FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC
OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago
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AN ACT
PROVIDING ACCESS TO INDIGENOUS CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO VARIOUS INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
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SECTION I. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Indigenous Peoples
Connectivity Act."
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SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the declared policy of the State to recognize
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and promote. the rights of indigenous cultural communities within the framework of national
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unity and development; and to recognize the vital role of communication and information in
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nation-building.
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SECTION 3. Purposes. - The purposes ofthis Act are to-
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(A) Promote affordable and universal access among ICC/IP to telecommunications and
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information tec1mology in their localized area;
(B) Encourage and promote indigenous economic development, self-sufficiency, and
strong indigenous governments;
(C) Enhance the health of ICC/IP through the availability and use of telemedicine and
telehealth;
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(D) Improve the quality of kindergarten, primary, secondary, postsecondary, and job-
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related training of ICC/IP, through enhanced and sustained information technology
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infrastructure; and
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