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National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, NCIP
House set to restore CHR, ERC, NCIP 2018 budgets
The House of Representatives restores the budgets of three agencies it had cut earlier to just P1,000 for 2018
Legarda assures all agencies will have enough budget in 2018
‘I can’t promise you that they will have a budget exactly down to the last centavo, but I can assure you they will have one,’ says Senate Finance Committee chair Loren Legarda
House wants to use CHR, ERC, NCIP budgets for free tuition
Tom Villarin, an Akbayan member, rebuffed the idea, saying, “You can’t cut the budget of a constitutional body, then spend it on a loftier cause like free tuition as a way of softening criticism.”
Over ‘failure’ to protect minorities, House gives NCIP P1,000 budget
Representative Carlos Zarate of Bayan Muna proposes the meager budget, citing the supposed failure of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples to fulfill its mandate.
Ferdinand Magellan’s death 500 years ago is being remembered as an act of indigenous resistance
An indigenous-centered approach to imperial history in the Pacific can be seen in the Filipino commemorations’
On July 18, the Philippines will mark a significant event in the history of European colonialism in the Asia-Pacific region: the 500th anniversary of the death of Portuguese explorer Ferno de Magalhes (more commonly known as Ferdinand Magellan).
Philippines officials are holding a series of events to commemorate indigenous people’s role in Magellan’s first circumnavigation of the earth in the 16th century.
Moro folk still fleeing from conflict in Maguindanao
COLOMBO CITY, Maguindanao – With her two children huddled in a makeshift shelter, Nada Sampato of Barangay Kitango in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao, expressed exasperation at the endless displacement they have to endure.
Cagayan de Oro archbishop slams move to ban use of the term ‘lumad’
Archbishop Jose Cabantan says the state’s red scare campaign now targets even words
I speak for the bishops’ Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Cagayan de Oro. On Monday, March 22, Archbishop Jose Cabantan criticized the government for banning the use of the term “lumad” when referring to indigenous Mindanao people. Read his statement here.
FALSE: Lumad is a word made up by the CPP-NPA-NDF
In June 1986, indigenous people adopted the term Lumad to distinguish themselves from other Mindanaoans. It means ‘native’ or ‘indigenous.’