Palace declares Ibaloy Day a public holiday in Baguio

BAGUIO CITY—The annual Ibaloy Day will be celebrated as a public holiday in Baguio on Feb. 23 to honor a landmark doctrine that recognized indigenous Filipinos’ rights over their ancestral lands. But a Malacañang official wants to give the Baguio heirs of Ibaloy chieftain Mateo Cariño a bigger role in forthcoming celebrations. In a Jan.