Government urged to recognize IPs
11/04/2011The Indigenous Peoples are as Filipino as you and the rest of the population.
According to Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Taada III there is a need for the government to address the seeming lack of respect for the indigenous peoples.
There is a need to acknowledge their culture and traditions and recognize them as regular citizens, Taada said yesterday.
Tanada said he agrees with Rep. Teddy Baguilat, House committee chairman for Indigenous Peoples, that the government has neglected the well-being of IPs, many of whom were driven from their ancestral lands because of mining operations..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111104nat4.html
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mas pilipino pa nga sila sa atin. mas puro dugo nila, di tulad sa karamihan na adulterated na ng mga imperyalistang lahi.
"According to Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Taada III there is a need for the government to address the seeming lack of respect for the indigenous peoples.
"There is a need to acknowledge their culture and traditions and recognize them as regular citizens, Taada said yesterday."
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