3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 22) — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) regional director today assailed the 90-day experimental re-routing of public utility vehicles (PUVs) here, and the irregular...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 25) — The Traffic, Transportation and Management Committee of the city council here can recommend experimentation of traffic Councilor Rocky Thomas Balisong stressed clarifying his position on the...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 24) — Whistle blowers here who led the exposé on leakage of test questions in the Nursing Licensure examination June last year welcome the Department of Justice (DOJ) move to file criminal cases...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 23) — September 1, or Baguio Charter Day, is a Saturday and is a non-working holiday, but this does not automatically entails that September 3 is another holiday, the chief executive clarified during...
Read More2 MIN READVIGAN CITY (Aug. 24) — Student publications and organizations of University of Northern Philippines (UNP) here filed a complaint against UNP administrators at the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), in San Fernando...
Read More2 MIN READTUBA, Benguet (Aug. 22) — The local government of Tuba, Benguet did not accept the reason offered by the Baguio Water District (BWD) that an unintentional error was committed in its water permit issued in 1992 for a...
Read More2 MIN READTUBA, Benguet (Aug. 23) — The Tuba municipal council has yet to make a position on the ongoing conflict between affected residents and the Philex Mining Corporation over the latter’s mineral application, a councilor...
Read More4 MIN READEditor’s Note: Last week, Nordis Weekly carried a story with the same title, which is supposedly the First of a two-part article on the Itogon people’s opposition to the Anvil Mining, Ltd., which is conducting a...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 23) — The Kalanguya ethno-linguistic group Tuba, Benguet reiterated its clamor for the government to revoke the special permit Philex Mining Corporation obtained temporarily for its failure to comply...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 23) — Relatives of an elderly woman was found dead inside her house here Tuesday morning appealed for public assistance in solving the brutal killing of their kin, through a leaflet they...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 24) — City Administrator Peter Fianza is calling on passport applicants within Baguio and neighboring towns to proceed to his office, at city hall, for pre-evaluation of documents in preparation for...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 23) — Seven more staging areas for taxicabs here have been identified as proposed to the city government by drivers and operators, Mayor Reinaldo A. Bautista disclosed Thursday. Acting on the clamor...
Read More2 MIN READMayor extends early curfew for minors BAGUIO CITY (Aug. 24) — Mayor Reinaldo A. Bautista Jr. last week issued Executive Order No. 4 prolonging the implementation of the 30-day experiment on the imposition of curfew for...
Read More2 MIN READDOE sells gov’t power assets BAGUIO CITY (Aug. 24) — The Department of Energy (DOE) targets to privatize power assets of the government that include the Binga-Ambuklao power plant by the end of the year to generate $6...
Read More< 1 MIN READPGMA orders increased recruitment of new cops SAN FERNANDO CITY (Aug. 22) — The Police Regional Command in Region I recently commissioned 175 new cops in line with a directive of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...
Read More< 1 MIN READDENR says no more logging in Isabela BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya (Aug. 23)— Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Isabela Provincial Officer Felix Taguba said there are no illegal loggers in the...
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Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Prior to the three typhoons, a friend came up with an article on graft and corruption that characterizes infrastructure projects along the Mt. Data – Bontoc road. His story described in detail the...
Read More3 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO It was a hopelessly sad, scary and heartbreaking sight, as members of the communities around the Philex open-pit minesite were huddled in one corner by the road of the open pit, and exposed to a...
Read More3 MIN READBy PIO S. VERZOLA JR. Students of Philippine history who are familiar with the works of W.H. Scott will probably notice that among his books, the most colorful and well-designed cover belongs to Barangay:...
Read More2 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “He was arrested amd sentenced and led off to die, and no one cared about his fate. He was put to death for the sins of our people.” — Isiah 53:8 Senseless death Many have reacted when Catholic...
Read More2 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA Innabuyog shares this statement below, which we signed together with other members of the Asian Indigenous Women’s Network at the Asian Institute Management, Igorot Lodge, Camp John Hay, Baguio...
Read More3 MIN READBy NICOLE KASANDRA A. LIPAWEN Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and many others. In different sizes, colors, and ring tones. “CP” is the commonly used term. CP’s are found almost everywhere! Digital information...
Read More3 MIN READBy JAYMANTE PEARL APILADO What would be a likely reason for your mother to cry? I was once the apple of my parents’ eyes and the darling of the family, because I am the only girl on my father’s side. I always had what...
