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BAGUIO CITY -- The construction of tunnels at Kalinga province for the China-funded Chico Pump Irrigation Project has been allowed to continue after it was granted a certification that it had the consent of the indigenous Filipino community there, the NationaKalinga elders OK tunnels for Chico irrigation project
BAGUIO CITY -- The construction of tunnels at Kalinga province for the China-funded Chico Pump Irrigation Project has been allowed to continue after it was granted a certification that it had the consent of the indigenous Filipino community there, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples said. Following the testimonies provided by elders of Kalinga's Pinukpuk town, the NCIP sitting en banc on Thursday (May 23) approved the Certificate Precondition of the project administrator, the National Irrigation Administration, said Roland Calde, NCIP Cordillera director, on Friday (May 24). The document stipulates that the project acquired the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of t...Keep on reading: Kalinga elders OK tunnels for Chico irrigation project Read more