Indigenous Peoples and anti-poverty chiefs join Philippine anti-insurgency task force

IPs, anti-poverty chiefs join NTF-Elcac

MANILA, Philippines – National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Chairperson Nancy Alaan Catamco and National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Lead Convenor Secretary Lope Santos III on Monday were designated as the body’s new grassroots development and empowerment leaders, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) said. NTF-Elcac executive director Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr.

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