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Roque: Presence of investors in lumad ancestral lands will help reduce proverty, NPA influence

(Eagle News)– If allowed entry in their  ancestral homelands, investors can help improve the lives of lumads. In explaining President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said investors could, for one, help provide the indigenous people with the jobs that will provide them with their daily necessities. “Kaya naman sinabi niya: ‘Baka mamaya papasukin natin nga ‘yung mga namumuhunan na magkaroon ng trabaho at mabawasan ang pagkagutom diyan sa mga lumad communities,’” he said, […]