Tag: indigenous peoples (IPs)
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APECO, NCIP Strengthen Partnership to Advance Indigenous Peoples’ Welfare in Casiguran
AURORA — The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) has reaffirmed its partnership with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to enhance programs promoting the welfare, participation, and empowerment of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in and around the Casiguran-based ecozone. In a recent meeting between APECO President and CEO Atty. Gil G. Taway…
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APECO Eyes Joint Management Agreement with Indigenous Peoples
AURORA — The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) is planning to enter into a joint management agreement (JMA) with indigenous peoples (IPs) within its jurisdiction, President and CEO Atty. Gil G. Taway IV announced in a radio interview on Sunday. The initiative, patterned after the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority’s (SBMA) partnership with…
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HERSTORY: Aeta woman becomes first in her tribe to pass Criminology exam
PAMPANGA– In a profession typically dominated by men, an Aeta woman makes ‘herstory’ as the first woman from the Mag-Indi tribe in Pampanga to pass the Criminologist Licensure Examination (CLE). Lady Anne Duya, 23, who hails from the Katutubo Village in Barangay Planas, Porac, proves that sex and ethnicity are not hindrances when one is…
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3rd Mech, stakeholders extend aid to IPs in Tarlac
TARLAC CITY — 3rd Mechanized Infantry Battalion (3rd Mech Bn) and its stakeholders extended aid to a total of 350 Indigenous Peoples (IPs) at Barangay Maamot in San Jose, Tarlac. Recipients were from the Sitios of Cabuyao, Lilay, Papaya, Tangan-tangan and Tudek. 3rd Mech Bn Commander Lieutenant Colonel Jeszer Bautista said the outreach program is…
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TESDA teaches Zambales IPs to assemble solar lights, post lamp
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has provided skills training to the indigenous peoples (IPs) in Zambales as part of the government’s continuing efforts to reduce poverty and end insurgency. The training program is under the agency’s Special Training for Employment Program (STEP) which intends to address…
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