CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Expectations are high among tribal communities in Northern Mindanao applying for a certificate of ancestral domain title, a government-issued instrument that assures security among indigenous peoples living on the country’s uplands.

This was arrived at after a partnership was formed between the peace and order council of Misamis Oriental and the Building Bridges for Peace (BBP) project of the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC), a civil so...