The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in region 11 said the selected Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) lacks the mandatory genealogical qualification and cannot be installed into office.
Protest actions were launched in key cities of Mindanao to mark the first year of Marawi siege and the declaration of Martial Law in the island through Proclamation 216.
A year after the City of Marawi was ruined by war, displaced residents continued to lament over their plight.
One year after the Proclamation 216 was signed declaring the suspension of habeas corpus and the implementation of Martial Law in Mindanao, human rights group rounded up numerous cases of abuses.
The Department of Health in Region 11 has emphasized the need for children to undergo anti-measles vaccination after 39 patients died of the viral disease from November 2017 to May 2018.