FORUM July-August 2012 21 [1909]). Justia.com. Retrieved from http://supreme. justia.com/cases/federal/us/212/449/case.html 18 Associate Justice Reynato Puno. loc. cit. 19 Isagani Cruz and Cesar Europa vs. the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Secretary of Budget and Management and Chairman and Commissioners of the NCIP (G.R. No. 135385. December 6, 2000). The Supreme Court of the Philippines. Retrieved from http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/ jurisprudence/2000/dec2000/135385.htm 20 Cariño, Linda. (2009, March 28). "The Heirs of Bayosa Ortega." Sun Star Baguio. Retrieved from Jack Kintanar Cariño’s blog, http://jackcarino.multiply.com/ journal/item/94/The-Heirs-of-Bayosa-Ortega 21 Heirs of Mateo Cariño. (2010, February 24). "Open letter to Eugenio A. Insigne." Northern Dispatch Weekly. Retrieved from http://www.nordis.net/?p=6172 22 Cariño, J.B. (2012, May 9). |Intervention on Agenda Item 3." The Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources. Retrieved from http://indigenouspeoplesissues. com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article &id=14946:international-asia-indigenous-peoplescaucus-intervention-on-doctrine-of-discovery-itsenduring-impact-on-indigenous-peoples-and-theright-to-redress-for-past-conquests-11th-session-ofunpfii&catid=34&Itemid=73 23 Mallari, D.Jr. (2012, January 21). "'Broken Record:’ Tribe appeals for stop to logging.” Inquirer.net. Retrieved from http://newsinfo. i n q u i r e r. n e t / 1 3 2 0 2 3 / % E 2 % 8 0 % 9 8 b r o k e n record%E2%80%99-tribe-appeals-for-stop-tologging
atm-position-executive-order-79-s-2012 32 Goodland, R. and Wicks, C. (2008). Philippines: Mining or Food? Working Group on Mining in the Philippines. London. 33 Abella, J. (2010, April 24). “Indigenous people remember Macliing Dulag’s martyrdom.” GMANews.tv. Retrieved from http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/189239/ news/nation/indigenous-people-remember-macliingdulag-s-martyrdom 34 Rebuta, C.C. (2009, December 27). “Cry for justice for the death of anti–logging leader.” Inside Mindanao. Retrieved from http://www.insidemindanao.com/ article129.html 35 Tupas, J. (2011, May 10). “Davao region tribal leaders denounce killings.” Inquirer.net. Retrieved from http:// services.inquirer.net/mobile/11/05/11/html_output/ xmlhtml/20110510-335671-xml.html 36 Ibid. 37 Ibid. 38 House Bill No. 1635. (n.d.) House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ index.php?d=billstext_results#; http://www.congress. gov.ph/legis/search/hist_show.php?congress=15&save =1&journal=&switch=0&bill_no=HB01635; http://www. congress.gov.ph/download/basic_15/HB01635.pdf 39 House Bill No. 1635. (n.d.) House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ basic_15/HB01635.pdf 40 Ibid. 41 House Bill No. 1635. (n.d.) House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.congress.gov.ph/legis/ search/hist_show.php?congress=15&save=1&journ Photo from Wikimedia Commons
PROTECTING IP'S RIGHTS, from p. 20 UP Baguio (UPB) Cordillera Studies Center Director Alejandro Ciencia Jr. delivered a paper during the UPB commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples last August 9. In it, he says that the NCIP’s “dismal” performance can be traced to past Philippine presidents’ “ambivalence, if not indifference” toward IP concerns.52 The same day, an open letter to Aquino was posted online. The signatories, the Philippines Task Force for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights; Consortium of Christian Organizations in Rural Development; Cordillera Women’s Education Action Research Center; Episcopal Churches in the Philippines, Iglesia Filipina Independiente- Visayas-Mindanao Regional Office for Development; Regional Development Center – Katinnulong Dagiti Umili ti Amianan, Montañosa Research and Development Center; Peoples’ Development Institute; Southern Christian College – Community Education, Research and Extension Administration; Sibol ng Agham and Teknolohiya; Tebtebba Foundation, Indigenous Peoples’ International Center for Policy Research and Education and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines – Integrated Development Program for Indigenous Peoples in Southern Tagalog, bemoaned that they “have not received any response from [him] on the IP Agenda, nor has there been any significant development in favor of indigenous peoples. In fact, indigenous peoples still suffer the same problems raised in the IP agenda. There has been little government action to respond to the issues raised by indigenous peoples and advocates in 2010.”53 Two years ago, on the same date, 65 organizations of indigenous peoples and support groups from all over the country crafted an IP Agenda and submitted this to Aquino through his sister, Viel Aquino-Dy, for his “consideration and immediate action.”55 With things as they stand, IPs can only hope that their situation gets better and that their rights are fulfilled and protected by the State. -------------------Email the author at forum@up.edu.ph. NOTES:
