Through a resolution, the seven commissioners of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) have formally granted to the Balatoc sub-tribe of Kalinga the priority right to develop and exploit the natural resources located in their ancestral domain at Balatoc, Pasil, Kalinga. The priority right covers the mineral land which was once covered by the…
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Due to Community Outrage, Mining Company to Return Ancestral Land to Balatoc Tribe
Due to community outrage and pressure, a foreign mining corporation promised through a corporate declaration that it is ready to execute an affidavit to facilitate the return of the said ancestral lands to the Balatoc tribe of Kalinga. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Due to community outrage and pressure, a foreign…