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ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban urged Environment Sec. Roy Cimatu to make ensuring Boracay’s sustainability its number one priority. This after Cimatu, who heads Task Force Boracay, revealed during a hearing of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources that the island is set to reopen on October 26. Panganiban, a member of the committee, […]
A party-list solon representing indigenous peoples lauded the draft charter recently approved by the Consultative Committee (ConCom) for recognizing the welfare and rights of IPs, particularly the provision mandating that seats be reserved for IPs in the legislative department under Article VII. The 22-member Con-Com that formally convened in February this year unanimously approved the […]
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 5670 which seeks to strengthen assistance to all farmers by providing them with free irrigation services to boost their productivity. The proposed “Free Irrigation Services Act” declares that the State shall pursue a genuine agricultural development strategy by providing support services […]
The House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples chaired by Rep. Nancy A. Catamco (2nd District, North Cotabato) has approved the creation of a technical working group (TWG) that will finalize the bills seeking to protect and promote the rights of indegenous peoples (IPs) affected by mining operations in ancestral domains. The […]
The House committee on agriculture and food has passed a substitute bill which seeks to convert the assets of the coconut levy into a trust fund for the benefit of coconut farmers nationwide. The committee approved the proposed “An Act Establishing the Coconut Farmers And Industry Development Trust Fund And Providing For Its Management […]
The banana industry has been sagging for a time but it has grown to about a $1.5 billion dollar industry and employs about 500,000 people. While there has been some improvement based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) that shows that banana production has increased from 8.8 million metric tons in 2014 to […]