INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CORPORATION SIGN AGREEMENT AFTER YEARS OF TENSIONFebruary 14th, 2013
FiledFebruary 14th, 2013After many months of intense listening to each other, the council of the Talaandig tribe signs an agreement with Unifrutti Group Philippines (UGP) on 16 December 2012. It is a landmark event for the indigenous peoples when one of the biggest businesses in Mindanao respected the ancestral domain and the resources within it. Present in the signing are key officials of national and local government agencies who pledged their support to the right of self- determination of the indigenous peoples based on their own definition.