Manila, July 14 -- Senator Robinhood Padilla has filed a resolution seeking a Senate investigation into the reported use of a portion of an Indigenous Peoples (IP) ancestral domain in Sitio Tibag, Subic, Zambales as a garbage dumpsite.

In Senate Resolution 513, Padilla, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs, noted that the affected area forms part of the ancestral domain of the Aeta community.

The resolution seeks to identify those responsible for the alleged landfill operations, explore measures to rehabilitate the area, and strengthen laws protecting IPs and their ancestral domains.

"Ang lupang ninuno ay hindi bakanteng lupang maaring gawing tapunan ng basura. Ito ay tahanan, kabuhayan, kasay...