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Read More2 MIN READBy ART B. BELISARIO ACROSS: 1 bayan sa Abra sa pagitan ng Bucay at Bucloc; 9 palayaw nina Alvin at Albert; 11 sa mitolohiyang Greek, diyosa ng sangkalupaan; 12 talo (Ilok); 13 kamay (Ilok); 14 sa mitolohiyang Norse,...
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Read More5 MIN READNina NIÑA CAMILLE PACIAL at ANNE KATHLEEN PAYOS Ang lubid na nakapalibot sa lobby ang nagdala ng katahimikan sa buong lobby sa Miyerkules na iyon. Ngunit humigit kumulang 800 na estudyanteng nakapula ang nag-walkout sa...
Read More2 MIN READBy ACE ALEGRE KABAYAN, Benguet (Aug. 24) — A closer look, probably communing with the past, is an exhilarating experience because not so many were brought here yet to meet one-on-one with the world-acclaimed “Kabayan...
Read More4 MIN READBy VERNIE YOCOGAN-DIANO The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) particularly its Task Force on Women and Environment conducted a fact-finding mission on the mining situation of some communities in...
Read More3 MIN READBy JOHN MARASIGAN When choosing a bike, it is best to browse the Web for references. There are a million and one possible modifications that will fit every biker’s needs in the sport. In the mountain biking world, some...
Read More2 MIN READBy BRENDA S. DACPANO Adu ti aba ditoy ili tayo ken nalaka. No adda 20 pesos mo mailasaten ti maysa a pannangan iti 6 katao a pamilya. No adda mulam maymayat manen ta mapan ka la mangparot, diay la bugguong ken...
Read More< 1 MIN READhello,i have just read a topic about rice wine making.I would like to know if there is any store in Canada or U.S where i can buy bubod or rice fermenting yeast.Thank...
Read More< 1 MIN READhello,i have just read a topic about rice wine making.I would like to know if there is any store in Canada or U.S where i can buy bubod or rice fermenting yeast.Thank...
Read More3 MIN READTUBA, Benguet (Aug. 16) — The government-set dialog to thresh out issues surrounding the disapproval by concerned indigenous peoples in Itogon and this town, of a mining permit application by the Philex Mining...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug.16) – Militant and student groups condemned the proposed revival Reserved Officers Training Corps. (ROTC) program by Cebu 1st District Rep. Eduardo Gullas in a press conference at the University of the...
Read More2 MIN READTUBA, Benguet (Aug. 16) —Residents of communities from the outskirts of a mineral land being applied for a mineral production sharing agreement (APSA 102) by Philex Mining Corporation, were dispersed by company-hired...
Read More4 MIN READITOGON, Benguet (Aug. 16) — “Your presentations are very informative. But they cannot convince us because experience tells us differently. No matter what you say in your efforts to shed light on the issue, what our...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 17) – A transport group here branded a new tax measure as a move that would further impoverished the suffering transport sector as they submitted their petition August 16, at the Bureau of Internal...
Read More4 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 17) — “There are no more houses to demolish there,” former Rizal Mayor Marcelo dela Cruz categorically said responding to media inquiry on his future demolition plans in sitio Malapiat in Barangay San...
Read More2 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Aug. 16) – The government owes the country’s World War II veterans the restoration of their economic and social status that has been unjustly and unfairly robbed off them, some 61 years ago, a...
Read More< 1 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Aug. 15) – Ifugao Governor Teodoro Baguilat Jr. is dismayed over police inaction against jueteng operations in the province. Baguilat whose two-week ultimatum for Ifugao policemen and mayors...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 18) — The newly formed Anti- Child Pornography Alliance Metro Baguio (ACPA-Metro Baguio) in their forum Saturday here, called upon the public to raise consciousness and promote zero tolerance against...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 16) – Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) and the city government recently discussed how to synchronize electric facilities to come up with optimum production possible for the Asin...
Read More< 1 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Aug 17) – The Dalicno Community Traditional Small-Scale Miners Association (DCTSSMA) is opposing the proposed diamond drilling by the Itogon-Suyoc Resources, Inc. (ISRI), formerly...
Read More< 1 MIN READTUBA, Benguet (Aug. 14) – An engineer and three underground miners died of suffocation inside two private mines tunnel in Tuba and Mankayan, all in Benguet, in separate incidents Monday and Tuesday last week....
Read More2 MIN READTABUK CITY (Aug. 17) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here is banning recruitment agencies from offering the “Fly Now Pay Later (FNPL) scheme”. DOLE Provincial Officer Dr. Avelina Manganip said the...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 15) — The National Delphic Council Philippines (NDCP) and the City Government of Baguio are hosting the III Junior Delphic Games in Baguio City on November 10 to 15, 2007. The III Junior Delphic...
