BAGUIO CITY – On September 30, the Regional Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP-CAR) launched the planned activities for this year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Month Celebration with the nation-wide theme of “Correcting Historical Injustices for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Welfare”. Regional Development Council IP Concerns Committee (RDC-CIPC) Chair and NCIP Regional Director Manuel Jaramilla detailed over 90… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Development Council Committee on Indigenous People’s Concerns approved the conduct of a series of webinars on Indigenous peoples’ rights, culture, arts, and autonomy during the Indigenous Peoples’ month this October. The webinar series shall serve as a platform for issues-based discussion confronting IPs in the region. This is to… Read more »
Regenerating Knowledge – The forum gathered academics, civil service organizations, regional line agencies and government officials from all over the country to share innovations on indigenous knowledge, systems, and practices. The forum also included researchers from Indonesia and Taiwan. BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE – During the peak of celebrations for the 14th Lang-Ay Festival, the Mountain… Read more »
The CAR RDC Secom on Indigenous Peoples Concerns (CIPC) agreed that for 2015, the Secom’s focus shall be on the advocacy of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act, including the FPIC process and Section 12 that gives the IPs the option to have their ancestral lands titled under the provisions of Commonwealth Act 141. This was… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY—The Regional Development Council (RDC) Full Council approved the resolution requesting the Oversight Committee of Congress to compel NCIP and DENR to issue the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Section 12 of Republic Act 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 during their meeting, coordinated by NEDA-CAR, on October 8.… Read more »
An orientation on the provisions of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act (IPRA) conducted on Oct. 2, 2014 marked off the start of this year’s celebration of the National Indigenous Peoples’ Month. Atty. John Ray Libiran, former head of the NCIP-CAR, presented and explained the salient provisions of the IPRA to representatives of IP groups from… Read more »
