VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon—Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) groups, students, environmental advocates, local government unit (LGU) representatives and national agencies’ representatives gathered at a ...

In the southern Philippines Bukidnon province lies Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park, a 35,221-hectare (87,033-acre) protected area, two-thirds of which is covered in primary forest.

For most of the Indigenous People’s (IP) community throughout Mindanao and in other parts of the country, keeping their indigenous cultural practices and traditions has been a struggle and a ...

MALAYBALAY CITY (PIA) — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved the Bukidnon Indigenous Peoples (IP) Code on its third and final reading on July 2. The provincial legislators carefully examined the ...

(Philippine Information Agency-10 Regional Head Franklin Gumapon addresses students and staff during his visit to Luyungan High School in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. Gumapon emphasized the importance ...

THE Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) is making significant strides in promoting inclusivity and sustainability for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) within the higher education institutions by hosting the ...

Moreover, it is also home to Indigenous Peoples (IP), the Bukidnon tribe lives in MKRNP and the Manobo (Menuvu) tribe in MKaRNP but both share the Talaandig and Higaonon tribes. These protected areas ...

In 2022, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) also issued a cease and desist order against KDC for its “long due occupation and use without legal basis of a portion of the ...

Eight clusters of Indigenous Peoples ... Panay Bukidnon came out with their Binanog Dance, based on a legend, as more members joined in and the three young dancers replicated their courtship dance.

Should external groups wish to continue this intervention, she suggests that Indigenous peoples in Bukidnon’s state-declared protected areas and even tribal-declared ones “should be ...