Read More2 MIN READOn the average, the Filipino child today spends five hours a day watching television. By the time he reaches age 18, he would have watched 32,850 hours of TV. This figure means that he would have consumed a...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAYOMBONG (Aug. 17) — Department of Agriculture(DA) secretary Arthur Yap asked the public Monday to report any suspicious flow of prices of goods in the markets. Yap said there is no reason for abnormal price...
Read More2 MIN READTUGUEGARAO CITY (aUG. 16) — High-value crops like coconuts, pineapples, mangoes and bananas remain as the country’s top agricultural merchandise exports, growing by an impressive 15.84% to $1.041 billion for the first...
Read More2 MIN READRoadusers seek SP att’n on accident-prone hi-way LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Aug. 17) – The Benguet Truckers and Tradersf Association (BTTA) sought the assistance of the Benguet provincial board to call the attention of the...
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Read More3 MIN READPerhaps only a few historians and scholars of the Mindanao conflict, as well as Moro rights advocates, will remember August 20, 1899. On this date, whose 108th anniversary is tomorrow, the infamous Bates Treaty was...
Read More4 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW I remember one time in 1991 when I was invited to Taiwan to speak in a seminar of indigenous peoples in that area. Before the training, I was asked to count from one to ten in my native language,...
Read More3 MIN READBy MARY ANN “MANJA” BAYANG “How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms; by truth when it is attacked by lies; by democratic faith when it is attacked by authoritarian dogma. Always and in the...
Read More4 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO In the first celebration of the liberation of the Province of Benguet from the world war II occupation of the Japanese Imperial army a group of youngsters, all descendants of the Benguet braves of...
Read More3 MIN READBy PIO S. VERZOLA JR. The concept of community radio, based on local peoplefs initiative and broadcasting non-commercially on the FM band and at fairly low wattage, has been a growing trend globally for some decades...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “Liste to the cry of the people, and they will respect you as a leader.” — I Kings 12:7 (Paraphrased) Collateral damage A very bloody conflict is again raging in Mindanao. Actually, it is not...
Read More3 MIN READBy FAYE LIM Every person’s life has its ups and downs. But of course, we will never know exactly when it’s time for us to be going up, and reaching the top, or going down, and reaching bottom. Some people will be happy...
Read More2 MIN READBy KRISTINE SHEILA TABIN As I looked up the road going to Aurora Hill, and its intersections going other ways, I remembered my friend asking me why I took up AB Communication. She said she didn’t see any signs of me...
Read More3 MIN READBy KEIDY M. TRANSFIGURACION At first all I know it was all hearsay stories by people. But here, I have proven and witnessed that the people really comes together to fight for their land, life and resources for the...
Read More5 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Aug. 15) – After 61 years from the outbreak of the World War II, Benguet honored its veterans today during the first celebration of the province’s liberation day, which, the veterans claim, falls...
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Read More2 MIN READBy ART B. BELISARIO ACROSS: 1 maybahay (Ilok); 10 hawa, lipat-sakit (Ilok); 11 sisidlang nabibitbit (Eng); 13 hilingin na ibaba (Tag); 16 nakalipas (Eng); 17 bansot na eucalyptus ng Australia; 18 magdagdag (Ilok Sp);...
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Read More2 MIN READBy JOHN MARASIGAN Last week, I did mention about second-hand bicycles on sale every rainy season. I do not know if Lady Luck was on my side or just perfect timing that I just got the deal of the year: a Kona Caldera...
Read More2 MIN READBy BRENDA S. DACPANO Agruar dagiti tukak iti panagtutudo. Adu ti magatang iti tiendaan ngem nangina met, P140 ti maysa a kilo a nakulanitanen a tukak. Nalaklaka no sibibiag pay, ammo yo la ketdi ti mangkulanit maymayat...
Read More6 MIN READFFM holds Rizal ex-mayor accountable BAGUIO CITY (Aug. 10) — The Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) Fact finding Mission (FFM) report condemned the massive human rights violations done in Sitio Malapiat in San...
Read More2 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Aug. 9) — The Cordillera police blamed the Butbut tribe of Kalinga as behind the ambush of Rizal Mayor Chris Marc dela Cruz and his father former Mayor Marcelo dela Cruz Wednesday noon in Liwan,...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 6) — The city would spend at least P6.7 million for a plebiscite on the reduction of the number of the city’s barangays, the city election officer told the council today. “The amount would cover only...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 10) —Typhoons Chedeng and Dodong claimed three lives and caused landslides affecting residents in several communities in the Cordillera. The latest casualty, 17-year-old Remedios Mamaradlo was...