1 "Republic Act No. 8371." (n.d.) Official Gazette. Retrieved from http://www.gov.ph/1997/10/29/ republic-act-no-8371/ 2 Ibid. 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid. 5 "About Us." (n.d.) Land Registration Authority. Retrieved from http://www.lra.gov.ph/index.php?page=about_ us_history 6 Government of South Australia Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. (n.d.) Robert Richard Torrens. Retrieved from http:// www.landservices.sa.gov.au/1public/Education_-_ Careers/_Documentary_Movies/2Robert_Richard_ Torrens.asp 7 Land Registration Authority, loc. cit. 8 Official Gazette, loc. cit. 9 Presidential Decree No. 1529. (n.d.) The LAWPhil Project. Retrieved from http://www.lawphil.net/ statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1529_1978.html 10 House Bill No. 3747. (n.d.) House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ index.php?d=billstext_results#; http://www.congress. gov.ph/legis/search/hist_show.php?congress=15&s ave=1&journal=&switch=0&bill_no=HB03747; http:// www.congress.gov.ph/download/billtext_15/hbt3747. pdf 11 Associate Justice Reynato Puno. (2000, December 6). Separate opinion on Cruz vs. Secretary of DENR (G.R. No. 135385. December 6, 2000). Supreme Court of the Philippines. Retrieved from http://sc.judiciary.gov. ph/jurisprudence/2000/dec2000/135385.htm 12 Ibid. 13 Ibid. 14 Mateo Cariño vs The Insular Government (G.R. No. 2746. December 6, 1906). Philippine Law. Info. Retrieved from Philippine Law.Info, http:// philippinelaw.info/jurisprudence/gr2746-carino-vinsular-government.html 15 Mateo Cariño vs The Insular Government (G.R. No. 2869. March 25, 1907). The LAWPhil Project. Retrieved from http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/ juri1907/mar1907/gr_2869_1907.html 16 Ibid. 17 Mateo Cariño vs The Insular Government (212 U.S. 449
Members of the Tagbanwa people in Palawan discuss ICCA governance issues in Coron Island, one of the first ICCAs to be fully recognized as Ancestral Domain (Terrestrial and marine area), under the collective governance of the Tagbanwa. 24 “Mindanao tribal leaders urge stoppage of largescale mining, dev't projects.” (2011, April 27). Zambo Times. Retrieved from http://www.zambotimes. com/archives/30448-Mindanao-tribal-leaders-urgestoppage-of-large-scale-mining,-devt-projects.html 25 Pantaleon, A. (2010, October 16). “Logging firm's IFMA in Surigao Sur ‘defective and erroneous.’” MindaNews. Retrieved from http://www.mindanews. com/environment/2010/10/16/logging-firms-ifma-insurigao-sur-defective-and-erroneous/ 26 Solmerin, F. (2012, July 2). “Manobo land under threat from loggers.” Manila Standard Today. Retrieved from http://manilastandardtoday.com/www2/2012/07/02/ manobo-land-under-threat-from-loggers/ 27 Allad-iw, A. (2011, July 17). “Sadanga tribe opposes mine in communal forest.” Northern Dispatch Weekly. Retrieved from http://www.nordis.net/?p=10089 28 “Bantay Kalikasan lacks environment permits—NCIP.” (2012, June 22). The Daily Tribune. Retrieved from http://tribune.net.ph/index.php/nation/item/568bantay-kalikasan-lacks-environment-permits%E2%80%94-ncip 29 Executive Order No. 79, s. 2012. (n.d.) Official Gazette. Retrieved from http://www.gov.ph/2012/07/06/ executive-order-no-79-s-2012/ 30 "New Mining EO Palliative-KATRIBU." (2012, July 9). KATRIBU. Retrieved from http://www.katribu.org/ content/new-mining-eo-palliative-katribu 31 "ATM Position on Executive Order 79 s. 2012." (2012, August 3). Alyansa Tigil Mina. Retrieved from http:// www.alyansatigilmina.net/content/story/august2012/
al=&switch=0&bill_no=HB01635 42 Ibid. 43 House Bill No. 5473. (n.d.) House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ index.php?d=billstext_results; http://www.congress. gov.ph/legis/search/hist_show.php?congress=15&s ave=1&journal=&switch=0&bill_no=HB05473 44 Ibid. 45 House Bill No. 5473. (n.d.) House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/ basic_15/HB05473.pdf 46 Senate Bill No. 3091. (n.d.) Senate of the Philippines. R e t r i e v e d f r o m h t t p : / / w w w. s e n a t e . g o v. p h / lisdata/1266710653!.pdf 47 Ibid. 48 Ibid. 49 Cariño, Jacqueline Bernadette. loc. cit. 50 Senate Bill No. 3091. (n.d.) Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved from http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res. aspx?congress=15&q=SBN-3091 51 Republic Act No. 8371. loc. cit. 52 Ciencia, Alejandro Jr. (2012, August 22).“Governance Issues and the NCIP.” The Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links. Retrieved from http://www.piplinks.org/ who-will-fight-rights-indigenous-peoples%3F 53 “Open Letter to President Benigno Aquino III.” (2012, August 9). The Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links. Retrieved from http://www.piplinks.org/openletter-office-president-occasion-international-dayindigenous-peoples 54 Ibid.