Tag: indigenous peoples
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DPWH concretes road leading to IP community in Hermosa

BATAAN– Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) concreted a road leading to an Indigenous Peoples community in Hermosa, Bataan. The P4.95-million infrastructure is located at sitio Pastolan in barangay Tipo. DPWH Bataan 1st District Engineer Erlindo Flores Jr. said the project involved the construction of Portland Cement Concrete Pavement that is 0.23 meters thick…
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International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples

August 9 is International Day of the World’s indigenous population. It marks a date in 1982 on the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations meeting that on this day, people from around the world are encouraged to spread the UN’s message on the protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples. This event…
