Resolving tribal disputes will soon be placed under the Council of Elders of the Indigenous Cultural Community when the City Council here would approve the proposal of the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR).
The City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) opposed to Senate President Vicente Sotto III ’s proposed amendment of the Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 that is to lower the age of children's criminal liability.
The National Commission of Indigenous People (NCIP) has no moral ascendancy in criticizing the Talaingod 18 while mum on the attacks against indigenous peoples in the province of Davao del Norte who were defending their ancestral lands, militant lumad groups in Mindanao said.
The Vice Regulation Unit and the personnel of Talomo Police has apprehended 69 individuals for violating the Liquor Ban Ordinance and the Anti- Smoking Ordinance in this city.
Two militant lawmakers denounced as “harassment” the child abuse charges filed against them in relation to the protest action held last October in this city which included the participation of minors.