is the issue of ancestral domain for Mindanao’s indigenous communities, the MILF said yesterday. Ghadzali Jaafar, MILF’s vice chairman for political affairs, said they are convinced that the ...

The possibility of violence is another thing that the Philippine government must contend with in discussing ancestral domain in Mindanao. The Maoris do not resort to armed struggle; Muslim ...

The NCIP gave them a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT ... de Oro to Gingoog City near the boundaries of the Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions, the area was known to offer more ...

"The Philippine government and the MILF will have to agree on how the Bangsamoro people in the expanded ancestral domain in Mindanao will be governed," said Eid Kabalu, the MILF spokesman.

This is a tale repeated in other communities in Mindanao where 61 percent of ... ha were already covered by Certificates of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) as of April 30, 2019.

Although Mamacila holds a 2009 Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT), which means collective ownership, the land segregation and LRA registration are still necessary to address conflicts ...

Speaking before some 1,000 “lumad” leaders in Mindanao on Thursday, Duterte said he would personally invite investors to help develop ancestral domain areas in Mindanao. READ: Investment in ...

Leaders of the indigenous Teduray and Lambangian people from Mindanao have sought the help of Senator Robinhood Padilla to look into the 26-year delay of their much-awaited ancestral domain ...

"We are trying to get the fullest consensus of the residents in Mindanao," Afable said when ... dominated villages as part of the new ancestral domain for Muslims, but the government said that ...

The MILF, which has been fighting to have an Islamic state in Mindanao, has rejected the government proposal on the ancestral domain twice since December last year, even accusing the government of ...

Aside from Zamboanga City, the ancestral domain included the whole of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which is comprise of Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Basilan, Lanao, and Maguindanao provinces and ...

The ancestral domain issue concerns what the MILF describes ... would exploit the impasse to strengthen their foothold in the Mindanao region.—AFP ...