THE National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) through its representative, Commissioner for Central Mindanao, Bo-i Jennifer Pia Sibug-Las, in its thrust to promote the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) of the Philippines, turned over one set of Project Epanaw's three Coffee Table Books (CTBs) to the Philippine Ambassador to the United States of America (USA) Jose Manuel 'Babe' del Gallego Romualdez on December 3at the Embassy of the Philippines in Washington, D.C., USA located at Bataan Street corner 1600 Massachusetts Avenue, New Washington (NW), USA.
Commissioner Las, together with Grand Lodge of New York Jurisdiction, Samuel Tomale, proudly shared to Ambassador Romualdez, along with Deputy Chief of Mission, Jaime Ramon Ascalon Jr. and Third Secretary Mark Dominic Lim, turn over the 3 CTBs. These CTBs, a labor of love of undertaking of the NCIP, were produced during the pandemic by NCIP personnel from central, regional, and field offices and the ICCs/IPs which was launched last March 14, one year after the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine in the Philippines.