2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 23) — Residents of farming villages in Mankayan, Benguet affected by an on-going mining exploration, petitioned the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP)-Cordillera to stop the exploration...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 22) — Cordillera indigenous peoples and workers’ groups condemned the mine safety week celebrations of the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau-Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 22) — Philippine mining is turning very bullish and industry players display optimism it could break the impasse that has lingered for so many years. After many years of dormancy, Philippine mining is...
Read More6 MIN READBy CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE and KILUSANG MAYO UNO-CORDILLERA The worker’s plight Julio, (not his real name) has worked as a miner for the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) for the past 20 years, receiving...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 21) — Public utility vehicle operators and drivers are facing a bleak Christmas with the latest oil price increase, said a transport group as it aired its sentiments against the government policy of...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 22) – Acknowledging a snowballing adverse public opinion over the city council decision to appropriate almost P20 million for public officials’ vehicles, a city councilor here has mustered humility...
Read More< 1 MIN READMANKAYAN, Benguet (Nov. 19) — The Lepanto Employees Union-National Federation of Labor Unions-Kilusang Mayo Uno (LEU-Naflu-KMU) won the recently concluded certification elections for rank and file employees of the...
Read More< 1 MIN READURDANETA CITY (Nov. 20) — The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) backed out as financier of the irrigation component of the San Roque Multi-Purpose dam as a result of the killing of peasant leader...
Read More< 1 MIN READLAGAWE, Ifugao (Nov. 23) — Ifugao public school teachers who served during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections complained of the reduction of their honorarium. The teachers said they received...
Read More2 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Nov. 22) — Asian student leaders vowed to take on the fight of indigenous peoples of the Cordillera for the recognition of their human rights in a press conference Thursday that capped a week-long...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 23) — Mayor Reinaldo Bautista, Jr., last week issued Administrative Order 218 suspending the number coding system for private vehicles from November 22 to January 19 next year in time for holiday...
Read More2 MIN READAsin landowners drop talks with Baguio gov’t BAGUIO CITY (Nov. 23) — The Tadiangan-Nangalisan Hydro Ancestral Landowners Association, Inc. (TNHALA) in a resolution November 3, informed city officials the group glost...
Read More2 MIN READKalinga reorganizes Tourism Council TABUK CITY, Kalinga (Nov. 23) — The Kalinga Provincial Tourism Council (PTC) chose its new set of officers at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Hall last November 19. Newly installed...
Read More2 MIN READIndigenous students benefit from NCIP scholarship SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (Nov. 22) – Some 820 indigenous students in the Ilocos Region are among the beneficiaries of the government’s P85 million scholarship...
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Read More2 MIN READA few days ago, a news story rocked the regime of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo so abruptly, like a solid punch to the jaw, that GMA’s spokespersons have until now merely reeled and mumbled, and have not said anything...
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3 MIN READBy ARTURO BOQUIREN On 14-16 November 2007, I attended the 45th Annual Meeting of the...
Read More3 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO Have you watched a Chinese kung-fu movie where the characters dressed in old-style Chinese dresses? They also have that round hat fitted to the top of the head like a helmet. Well, I thought that...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL My friends, it is solidarity of labor we want. We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: “We must be togther; our masters are joined together and...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy Committee on Women, Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Philippine Province of the Good Shepherd Gathered in our Province Assembly in Quezon City from November 12-14, 2007, we, the undersigned Good...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “Wisdom is more valuable than jewels; Wisdom offers you long life; Wisdom can make your life pleasant and lead you safely through it.” — Proverbs 3:15-18 Month of the Elderly I planned to write...
Read More3 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA November 25 is international day to end violence against women. It was first declared by women of Latin America in their gathering in 1981 to commemorate the death of the three Mirabal sisters...
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Read More2 MIN READBy ART B. BELISARIO ACROSS: 1 ______ ng lumipas (Tag); 6 itim (Ilok); 12 babae (Ilok); 14 Ono No _____: kilalang lider ng Hapon noong ika-6 na siglo; 15 halik (Ilok); 16 perdible (Eng); 18 silungan, kubol (Ilok); 19...
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Read More4 MIN READBy GLORIA A. TUAZON The first time I set foot in Kapangan, I never thought there was much to this hidden remote village other than the all-too familiar rice paddies and the lurid news of cannabis plantations. Like an...
Read More2 MIN READBy JOHN MARASIGAN Bon Voyage to our fellow Sayote rider Mr. Ferdie Villanueva, who will be leaving the country on Wednesday after a two-month vacation (half of it spent riding his bike). Another tough and sturdy rider...
