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DAVNOR TRIBAL COUNCIL ENDORSES REPS IN LGUS

Thursday 9th of August 2012

TAGUM CITY,Aug. 9 (PIA) -- The Provincial Tribal Council (PTC) of Davao del Norte is working on the installation of an indigenous people’s representative at the municipal and city council levels. PTC chairperson Victor Pandiyan in an interview Wednesday revealed the PTC endorsements of IP representatives particularly in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) and in the Municipality of Sto. Tomas. Pandiyan cited IP representations as “mandatory” based on the Local Government Code and Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) viewed by IPs as the “Bible” of their rights, privileges, and recognition. The PTC members from 11 ci...

MANILA, June 17 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported over the weekend that close to 90 percent (90%) of local government units (LGUs) in the country have set up their local council for the protection of children (LCPC) that promotes children’s rights and implements child-centered programs at the local level. In its agency webnews, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo cited reports from the National Barangay Operations Office (NBOO) and ...

CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 5 (PIA) -- Some 15 families, who were landslide victims from Barangay Guinsurungan and Guindapunan, Catbalogan City received a sack of rice, grocery items and P540 at the city hall lobby today. The gift-giving is a project of the Local Council for Women. During the Women’s Month commemoration in March, the women's group had a ‘dinner for a cause’ where members and their friends bought a dinner plate of a thousand pesos each, this netted the council some P38,00...

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Dec

2011

Zambo to host nat’l women confab in 2012

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 21 (PIA) -- The city will host next year a big gathering of ladies for its “National Convention of the Local Council of Women.” The convention set on January 26-28, 2012 will bring in women from various parts of the country and converge to discuss and deal with issues and concerns besetting the women of today. City Councilor Lilia Nuño, chairperson, City Council’s Committee on Women and Children said the convention among others, wil...
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Jan

2011

Task force for the protection of children set

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Jan. 30 (PIA) – Children are always vulnerable to danger, abuse and maltreatment, especially in environment unmindful of children’s rights. Aware of this situation, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-IX) called on partner-agencies to join them in the organizational meeting of Regional Inter-Agency Monitoring Task Force (RIMTF), where the Philippine Information Agency is a member. Regional Director Faisal Abutazil of the DILG-IX explained th...