Nanawagan si Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) at Ex-Officio Board Member Arnel Abrina sa National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) na pabilisin ang validation...
My wife and I continued this beloved practice of my culture with my son. When I first held him in my arms when he was two days old, I whispered in his ears his pet name Badodoy. It felt really good. We made it a rule in our home in Vienna that our son from his infancy would call his mother “Nanay” and me, “Tatay,” names that felt closest to our hearts. They remind us of our grandmothers and grandfathers who were saop (land tenant) probinsyanos. We did not consider “Papa/Mama“ or “Daddy/Mommy“ suitable for our status; they are alien words.
At an early age of 13, Arjen already started painting artworks that feature his tribe’s culture, tradition, and arts. In fact, his tribe was his biggest inspiration when he completed his first painting.
Indira Lacerna-Widmann, chief executive and operations officer of the Katala Foundation, Inc. (KFI) under which the Palawan Freshwater Turtle Conservation Project (PFTCP) is an ongoing conservation program, said they named their new Palawan Forest Turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis) Yanyan Peter Covidi or officially "YaPeDi" to represent "hope in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.
A member of the Pala'wan IP in Rizal town, Seguritan who is scheduled to take her oath on February 11, said Tuesday that her plans are to pass measures that will improve the lives of the members of tribal communities in the province.
In a press conference held during the celebration of the Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month in the town of San Vicente on October 30, ethnic groups composed of Cuyunon, the Agutaynen, and the Tagbanua’ng Tandolanen said that it has been two months that they were not represented in the municipal council.