Read More2 MIN READNi BRENDA S. DACPANO Naaddaanak ti gundaway a dimmar-ay iti Adivay idiay kapitolyo ti Benguet idi naminsan nga aldaw. Apagsagpat ko pay laeng iti ngato ti agdan ti kapitolyo simmabat kaniak ti ayamuom ti kinirog a...
Read More2 MIN READBombing, a diversionary tactic BAGUIO CITY (Nov. 15) — While condemning the Batasan bombing Tuesday night, a Cordilleran sought an urgent and impartial investigation saying the blast might be a tactic to divert public...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 16) — The Batasan complex bombing that killed four and wounded 13 others was condemned by various sectors all over the country. In Baguio City, a candle-lighting was launched Wednesday to dramatize...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 16) — An urban peoples’ organization here criticized the city council for its extravagance when it reportedly hastily allocated almost P20 million from the P25.2 million surplus from the city’s...
Read More3 MIN READSAGADA, Mountain Province (Nov. 13) — An application by two elders from Bontoc to mine mineral rich areas in the towns of Sagada, Bontoc, and Sadanga in Mountain Province with the regional office of the Mines and...
Read More2 MIN READTABUK CITY, Kalinga (Nov. 6) — Farmers in this rice-producing province hit the introduction of hybrid varieties of rice here, saying the rise in genetically modified organism (GMO’s) has been taking its toll on them...
Read More2 MIN READHONG KONG (Nov. 16) — Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) want Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo out as shown in the recently started signature campaign calling for her resignation. On its kickoff November 11, the signature...
Read More< 1 MIN READTABUK CITY, Kalinga (Nov. 16) — A local resident drowned and over P114 million worth of crops, infrastructure and private properties were destroyed when typhoon Kabayan whipped Kalinga with storm signal number 3...
Read More< 1 MIN READLAGAWE, Ifugao (Nov. 13) — Ifugao Governor, Teodoro Baguilat Jr. was among those who represented the country to 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights sponsored by the United...
Read More2 MIN READSAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (Nov. 13) — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in an eight-day operation last week cracked down on illegal gambling in the four provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 16) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development- Cordillera Administrative Region (DSWD-CAR), the local government of Baguio City and the Baguio Roman Catholic Diocese, launched the “Sing...
Read More2 MIN READNew set of BCFCCI officers takes oath BAGUIO CITY (Nov. 15) — The Baguio City Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (BCFCCCII) new set of officers took oath November 9 at Diamond Grand Ballroom, Hotel...
Read More2 MIN READSLU stude wins in Regional Statistics Quiz BAGUIO CITY (Nov. 16) — Cesar Higoy Jr., an Electronics and Communication Engineering student of Saint Louis University won the 16th Philippine Statistics Quiz regional...
Read More2 MIN READNPA rebel surrenders in Kalinga GAMU, Isabela (Nov. 10) — Ricardo Ligaspe, a former New People’s Army (NPA) member, allegedly surrendered carrying his caliber .30 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) to the 77th Infantry...
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Read More2 MIN READSeveral theories are being propounded on who the perpetrators are in the Nov. 13 Batasan bombing that killed four and injured several others. First theory, the one now being mainly pursued by police investigators, is...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW The latest dismissal on Thursday by the House Committee on Justice on the third impeachment try against Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo showed how the impeachment process is being bastardized by...
Read More2 MIN READBy MARY ANN MANJA BAYANG Congressional posts are highly contested positions. One has to have those millions to spend for the campaigns, the vote-buying, the payoffs and many more. One may even get killed. There will be...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” — Isaac Asimov The whole nation was shocked by the deadly bombing of the Batasan, where the Lower House of Congress holds its sessions. This means...
Read More2 MIN READBy ASIA PACIFIC FORUM ON WOMEN, LAW AND DEVELOPMENT (APWLD) The resistance by Carlita Cumila, a 70 year-old citrus fruit farmer of Barangay Papaya in the Malabing Valley to hold on to her familyfs livelihood – a...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “By means of his faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.” — Hebrews 11:4 A girl named Mariannet Mariannet Amper was buried last Saturday, November 10. She was that 11-year old girl...
Read More4 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA This is the abridged version of the privilege speech of Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Largoza Maza delivered on November 14, 2007. — Ed The Gabriela Women’s Party strongly condemns this heinous...
Read More4 MIN READBy CLAIRE TUAZON It was already three months ago, yet the August celebration of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples for Benguet State University constituents left a distinct mark in my consciousness that I wish...
