Philippines: Task Force Created For Displaced Kitcharao Tribal Folk

Philippines: Task Force Created For Displaced Kitcharao Tribal Folk Susil D. Ragas and FEBakilan, 2011   The City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) created recently a multi-agency task force purposely to facilitate the peaceful transfer of the Mamanwa families temporarily settled in Brgy. Luna, Surigao City back to their original abode in Sitio Zapanta Valley, Brgy. Bangayan, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte.   Just recently, around 37 Mamanwa families or 137 individuals fled their homes last May...

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