Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representation in the Sangguniang Bayan: Breaking the walls in the IPs’ battle for equality
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Botolan, Zambales. Another milestone of triumphs in the Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) battle for equality in the municipality of Botolan was the assumption to office of Ms. Ladie M. De Leon as the new Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) in the municipality.
To give recognition on the affirmation of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to the recently installed IPMR, DILG Zambales Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad, CESO V, together with Hon. Doris E. Maniquiz, Municipal Mayor of Botolan, and Hon. Doris Ladines, Municipal Vice-Mayor of Botolan, awarded the Certificate of Recognition signed by DILG Regional Director Julie J. Daquioag, Ph.D., CESO III to Ms. De Leon on November 29, 2019.
Being the IPMR, Ms. De Leon will also seat as an ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Bayan to represent Indigenous Peoples/Indigenous Cultural Communities (IPs/ICCs).
Through this breakthrough, indigenous peoples hope that their concerns will reach the national government in the fulfillment of their goals and aspirations.
-ADAS II Paulin Johanne L. Reyes
DILG’s Constitutional Reform Campaign: Building a Bridge for the Next Generation of Filipinos’ Better Life
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In line with the current Administration’s call to address society’s ill like corruption, unemployment, and regional income inequality, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Zambales kickstarted a national advocacy campaign for “surgical amendments” to the 1987 Constitution under the banner of CORE or Constitutional Reform.
DILG Zambales, led by Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad, CESO V, spearheaded the two-day conduct of Zambales CORE Provincial Roadshow series of activities at Balin Sambali, Iba and Botolan People’s Plaza, Botolan on November 27-28, 2019. Activities during the roadshow include Media Briefing, Town Hall Meeting, CORE Talk and “Balangayan”, attended by over a thousand provincial, municipal, city and barangay officials, private media practitioners, government information officers, campus journalists and representatives from different youth sectors of the 13 Municipalities of Zambales and Olongapo City.