Read More2 MIN READBy ART B. BELISARIO ACROSS 2 punong-kahoy na tropikal sa Amerika; 10 gamitin (Eng); 12 maigsi (Ilok); 13 daga (Ilok); 15 batas (Eng); 16 daliri (Ilok); 17 braso, bisig (Eng); 18 nakatali (Eng); 20 Palayaw ni Francisco...
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Read More6 MIN READBy CHEN REYES-MENCIAS Of all the years that I have travelled to many remote places in the country, one thing became clear to me. The less accessible a place is the more preserved it is. People is a major source of...
Read More2 MIN READBy JOHN MARASIGAN Despensa mi amigo mi amiga, two issues have passed and I have not written a single article, Long overdue so to say. But better late than never. THE GRAND SAYOTE MOB. The crew in one of the practice...
Read More2 MIN READBy CHERYL DAYTEC A 12-year-old girl, who became despondent over her family’s poverty, hanged herself inside their makeshift house a day after her father told her he could not give her the P100 she needed for a school...
Read More3 MIN READNi BRENDA S. DACPANO Idiay Vigan ti nakaramanak ti naimas a sinanglaw. Agdindinnamag a sadiay kano ti kaimasan a sinanglaw. Gapu iti kinaladaw mi a nagriing (kaduak ti gayyem ko), nasadutan kamin nga agluto ti armusar....
Read More4 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 7) — The United States government vows assistance in the restoration of the famed Ifugao Rice Terraces, a World Heritage Site still being admired worldwide. VETERAN’S DAY IN BAGUIO CITY. Her...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 6) – US Ambassador Kristie Kenney vows the United States government maintains its interest in Philippine politics specially on human rights but insists it would not dip its fingers on the issue. This...
Read More2 MIN READVIGAN CITY (Nob. 6)— “Ang ginawang pagpapasara sa opisina ng Tandem ay malinaw na paglabag sa karapatan ng mga estudyante ng University of Northern Philippines (UNP) na malaman ang katotohanan at ipahayag ang kanilang...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 7) — Cordillera workers affiliated with Kilusang Mayo Uno-Cordillera doubt the hearing on wage hike on November 21 by the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB-CAR) saying it would...
Read More< 1 MIN READILAGAN, Isabela (Nov. 9) — The Provincial government yesterday declared the province under state of calamity due to damages brought by typhoon ‘Kabayan’ Sunday night that hit directly nine of the 35 towns in...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 7) — A fourth year male cadet at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) reportedly died of a respiratory track infection Tuesday at the AFP Medical Center in Quezon City. This is the second death of a...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 9) — At least six priority projects are listed under the government’s Revitalization on the Mineral Industry Program in the region as of June this year. In a situationer of the minerals industry in...
Read More2 MIN READBANGUED, Abra (Nov. 3) — New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas in Abra meted the death sentence to Raul “Eeng” Labawan in Malibcong District last week based on an standing order for alleged blood debts which the...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 8 ) — Workers of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) gear for the certification election this month to choose the certified union to be the sole Collective Bargaining Unit (CBU). It was...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 9) — The city recently reportedly secured a commitment from the contractors undertaking the flyover project at the Baguio General Hospital rotunda to complete the long-delayed project in...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Nov. 2) – Friends, relatives and family finally laid to rest Lilette Fatima Raquel, or “Ka Trina” to her comrades-in-arms, in Aparri, Cagayan November 3. Raquel, 30, was petite, always giggling, (smiling...
Read More2 MIN READPOSD says vendors cannot claim seized goods BAGUIO CITY (Nov. 8 ) — Public Order and Safety Division (POSD) chief Gregorio Deligero last week warned “illegal vendors” that confiscated goods are not to be returned as...
Read More2 MIN READCagayan Valley tops 2006 Family Planning Survey TUGUEGARAO CITY (Nov. 6) — The Cagayan Valley Region ranked second in Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) or Family Planning use among 17 regions covered in the 2006...
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Read More2 MIN READ(We are publishing in abridged form this statement by the Neo-Angono Artists’ Collective, dated Oct. 31, to show our solidarity with artists in their struggle to defend their freedom of expression. Please send a short...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Ten years ago, on October 29, 1997, Republic Act 8371 also known as the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) was passed into law. It became effective the following month. Through its ten years’...
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3 MIN READBy ARTURO BOQUIREN I should be writing something on the economics of education because...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL “The labor unions are group efforts in the direction of democracy. Like the political efforts in the same direction, they become many times stultified and lead up blind alleys. But the effort creates...
Read More2 MIN READBy National Union of Journalists of the Philippines November 6, 2007 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is saddened and appalled by the defacement of the press freedom mural commissioned from the...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free for them. Then he had Jesus whipped and handed him over to be crucified.” — Mark 15:15 Executive clemency “History will be my judge!”...
