Sunday, October 14, 2007

Injustice against the indigenous peoples

What is the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) doing to address this problem? The press can also help in solving this injustice against the indigenous peoples by providing reports explaining the law.

Most IPs don't understand law
Source: Sun.Star Davao
October 7, 2007

Ten years after the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), most indigenous peoples in Southern Mindanao still do not have full grasp of the law.

Much worse, they said, the law have become a means to rob them of their lands instead of the protecting their ancestral domain.

Read more here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ginagamit rin sila sa eleksyon...

tsk tsk tsk

Hector Bryant L. Macale said...

Kakalungkot. Kawawa naman. Mga api sa sariling bayan.

 
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