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HOUSE APPROVES FREE CIVIL REGISTRATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES – PANGANIBAN

β€œThe PTFoMS is indeed a welcome development.” The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on final reading a measure providing a free and culture-sensitive system of civil registration for indigenous peoples (IPs). With 162 affirmative votes, the Lower House passed on third reading House Bill No. 7849, or the proposed “Indigenous Peoples Civil Registration System (ICPRS) […]