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𝗦𝗲𝗰. 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗰𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗖𝗖𝘀/𝗜𝗣𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀

Summary

Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) from Bukidnon raised key concerns before top government officials, church leaders, and human rights advocates over overlapping land jurisdictions, bypassed Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), and corporate displacement during a forum held in Cagayan de Oro City. The forum, “Conversations on Land and Life: Dialogue among IP Communities, NCIP and other Stakeholders,”, was held at Cronin Hall, St. Augustine Cathedral Compound last June 11, and was led by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). In her message, NCIP Chairperson and Secretary Nancy Catamco said that she will push for a “sweeping mandate” for internal reform and concrete inter-agency deadlines. “I am not just an advocate, I am an IP myself,” Sec. Catamco said, emphasizing the need to strengthen the agency’s capacity, resources, and institutional mechanisms in responding to ancestral domain concerns.

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