3 MIN READOrnus celebrates silver anniversary BAGUIO CITY (May 23) — While the city’s urban poor remained hopeful that the demolition of structures would end in the communities where they have settled, the current rice crisis...
Read More3 MIN READA joint project of SM and GSIS BAGUIO CITY (May 24) – A plan to alter the land use of pinestand within the Baguio Convention Center was confirmed before the city council Monday by Shoemart Development Corporation...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 21) — The Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) recognizes the workers’ clamor for a wage increase but are more willing to provide more non-wage benefits. According to Marlou Abaja of ECOP...
Read More3 MIN READLa Union (May 23) — Typhoon Cosme hit the southern towns of La Union, night of May 17 causing millions of damage in agricultural production, fisheries, infrastructure and leaving seven persons dead and five injured....
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 24) — The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC-Baguio Chapter) is again appealing to the public for voluntary blood donors to have enough blood reserve especially for the rainy season. Dr. Jasmin...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY — The fate of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s (PCSO) Small Town Lottery here will certainly again divide Baguio as attempts to ram in its operations are continuing. On June 17, anti-gambling...
Read More3 MIN READAsks Task Force Usig for security BAGUIO CITY (May 21) — Baguio City-based journalists Ma. Elena Catajan and Redgie Cawis of the national daily Malaya are fearing for their lives after the “snapping incident” at...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 22) — The New People’s Army’s (NPA) Agustin Begnalen Command (ABC), operating in the Ilocos and Cordillera regions, pointed out inconsistencies in the military reports that underscored victories in...
Read More3 MIN READHONG KONG (May 15) — The sound of gongs reverberated in Chater Road on May 4 as migrant workers from the Cordillera region reaffirmed the defense of their land, life, livelihood and resources in celebration of...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY — The city council last Monday declared the city in state of calamity due to the damages wrought by typhoon “Cosme.” The declaration was made upon the request of Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. after...
Read More2 MIN READBeneco incurs P2M revenue loss LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (May 23) — More than P1.4 million of Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Beneco) poles, transformers and other equipments were destroyed by super typhoon Cosme over...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 23) — Three acknowledged photo-journalists recently gained additional recognition for their photos that captured images of Filipino children. The Regional Council for the Welfare of Children-...
Read More2 MIN READMAYOYAO, Ifugao (May 23) — Punctuality and attendance among government employees here, are ensured with the installation July 15 last year of the biometrics system at the entrance of the municipal hall. Biometrics is a...
Read More2 MIN READDay care centers in the workplaces BAGUIO CITY (May 24) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) called on companies and corporations to put up day care centers in their workplaces to form part of non-wage...
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Read More< 1 MIN READIf Lu Yan (character of ‘The Forbiden Kingdom’), is right that one who is remembered and shall never be forgotten is an immortal, then Ka Bel is one who will not be forgotten and therefore is an immortal. All...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Oil prices have hit the common Filipinos. Oil Companies increased the prices of oil at least eight times this year if I remember it right. I can count at least 12 times the oil price increased...
Read More3 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO How easily the people of Baguio forget. Maybe they are not really from Baguio or care what happens to it for anyway they are leaving for the States, Canada or Japan. In the earthquake of 1990, the...
Read More3 MIN READBy KILUSANG MAYO UNO — CORDILLERA May 20, 2008 “If helping the poor is a crime and fighting for freedom is rebellion then I plead guilty as charged” — Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran (21 years ago on the rebellion charges...
Read More4 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into the ocean depths; even if the seas roar...
Read More2 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA Today, we mourn the loss of a hero. Crispin Beltran, or “Ka Bel” as he was known by the Filipinos. He passed away on May 20, 2008, after a fatal fall while trying to prepare his house for the...
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Read More2 MIN READBy ART B. BELISARIO ACROSS 1 pinakamataas na bundok sa Pilipinas 3 masugid na tagahanga (Eng) 6 palayaw ni Oscar 9 ekspresyon na patanong (Tag) 10 propesyunal sa larangan ng batas (Sp Pil) 12 __-__: kahol ng aso (Pil)...
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Read More5 MIN READBy CHEN REYES-MENCIAS Have you fantasized of being an astronaut hopping on the surface of the moon? Can you imagine the thrill of being in another world and feeling honored you are one of the privileged few to actually...
Read More2 MIN READNi BRENDA S. DACPANO Maikapamitlon daytoy a dawat dagiti gagayyem ngem ita laeng a nasapar ko a suraten. Nakaugalian mi ngamin ditoy Nordis a no ania ti mai-feature a makan ket masapul a lutuen tapno adda maritrato....
