THE Obu-Manuvu Unified Ancestral Domain Tribal Council of Elders and Leaders conferred the name Bae Mahumanoy to Department of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco during investiture procedures at the Kadayawan Tribal Village during the 38th Kadayawan Festival in Davao City on Friday, August 18.
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
(Photo courtesy of Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Council of Elders and Leaders) DAVAO CITY The Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Council of Elders and Leaders (MIPCEL) expressed elation Tuesday over the death of Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA) leader Jorge Madlos alias 'Ka Oris' they referred to as the "butcher" of the IP's in Mindanao. Madlos was killed together with a fellow rebel, in an encounter in a mountainous area in Impasugong, Bukidnon on Oct. 30 "MIPCEL is happy to inform our constituents of the news that Ka Jorge Madlos aka Ka Oris is dead. He is eliminated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines," the MIPCEL statement said. MIPCEL said Madlos' death was a welcome development for all the Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICC)-IPs in Mindanao since he was identified as the chief implementer of the terrorist programs of the CPP. "There is a reason for the IPs of Mindanao to celebrate and thank the AFP for a
(File photo) MANILA - The National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) said the Philippines is leading the world in terms of recognizing and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples (IPs). This was reported by Lawyer Norberto "Jong" Navarro, Ethnographic Commissioner of the NCIP, during the virtual press conference of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday in celebration of Indigenous People's Month this October. Navarro said this achievement was made possible through the creation of NCIP which is mandated to implement the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act or the IPRA Law and promote IPs' rights "in their own perspective" and over their "ancestral domain". The NCIP made processes and validations of all IPs' claims easy to implement, Navarro explained, as shown by the 43 policy guidelines issued by the Commission that are responsive to the needs of every IP community. To date, NCIP has already id