Their exact number could not be immediately determined but random interviews with some of them revealed that government teaching positions are currently the better, if not, the only option over issues of security of tenure, higher paying job and other perks.
The issue of the Talaingod Manobo displacement would be raised by an indigenous peoples woman leader in the ongoing 13th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York starting last May 12 to 23.
Manila-based rights advocates and partylist representatives joined a week-long fact-finding mission starting Monday to look into the region’s “rampant human rights violations” in farflung communities.
Isla Verde may be habitated with a multimillion rehabilitation after last month's fire, and a division by tribes may be an option for a more orderly resettlement, the city government information chief said.
Media practitioners marked the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) with a forum last Monday.