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 12) — Even the church is not safe from the recent military occupation at the tri-boundary of Abra, Mountain Province and Ilocos Sur provinces. In a press conference of the Cordillera Human Rights...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 16) — Still trembling telling her harrowing experience from a supposedly dangerous situation while covering a festival in Ifugao province, Malaya correspondent Ma. Elena Catajan vowed for justice as...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 15) — Despite the heavy traffic that Baguio City is experiencing, Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr, said that the one-way traffic scheme along Upper Session Road and its side streets is effective. “The...
Read More2 MIN READKASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya (May 12) — An environmental activist group lauded the congressional inquiry conducted yesterday by the Committee on National Cultural Communities into the reported encroachment of the...
Read More2 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (May 16) — The House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture chair Abraham Mitra during the committee’s regional consultation here said that the budget for the agriculture sector should be...
Read More3 MIN READVIGAN CITY (May 14) — The University of Northern Philippines (UNP) administration filed a criminal complaint for theft before the City Prosecutor’s Office here against one of its student leaders. Docketed as I.S....
Read More5 MIN READBombings reminiscent of Beew massacre BAGUIO CITY (May 13) – Elders of Tubo, Abra announced in an interview that they will file cases of human rights violation with the joint monitoring committee of the Government of...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 16) — The city council has invited to its regular session tomorrow (Monday) personalities from key institutions involved in the alleged plan to construct a commercial structure at the remaining...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 16)– City veterinarian Brigit Piok Monday suggested three ways to tackle the waste problem at the city slaughterhouse which was reported as one of the causes of pollution of the Balili River. Piok, who...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 15) — The local government considers the possibility that the Ad Congress 2009 could be a part of Baguio City’s Centennial Celebration. The city government and the City Tourism Office will be...
Read More2 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (May 15) — Two lady drug traders who slipped into a checkpoint in Mountain Province are now being hunted by anti-narcotics agents. Rosa and Unchangay Macabio, sisters from upland Betwagan barangay...
Read More2 MIN READ“No to Bingo, STL, and Bingoteng; Casino yes, but…” – Mayor BAGUIO CITY (May 16) — Mayor Reinaldo Bautista, Jr. last week reiterated his stand against all forms of gambling highlighted by a recent closure order...
Read More2 MIN READPNRC Benguet assures safety of its blood bank LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (May 16) — The Philippine National Red Cross Benguet Chapter assured the public on the safety of its blood banking following the upgrading of its...
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Read More2 MIN READ“Ang kapayapaan ay hindi lamang sa kawalan ng digmaan…” Mahigit 300 na mga pwersa ng 50th IBPA ang nagsagawa ng operasyong miliatar sa Sitio Pananuman, Brgy. Tubtuba, Tubo, Abra mula pa noong Marso 12, 2008. Bahagi ito...
Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW The local chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemns the actions of Ifugao, Alfonso Lista Vice-Mayor Clarence Polig and his police bodyguards threatening and...
Read More3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL “Uray ania pay a rigat ken sakit ti sumangbay, kasapulan a sisasagana tayo nga agsakripisyo kas panangipakita iti pudno a panagserbi kadagiti mangmangged ken dadduma pay a marigrigat a...
Read More2 MIN READBy NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES May 16, 2008 The harassment of Malaya correspondent Ma. Elena Catajan and the Philippine Information Agency’s Redgie Cawis by Alfonso Lista, Ifugao Vice Mayor...
Read More4 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps, the LORD will be merciful to the people of this nation who are still left alive.” — Amos 5:15...
Read More3 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA First of two parts The political persecution by the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration against incumbent Gabriela Women’s Party List Representative to the Philippine Congress, Liza...
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Read More5 MIN READBy CHEN REYES-MENCIAS It was a perfectly sunny day, with bright blue sky and puffy white clouds. Just the perfect day to launch a program designed to usher in new recruits for the latest craze among outdoor...
Read More3 MIN READBy JOHN MARASIGAN Distance: 25 kilometers, Terrain: 80 percent off-road (rolling climb and steep ascent and descent) 20 percent paved, Travel time: estimated at 2-3 hrs. , Calorie burn: 428 cal. Destination: Talinguroy...
Read More4 MIN READNi ARMIE M. TOMAS Alas dos y medya ng madaling araw nang marating namin ang tahanan nina tatay Felix at nanay Lupe Realin. Naratnan namin silang kasalukuyang nagdadapil. Ang pagdadapil ay ang paraan ng pagkuha ng...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 10) — As drivers in Metro Manila and other key cities nationwide are expected to launch a transport strike Monday, the militant transport group here will stage a march-rally with red flags and banners...
