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As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on programs and policies relating to food production and distribution which includes the following: [1] Availability and accessibility of these commodities to the people; Factors affecting food supply in the country; Long-term food security for the nation
Chapter II, Section 3h of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 defines "indigenous peoples" (IPs) and "indigenous cultural communities" (ICCs) as: . A group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as organized community on communally bounded and defined territory, and who have, under claims of ownership since ...
The Philippine House Committee on Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples, or House Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.
The Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA), officially designated as Republic Act No. 8371, is a Philippine law that recognizes and promotes the rights of indigenous cultural communities and Indigenous peoples in the Philippines.
Indigenous Cultural Communities and Indigenous Peoples: Allen Jesse Mangaoang Nacionalista: TBA TBA 1 0 1 29. Information and Communications Technology: Tobias Tiangco: Navoteño: TBA TBA 50 6 56 30. Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy: Glona Labadlabad: PDP–Laban: TBA TBA 41 5 46 31. Justice: Juliet Marie Ferrer NUP: TBA TBA 31 6 37 ...
Section 56 of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997 or the IPRA Law states that “property rights within the ancestral domains already existing and/or vested upon effectivity of this Act, shall be recognized and respected.” This section is problematic as it means that any title before 1997 holds more weight than an ancestral claim.
The more affluent Ifugao, known as kadangyan or baknang, were usually generous by nature, lending rice to poor neighbors in time of food shortage(s) and/or hardship(s), in return for labor. Acting as village or spiritual leaders, creditors or commercial managers, these rich families exhibited their wealth by providing for many feasts, or cañaos .
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) [31] was born through the merging of the Office for Northern Cultural Communities (ONCC), and the Office for Southern Cultural Communities (OSCC) in the year 1997 through RA 8371 or "Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997". It is a highly specialized commission with different projects for ...