Benguet officials hit 'Igorot slur' in TV ad.(Provincial News)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: October 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: DEXTER A. SEE

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The provincial government has asked the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in the Cordillera to investigate a television commercial which tends to degrade Igorots.

Earlier, the provincial board endorsed a Tuba (town) council resolution asking the NCIP to evaluate the toothpaste advertisement being aired on national television. The ad depicts Igorots untidy and infected with diseases, the council said....

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