Read More2 MIN READITOGON, Benguet (August 11) — Itogon residents opposed the entry of another mining company, this time the Anvil Mining, Ltd., an Australian firm that operates largely in the Congo, which is reportedly taking over the...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 6) — Anakpawis Representative Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran was given a Plaque of Appreciation for giving a medical support fund at the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) during the opening...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 9) — Mt. Pulag’s mossy forests are threatened by the fast expansion of commercial vegetable gardens and infrastructure development, a government environmental watchdog disclosed last week. The picture...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 10) — Indigenous Peoples of the Cordillera through the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance, the largest federation of IP communities and people’s organizations in the region; the Episcopal Church of the...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug 9) — More Northern Luzon folk were unsatisfied with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s (PGMA) performance and want her removed from office according to the July 2007 IBON survey. The IBON survey...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 10) — An alliance of individuals and groups are up in arms against child pornography and shall launch the Anti-child Pornography Alliance for Metro-Baguio on August 18, one of the conveners...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 8 ) — The city prosecutor’s office dismissed the estafa case earlier filed against a city councilor here for lack of probable cause. The resolution, however only tackled the estafa charges and was...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 10) — The fact finding committee created by the city council initially pointed out anomalies on the on-going construction of the SM Mall along the Harrison Road in front of the Sunshine Park here. SM...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 5) — Top ranking officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Cordillera are facing a graft and corruption complaint before the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC), filed by a...
Read More2 MIN READTABUK CITY (Aug. 10) — Amid the rainfall over the week, the Office of Agricultural Services (OAS) in its initial report during the recent Kapihan sa Kapitolyo, here said the province incurred a P86.176 million worth of...
Read More2 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Aug. 7) — Accusing two government-owned energy corporations of being unfaithful to the Benguet people for non-payment of franchise taxes, Benguet Board Member Juan Nazarro Jr. urged Benguet...
Read More2 MIN READCordi PNP top brass asked to explain jueteng proliferation BAGUIO CITY (Aug 10) – The city council will have as guests in its Monday session the Baguio City council invited Police Regional Office Cordillera (PRO-Cor)...
Read More3 MIN READJICA-assisted health project doing good LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Aug. 10) – The P125 million five–year project on strengthening provincial local health systems aimed to improve the quality of health services in the...
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Read More2 MIN READLast Thursday, August 9, indigenous peoples the world over observed the UN-declared International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IDWIP). Although the day’s special significance barely made a dent on the front...
Read More< 1 MIN READWe thank the Baguio City Police Director, P/Sr. Supt. Moises M. Guevarra, who went all the way to look into issues on police efficiency that we have raised surrounding the incident where two of our newsboys were...
Read More2 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO “…It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring, jumped to bed and he bumped his head, and couldn’t get up in the morning…” I haven’t found yet who composed that song. But...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL People who work sitting down are paid more than those who work standing up” – Ogden Nash (1902-1971) The Regional Tripartite and Wage Productivity Board (RTWPB) said they are going to give an...
Read More3 MIN READBy PIO S. VERZOLA JR. A couple of years back, in this same column, I had written a three-part piece about the warrior tradition of swords and sword fights – both in Hollywood movies (mostly depicting the ancient...
Read More4 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “May your kingdom come; may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” — Matthew 6:10 Search for new theological models The word kingdom is one of the Biblical metaphors used by the Gospel...
Read More4 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA (Editor’s note: This is the Rural Women’s Declaration of Rights, Empowerment and Liberation, forged as a result of the recently-concluded Asia Rural Women’s Consultation held on July 31 – August...
Read More3 MIN READBy NICOLE KASANDRA A. LIPAWEN* Editor’s note: We have always encouraged our young people to speak their minds by submitting their writings to Nordis Weekly for possible publication. We are now exerting more efforts to...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Aug. 10) — Since he was freed from his hospital arrest, Anakpawis Representative Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran continues his service to the people. Ka Bel was released on July 10, five days before the...
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Read More2 MIN READBy ART BELISARIO ACROSS 1 naubos (Ilok); 6 sa Lumang Kasulatan ng Biblya, ang aklat ng mga awit (Eng); 11 tulong, alalay (Eng); 12 sobra, ekstra (Eng); 14 pagkilala sa pagkakautang (abbrev Eng); 15 pangarapin (Ilok);...
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Read More2 MIN READBy JOHN MARASIGAN THE BIKE SHOP. (From left to right) Wes, Ate Goy, Dodong (seated) and Gi posing at the bike shop. Photo courtesy of Igan Did you know that bicycles are often sold at almost half the price during rainy...
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