Manila, Sept. 4 -- Indigenous people (IP) leaders and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) have denied allegations of a non-government organization (NGO) that state-linked "bagani" or tribal warriors were behind the alleged destruction of a school in San Fernando town, Bukidnon. A fact-finding report released by NCIP Thursday showed that the school, run by the Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc. (MISFI), was being reclaimed by an IP group as part of its ancestral domain. MISFI also operates the Salugpongan schools in Davao Region that were earlier ordered closed by the Department of Education due to lack of permits and for violating several regulations. Local officials and tribal leaders have also accused MISFI scho...