Read More2 MIN READKABAYAN, Benguet (May 3) — As the Department of Tourism (DOT) declares Kabayan as the next eco-tourism site in the Cordillera, local residents are pushing for their involvement in the management of Mount Pulag. “We are...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 8 ) — Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Lito Atienza passed an ultimatum ordering all local governments to shut down their open dumpsites, and Baguio City is not an...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 10) — Teachers’ Camp celebrates its centennial year with a grand opening as sectors from the Department of Education from different regions including The National Educators Academy of the...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 7) — Centennial Commission (CenteCom) Chairperson Virgilio Bautista said that although the Baguio City Council is cooperating very well with them regarding the funds allocated by the city government,...
Read More2 MIN READSAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (May 6) — In a bid to have enough supply of rice and not be alarmed of negative news, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assured the Filipino people that a 1.2 million metric tons of rice was...
Read More2 MIN READKABAYAN, Benguet (May 3) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) with the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched the new nature-based tourism spot in Cordillera. With the help of the local residents...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 9) — Validation of the Certificate of Final Electrical Inspection (CFEI) from the City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO) is now a major prerequisite for the approval of electrical connection...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 5) — During the regular city council session, the Baguio Historical and Mining Museum Foundation presented their revised plan for the mining museum, asking for additional space for a park. About...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 4) — Amid the unresolved murder cases piling-up on the judges desks nationwide, Chief Justice Reynato Puno said in a press briefing held in Baguio Country Club that there is a dire need for more...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 6) — The Pambansang Samahan ng mga Tapagmasid at Tagapagtaguyod ng Filipino (PASATAF), an organization of teachers, gave their Gawad Sagisag Balagtas award to Carlo J. Caparas during their 36th Gawaing...
Read More< 1 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (May 5) — The Benguet provincial board had agreed to adopt the proposed resolution asking the city government of Baguio to allow the Baguio-Mangga jeepney route to park in a designated parking...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 6) — Over a thousand teachers from different points of the Philippines attended Pambansang Samahan ng mga Tagamasid at Tagapagtaguyod ng Filipino (PASATAF) 36th Gawaing Kapulungan at Teacher’s...
Read More< 1 MIN READCity backs young people’s summit BAGUIO CITY (May 9) – A young people’s summit to focus on population, health and environment will be held here. Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. last week created a technical working...
Read More2 MIN READBenguet to verify boundaries of proposed Baguio City charter LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (May 9) — The Benguet province will look into the appropriate delineation of boundaries relative to the proposed charter bill of Baguio...
Read More2 MIN READIlocos farmers urged to plant white corn as alternative food VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur (May 9) — Ilocos Sur Governor Deogracias Victor “DV” B. Savellano urged all farmers in the province to plant white corn to prepare for...
Read More< 1 MIN READARMENIA ALOCOD BENGWAYAN Y TABOR (FACHE), FELLOW OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE was chosen as the Representative for Children’s Hospital, Nebraska in the 5th Annual United Healthcare Congress held in Chicago,...
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Read More2 MIN READLast Friday was a last consultation concluded in one level of the process of building a consensus in the acquisition of the Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) of the indigenous peoples to be affected in the area...
Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW May 3 is an important day for journalists worldwide. It is the World Press Freedom Day. Instead of celebrating however, journalists are more worried that press freedom is being suppressed and...
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3 MIN READBy ARTURO BOQUIREN Months from now, I will gladly modify the arguments of this column—if...
Read More4 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “Parents, do not treat your children in such a way to make them angry. Instead, raise them with Christian discipline.” — Ephesians 6:4 Mother’s Day The Second Sunday of May is traditionally...
Read More3 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA On the evening of March 12, 2008 the Charlie Company of the 50th Infantry Batallion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines enforced themselves in the little village of Pananuman, in Barangay...
Read More2 MIN READBy CLAUDINE MARIANO Flowers. Chocolates. Balloons. Gifts. What could really surprise her this Mother’s Day? At the customer service company I work for this summer, we answer emails for an online gift delivery service....
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Read More4 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Today is Mother’s Day, when fathers show mothers their appreciation for their partnership in bringing up their families. For sons and daughters, it is a time to greet their mothers, express their...
