Estrada files Senate bill against discrimination of IP
Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said indigenous people should not be discriminated against when it comes to employment opportunities.Estrada, the chairperson ...
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Man behind ‘beggar syndicate’ arrested
ANGELES CITY—The city government here nabbed a man allegedly involved in a “beggar syndicate” by bringing indigenous people to the ...
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Yuchengco Group partners with the Indigenous People of Tanay for a 100-hectare Reforestation Project in Sierra Madre
The Yuchengco Group of Companies (YGC) has embarked in a forward-looking project of planting 50,000 native trees within a sprawling ...
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Indigenous peoples in action
Indigenous peoples and environmental advocates stage a protest action in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources central ...
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IPs treated like ‘Invisible people’
“They asked why the NCIP, whose members include leaders of IP groups, has been tight-lipped about the incursions of mining ...
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Canada’s Indigenous people press Pope Francis for apology
Pope Francis on Monday heard first-hand the horrors of abuse committed at church-run residential schools in Canada, as Indigenous delegations ...
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Robredo worried over Boracay casinos displacing Ati settlers
Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday raised concern over the possible entry of casino operations on Boracay Island in Aklan, ...
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Rody admits vax resistance in Mindanao Muslim, Tausug areas
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said Muslims and some indigenous people in Mindanao, including the Tausug, are hesitant to get ...
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Malaybalay agroforestry now produces high-quality Arabica coffee, jobs for IPs
An 80-hectare agroforestry area in Brgy, Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon has become a high-quality Arabica coffee producer while equally protecting ...
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‘Exploited’ IPs comprise 80% of NPA – task force
The New People’s Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front , ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.