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Group laments exclusion from Kaliwa Dam project talks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 11:15 AM

A group is calling for the scrapping of a recently-signed memorandum of agreement for the construction of the Kaliwa Dam project, saying that not all indigenous peoples (IPs) were consulted on the building of the dam. Read more »

Indigenous Peoples' groups slam NCIP, MWSS over dams

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 08:04 PM

The IP groups said that the NCIP was manipulating the process of Free Prior and Informed Consent to put up the dams. Read more »

Protest vs Kaliwa Dam project

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 02:30 PM

Environmental advocates and IP rights advocates under the Network to Oppose Kaliwa, Kanan, and Laiban Dams hold a protest action at the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) headquarters in Quezon City on Monday. Read more »

House panel defers DSWD budget again

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 10:31 PM

The deferment came upon a motion by minority lawmakers who protested the NCIP head’s alleged red-tagging of lawmakers. Read more »

Nas Academy belies NCIP findings on Whang-Od contract

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Updated as of Aug 30 03:54 PM

Nas Academy is standing by its original statement that the online learning platform's contract with traditional tattoo artist Whang-Od is legitimate. Read more »

NCIP finds alleged contract with Nas Academy 'grossly onerous' vs Whang-od

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 08:40 AM

The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples on Sunday released its findings on its review of the contract allegedly signed by traditional tattoo artist Whang-Od with the online learning platform Nas Academy. Read more »

COA flags NCIP over P1M cost of NTF-ELCAC 'workshop'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 03:37 AM

The NTF-ELCAC workshop in question was held at a beach resort in Agusan del Norte last Nov. 2020—prior to the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Whang-Od's alleged contract with Nas Academy to be reviewed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 01:18 PM

The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples in Cordillera is set to review the alleged contract of Whang-Od with Nas Academy. Read more »

Junking of first anti-terror case won't have 'significant' impact on SC ruling: task force

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Updated as of Jul 21 11:57 AM

The junking of a local court of the first known anti-terror law case against 2 Aetas will not have any "significant" impact on the petitions challenging the validity of the controversial law, the country's anti-insurgency task force said Wednesday.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 25, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:22 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

‘Stop crackdown on IPs’

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 01:38 PM

Members of Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas hold a protest action against the intensifying crackdown on indigenous peoples and communities in front of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) office in Quezon Avenue, Quezon City on Tuesday, as the House of Representatives conducts its hearing on the Kaliwa Dam Project.  Read more »

BALIKAN: Mga kontrobersiya sa kaso ng 2 Aeta na inakusahan ng terorismo

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 08:52 PM

Pormal nang bumitaw ang National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers sa paghawak ng kaso ng 2 Aeta na inaakusahan ng terorismo. Read more »

NUPL formally withdraws from terrorism case of 2 Aetas

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 04:13 AM

Bosantog, who is also the legal cluster spokesperson of the anti-insurgency task force, sees no conflict of interest in facilitating a presscon for two persons accused of the very same law they are trying to promote. Read more »

COA asks NCIP to justify extravagant activities in 2019

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 09:54 PM

The Commission on Audit (COA) has asked the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to justify its expenses amounting to P4.815 million in 2019 which state auditors said were mostly spent in activities conducted in high-end hotels and restaurants. Read more »

Opisina ng National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, nasunog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 06:47 AM

MAYNILA—Nasunog ang opisina ng National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) sa West Ave., Quezon City Martes ng madaling-araw. Read more »

SC rules NCIP has primary jurisdiction over ancestral domain claims

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 05:57 AM

MANILA—The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the dismissal of a petition that sought to cancel some 2.5 hectares of land awarded by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to the native Ati community in Boracay Island. Read more »