Read More5 MIN READBy NIÑA CAMILLE M. PACIAL Stories heard and written about OFWs have always been the same. People tend to ignore other aspects of this profession. It has always been about how they sacrificed and left their families to...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy JADE MALICDAN Sa aming buhay, kayo ang aming ilaw Nagbibigay liwanag sa aming paglalakbay. Gumagabay habang aming tinatahak Itong mundo na sadyang magulong tunay. Mga pangaral ninyo’y ginto ang nakapaloob...
Read More5 MIN READBy CLAIRE TUAZON The Salidummay, a founding member of the Dap-ayan ti Kultura ti Kordilyera (DKK) presented its new set of songs included in its upcoming 6th album during the 24th Cordillera day last April 23-24, held...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Apr. 28) — Stated in Ilokano the pact begun with … “We the elders, leaders and peace pact holders of the tribe of Binongan, bind and reaffirm as a matter of life and death very important agreements...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Apr. 29) — Indigenous peoples of Barangay Lamag, in Quirino town, Ilocos Sur reiterated their choice to maintain the traditional utilization of their natural resources and rejected an application for...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Apr. 29) – Not really dead, an attempt for an Small Town Lottery (STL) operation in the city is springing back to life after its failed bid mid last year. Green 2 Corporation again wrote the city council...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 1) — Justice is still elusive for the 10 retrenched workers of the Baguio Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) after they were dismissed from work in March of last year. According to Mel Macalood...
Read More3 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 1) — Heavy rains greeted members of labor unions and different organizations as they held up placards and marched down Session Road and Magsaysay Avenue in their commemoration of Labor Day. The...
Read More4 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Apr. 28) — There is no stopping the people of Cordillera to resist mining of their ancestral lands. In a press conference last April 28, the 24th Cordillera Day, the celebration of the region’s militant...
Read More< 1 MIN READLA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Apr.28) — “Almost all roads in Benguet are prone to landslides,” Vice Governor Crescencio Pacalso noted at the weekly Sangguniang Panlunsod (SP) meeting when Board Member Marciano Inso raised...
Read More3 MIN READBAAY-LICUAN, ABRA (Apr. 28) — “Pinakbet”. A Filipino dish of local vegetables simmered in fish sauce. This cuisine is one of the most practical dish because it is easy to cook and so affordable. But now, this, too, is...
Read More2 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 1) — In line with the celebration of International Labor Day, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU)-Cordillera launched a workers’ school here named after the first chairperson of KMU, Felixberto S. Olalia Sr....
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Apr. 28) — Although National Food Authority (NFA) Provincial Manager Rolando S. Rufo said that there is enough rice supply for the province of Benguet, he had to agree with Councilor Betty Lourdes...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (May 2) — The Baguio Historical and Mining Museum Foundation, Inc., lead by its chairman of the board, Ambassador to Germany Delia Domingo-Albert, presented to the local media a mining museum project...
Read More< 1 MIN READBAGUIO CITY (Apr 29) — The commissioner of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), Chino Trinidad came to Baguio to promote the game two of the 2008 PBL Emino sports cup semi-final games that will be held here....
Read More2 MIN READDoctor presents some inconvenient truths on Baguio’s water BAGUIO CITY (May 2) — Dr. Julie Camdas-Cabato, one of Baguio’s leading physicians and environmentalists, pleaded last Earth Day for the restoration of the...
Read More2 MIN READCity mayor declares no rice shortage in Tabuk TABUK CITY, Kalinga (May 2) — “There is no shortage in the rice granary town of Cordillera,” claims Tabuk City Mayor Camilo Lammawin Jr. to media. Tabuk has the largest...
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Read More2 MIN READMay Day is Labor Day. Since its conception it was a commemoration of the united, militant working class actions to improve their lot. History books have indicated that in a situation where almost all the wealth of a...
Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Articles published by this paper in the past showed that hunters in the Cordillera are threatened. In fact, we reported that same village hunters in Mankayan, Benguet, Sadanga, Mountain Province,...
Read More2 MIN READBy MARY ANN MANJA BAYANG (We are publishing the following to give our readers a briefer on the country’s human rights situation.This is the last of three parts. Click here for the first part and second part. — Ed.)...
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3 MIN READBy ARTURO BOQUIREN The first May 1 rally in the Philippines is attributed to the...
Read More3 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO Cordi day marks the day Macliing Dulag, a Kalinga Pangat, was assassinated some 28 years ago by the state military for leading his people against the building of four large hydro electric dams...
Read More5 MIN READBy REV. LUNA L. DINGAYAN “The God said, ‘And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small.’ ” —...
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