82 Addressing Inequality During the Pandemic led by Representative Cullamat and the Makabayan block in front of the Office of the NCIP in Quezon City sometime in January 2021. 308 346 As a response, Representative Cullamat said “I strongly condemn the senseless declaration that I am a persona non grata who allegedly came from my fellow natives in my own native land. The allegations against me are baseless and fabricated; this is typical acts of defamation by the military and police”.309 347 Last March 2021, the NCIP issued Resolution no. 08-009-2021 which encouraged all government offices to refrain from using the term “lumad” in their official documents and communications, and the general public as well when referring to IPs. It said that the term lumad should not be used in reference to the indigenous peoples because it is the product of the effort of the CPP-NPA-NDF during the 1980 Cotabato Congress to appropriate the indigeneity and authenticity of the Indigenous Peoples historical struggle into the communist propaganda narrative affording them legitimacy and authority, in the meanwhile subsuming and homogenizing the Indigenous Peoples identities and denying them of the right to self-determination and self-ascription.310 348 It then said: “Call them by the honors ascribed to them by their forefathers, one that stood the test of time, one that pre-exist any government, one that predates the Spanish colonization, one that describes them as People. To do otherwise is to erase their history, to distort their identity.” 349 The Resolution said ‘Lumad’ is not an indigenous term. Its emergence and continued use (are) marred by its association with the CPP, NDF, and NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines – National Democratic Front – New People’s Army) whose ideologies are inconsistent with the cultures, practices, and beliefs of ICCs/lPs,”. It further stated that “lumad” is associated with national minorities who are opposed to IPs, and thus weakens the true identities of ethnic communities.311 350 The NCIP then urged the public to use the respective ethno linguistic group or Indigenous Cultural Communities, Indigenous People, Katutubong Pamayanang Kultural or Katutubong Pamayanan when referring to IPs collectively. 312 Internally Displaced Persons Infrastructure 351 According to the report posted by the Philippine Star last June 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has left some residents of Barangay Taliptip, Bulakan, Bulacan, the site of the proposed New Manila International Airport, with no choice but to demolish their own homes. The Save Taliptip Movement disclosed that the residents were allegedly offered Php 250,000 in exchange for demolishing their own homes. Those who accepted 308 Commission on Human Rights CARAGA. (2021, July). The Situation of Human Rights in the CARAGA Region. 309 Commission on Human Rights CARAGA. (2021, July). The Situation of Human Rights in the CARAGA Region. 310 Commission on Human Rights CARAGA. (2021, July). The Situation of Human Rights in the CARAGA Region. 311 Commission on Human Rights CARAGA. (2021, July). The Situation of Human Rights in the CARAGA Region. 312 Commission on Human Rights CARAGA. (2021, July). The Situation of Human Rights in the CARAGA Region.