(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has called out 61 local government units for what it said was their non-compliance with the mandatory representation of indigenous people in local legislative councils. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año gave two provinces, 14 municipalities, and 51 barangays until May 3 to explain why they have no Indigenous People’s Mandatory Representatives (IPMRs) as mandated by Section 16 of the Indigenous People’s Rights Act. According to […]