National Commission on Indigenous Peoples

P. Javinal 09:26 AM, Apr 08, 2022

April 8, 2022

Dear Patrick,

Thank you for your request dated Apr 08, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Inquiry.

We received your request on Apr 08, 2022 and we will forward to our decision maker for comment and evaluation, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://realinagencies11072018-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEU5DSVAtNTAyMzA3NjczNzgxDA, for request with ticket number #NCIP-502307673781.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Evangeline P. Javinal
FOI Officer

Tanginan 02:51 PM, Apr 11, 2022

April 11, 2022

Dear Patrick Ragunton,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Apr 08, 2022 07:26:30 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Please be informed that NCIP only issues Certificate of Confirmation (COC) to qualified ICCs/IPs through our concerned regional offices (for national purposes) and provincial offices (for local purposes).
Likewise, among the requirements for the issuance of COC are the following:
  1. Genealogy. 
   2.Certificate of Tribal Membership (CTM) issued by  Tribal Leader/Elders/IPS certified by a concerned  regional office authorized to sign and issue CTMs.
Kindly refer to the attached COC guidelines for further reference. 
Further, you are advised to coordinate with the Office on Empowerment and Human Rights (OEHR) for other necessary personal details particularly on the tribe you belong to or claiming to belong to including the province/region where you or your family claim their roots so that we can endorse you to the proper regional office to process your application and  advice you properly on the matter.
For those who are not members of the IP/ICC communities, you are hereby informed to refrain from engaging fixers and other entities in the false hopes that you can acquire a COC through them.  That is prosecutable under the LAW!
REMINDER:  TRIBAL ADOPTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF COC ISSUANCE IS NOT RECOGNIZED UNDER NCIP ADMIN ORDER NO. 2 SERIES OF 2019

Thank you very much.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Rogelio Francisco M. Bantayan, Jr/oed@ncip.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Jennifer Tanginan
FOI Receiving Officer