Read More2 MIN READBy ROCHELLE M. BACANI “Health is wealth” is an old saying usually taught by our teachers when we were in pre-school during lessons on proper grooming and hygiene. Under the government’s health agenda, however, the...
Read More5 MIN READBy GLORIA A. TUAZON Kabayan is a place we get to hear often these days but do not know much about. It is a municipality located at the eastern part of Benguet bounded by Buguias and Bokod on two sides and by Ifugao and...
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Read More2 MIN READBy ART B. BELISARIO ACROSS: 1 na______: mabait (Ilok); 7 ibahay (Ilok); 13 lukot, tupi (Eng); 14 manlalapa, animo’y asong-lobo (Eng); 15 gabi (Ilok); 17 kasi (Ilok var); 18 ibabad (Eng); 19 masama (Eng); 21 oo (Eng...
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Read More< 1 MIN READBy BRENDA DACPANO INDAY CHRONICLES is adopted from messages that circulated in the...
Read More2 MIN READ(Mula sa isang Filipino-American na nakikipagsapalaran sa land of the free, home of the brave.) Akala ng mga tao na nasa Pilipinas kapag nasa America ka… Akala nila marami ka nang pera. Ang totoo, marami kang...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy CHESTER STONE BATNAG Everything was given with my arms wide open Rendered without pull backs were my treasures hidden Uncounted, not listed were the gems they’ve taken Trials done on their sins, their guilt has...
Read More< 1 MIN READNi ABIGAIL T. BENGWAYAN Sa unang pagkakataon, kung kailan may pagkakataon, Buwang matamlay pa sa kawalang tagumpay At lagalag na pag-ibig Ang kaulayaw ko ngayong gabi Naghihintay ang malalim na kasagutan Sa tanong...
Read More2 MIN READNi BRENDA S. DACPANO Daytoy a recipe ket inted kaniak ti maysa a gayyem ko a mahilig met nga agluto. Namin-adun nga inaramid mi daytoy kaddua dagiti ubbing mi. Kasla ay-ayam laeng para kadagiti ubbing ta insukog mi...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Oct. 30) — Local officials of the Benguet mining town Mankayan called for the stoppage of an exploration by a mining company as it failed to get an endorsement by the Sangguniang Bayan and the consent of...
Read More4 MIN READBy ABY MALUYO On July 23, 2006, 23-year old Robert Balagat was walking with his friends along their rice fields in Barangay Mocag, Baggao. They had planned to have a picnic, as typical youngsters do, when soldiers of...
Read More3 MIN READMANILA (Oct. 30) — Public school teachers picketed the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) main office in Intramuros, Manila today to protest the poll body’s failure to pay teachers for services rendered during...
Read More3 MIN READTUBLAY, Benguet (Oct. 30) — This suburban town in its rugged terrain will maintain its rural countryside appeal with around 80% of its 13,680 inhabitants engaged in farming, according to local government officials in a...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Oct. 30) — Acting Mayor Daniel Fariñas through Administrative Order No 143 reorganized the Baguio City Literary Coordinating Council to strengthen the composition and sustain the gains of the literacy...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Oct. 29) — The operation of cement batching plants is now officially prohibited in the city as embodied in a recently approved ordinance. Mayor Reinaldo A. Bautista Jr. signed into law Ordinance No....
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Oct. 31) — In the north, folk culture during Halloween or “Panagkakararua” (in Iluko) considers horror jokes including petty thievery a tradition that is exonerated. Not in Baguio City. More so with a...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Oct.30) — Two important bodies were reorganized last week to make them more responsive to the needs of the times. Before leaving the country on official business Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. issued...
Read More2 MIN READFirst to receive Asian Youth Awards in China LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Oct. 26) — The Kabayan Cultural Organization for Supporting, Developing, and Empowering the Youth (Kosdey) was recognized as one of the country’s 2007...
Read More2 MIN READCABUGAO, Ilocos Sur (Oct. 28) — A Basic Surf Life Saving course was conducted in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur last Oct.23 -27 to enable locals to respond to aquatic emergencies. LIFE SAVERS. Participants and trainers of the DOT...
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Read More2 MIN READLast week, as the Filipino public began preparing for the Christian tradition of remembering and visiting their dead on November 1-2, an important news item barely made it to the front pages. On Oct. 26, Philip Alston,...
Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Ang Batas, a TV program I co-host with Atty. Randy Kinaud at the Mountain View Satellite Corp, Channel 11, had scheduled a discussion on the bad conditions faced by our Overseas Filipino Workers –...
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