair Allen Capuyan and other commissioners, in a full-court session, earlier deliberated and approved the title with 20 Isinai leaders led by head petitioner Edgar Llowelyn Daniel. "With the undying vision of the community, the waiting is over and the journey has just begun for the Isinai indigenous cultural communities of Aritao in Nueva Vizcaya. Their grassroot struggles and sacrifices were significan