16 October 2023 | Local Government Unit of Pudtol headed by Mayor Hector Reuel D. Pascua, Vice Mayor Randy A. Laoat together with the Sangguniang Bayan Members, IP Elders of the different barangays, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)-Apayao and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), facilitated the Oath-Taking Ceremony of Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) Honorable Edaño T. Patayan.
The ceremony coincides with the celebration of the 2023 Indigenous Peoples Month Celebration and 26th Year Anniversary of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997 geared to empower Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) as self-governed communities.
