Members of an indigenous group in Northern Luzon on Tuesday marched to the US Embassy on Roxas Boulevard in Manila to protest the non- release of their shares from a power plant located in Pelaway, Alfonso Castañeda, Nueva Vizcaya.

Saying they have been fighting for 19 years, Bugkalot tribal chiefs and their followers demanded their shares from the operation of the power plant being operated by CalEnergy Water and Energy Co., Inc. (Cecweci) the firm that manages the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation Power Plant.

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