Philippines: Cordillera Solons Push For Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Development

Philippines: Cordillera Solons Push For Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Development Two Cordillera congressmen have filed separate bills in Congress pushing for indigenous people's (IPs) rights and development. Ifugao Congressman Teddy Baguilat Jr.'s bill presses for the payment or share of IPs in Cordillera from the National Wealth Tax for conservation of the watersheds in the region, where the water powering various hydro electric plants or dams are coming from. On the other hand, Mt....

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