Depuis 1998, je suis le conseiller juridique de la Siocon Subano Association, qui administre 8 000 hectares de terres ancestrales sur lesquelles TVI exploite une mine d'or, et du Conseil des Anciens des Subanen de Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, l'organe décisionnaire de la tribu.
From 1998 up to the present I have acted as legal counsel for the Siocon Subano Association, administrator of 8,000 hectares of ancestral domain, within which TVI operates its gold mine, and the Council of Elders of the Subanons of Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, the policy-making body of the tribal group.