The BBTA is the governing body of the Vanaw communities in the Province of Kalinga -- Pantikian/Pattikyan, Talalang/Talalang, and Balbalasang/Valvalasang. It oversees community affairs and the management of the tribe's natural resources. Its counterpart among the Vanaw of Daguioman and Malibcong in the Province of Abra is the Banao Bodong Federation.
The current Chairman of the organization is Clarence Tongdo from Sesec-an/Sosok-an, a sitio of Talalang. The former presidents/chairpersons of the BBTA were Theodore Saboy, Jr., Royce Lingbawan, Kenneth Dale Mangaoang, and Jesse Allen Mangaoang.
Banao Bodong Tribal Association (BBTA)
N.B.: This organogram is not the official BBTA BoT organizational chart, but my visualization of the list of officers sent to me by BoT/BBTA Secretary Grace Daowan and with corrections from BoT/Mining Affairs Chair Cyril Saboy. Corrections are welcome. - sms
Based on Royce Lingbawan's presentation in the next section, the BBTA organizational structure is as follows:
THE BANAO BODONG ASSOCIATION (BBA) SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING IN GA-ANG MINES TALALANG, BALBALAN KALINGA CAR PHILIPPINES
by ROYCE LINGBAWAN
Former BBA Chairman
Presented at the
Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Artisanal
and Small-Scale Mining
in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia