Archive for October, 2007

Lumads call for abolition of indigenous peoples body

Monday, October 15th, 2007 Posted in Policy Advocacy | No Comments »

DAVAO CITY - A group of indigenous peoples in Mindanao called on the government to abolish the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the ten-year-old Indigenous People's Right Act (IPRA). Representatives of nine Lumad tribes flocked to the NCIP office ...