Philippines: Peacepact Holders, Elders Ask NCIP To Recognize Kalinga ‘Bugis’

Philippines: Peacepact Holders, Elders Ask NCIP To Recognize Kalinga ‘Bugis’   Peter A. Balocnit, 2011   A congress of peacepact holders and elders formally asked recently the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to recognize the “bugis” (boundaries) of the Kalingas as an established territory of an “ili” (settlement).   In its resolution to the NCIP, the body during the “bugis” congress held at the Pastoral Center here requested for an en banc approval of the...

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