Indigenous Peoples In Mindanao Seek Separation From OPAPP

Indigenous Peoples In Mindanao Seek Separation From OPAPP   Leaders of Indigenous Peoples in Mindanao are appealing to President Benigno Aquino III to remove them from the control of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).   Bai Pacita Panis, chairperson of the Tribal Communities Association of the Philippines (TRICAP), said that their group is requesting the chief executive to declare the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) as an independent...

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