MISAMIS ORIENTAL (PIA)—The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)-Misamis Oriental reaffirms its mandate of promoting and protecting the interests of the Indigenous People (IP) communities in the province as it balances tradition and health safety protocols to bring the full presence of the government amid the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic.
“Ang atong NCIP-Misamis Oriental aktibo gyud nag-uban ug nagduyog sa programa sa atong Whole-of-Government approach nga muadto sa mga kabukiran, sa mga hilit nga mga kabarangayan, aron magpadala ug mga basic services nga maalagad nila ug mga program diin matagaan sila og pagtagad nga mahatagan pud og mga proyekto sa atong gobyerno,” said NCIP-10 Misamis Oriental Provincial Officer Fundador Binahon Jr during the CORDS-X podcast, January 22.
(Our NCIP-Misamis Oriental is very active and joins in the program of our whole of government approach to reach the hinterlands, to the remote barangays, so we can deliver basic services and programs where they can be helped and cared for, and be given our government projects)
Covering 23 towns, 2 cities, and 1 highly urbanized city, Bihanon said they are now focusing on streamlining their services to the 347,502 IPs to ensure their Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan is still continuing despite the global health crisis.
With scheduled visits to far-flung areas, the NCIP-MisOr conducts Information activities and updates on the importance of the government’s vaccination drive against the COVID-19 contagion and peace initiatives against the Communist Terrorist Group-New People’s Army (CTG-NPA) while gathering the concerns of issues across various IP communities to reaffirm their 11 building blocks of IP ancestral domain.
“Ako naghinaut nga ang NCIP matuman namo ang among mandato sa pagprotektar ug pag-promote sa inyong kaayohan ug sa inyong maayong panglawas pinagi sa pag-respeto sa inyong mga tinuohan ug tradisyon, ug naghinaut kami ang gobyerno pinaagi sa NCIP nga magkig-uban kami ug magkig-alayon kami kaninyo (Indigenous People) aron sa kalambuan, alang sa nasudnon na panaghiusa,” he said.
(The NCIP will fulfill our mandate to protect and promote your (Indigenous People) well-being by respecting your beliefs and traditions, and for you with the government through NCIP to join us and work together. we work with you (IPs) for development, for national unity). (VPSB/PIA-10/Misamis Oriental)
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IP Representation. NCIP-10 Misamis Oriental Provincial Officer Fundador Binahon, Jr. shares during the CORDS-X podcast their various support for Indigenous People in the province of Misamis Oriental amid the COVID-29 pandemic, January 22. (CORDS-X)
