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Posted by Northern Dispatch | Nov 30, 2009
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3 MIN READWith reports from NORTHERN DISPATCH WEEKLY www.nordis.net Photo by Donna Villamor BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) reiterated its position on the decommissioning of the San Roque Dam in a senate...
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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net Muslims, Imam join condemnation as they observe Haj season BAGUIO CITY – Initiated by local media practitioners with a prayer and a candle lighting ceremony at the Baguio Cathedral...
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3 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) Baguio-Benguet Chapter unites in condemning the carnage in Maguindanao and called for justice for the colleagues and...
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2 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — As of 11:40 last Saturday, six are contending to become the lone representative of this city in the congress while the local mayoral post has four aspirants as yet. Leading...
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2 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Cases of violence against women here have increased, yet it can be construed as both positive and negative. That is what civil society groups as well as the police claimed...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Courage Partylist directed through a memorandum its regional, provincial and city formations as well as member organizations to intensify their campaign for the...
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3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Bayan Muna (BM) Representative and Deputy House Minority Leader Satur Ocampo said that the Executive Order 546 of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued in July 2006...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY — Kilusang Mayo Uno (May 1st Movement or KMU) national Chairperson Elmer “Bong” Labog describes the big three oil companies: Shell, Petron and Caltex as heartless for...
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2 MIN READBy LELILANIE ADRIANO www.nordis.net LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — Imagine the city proper of Laoag with battery-powered vehicles or electric taxis transporting passengers from one place to another. No gas emissions,...
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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Environmental experts say this summer capital of the country is a landslide prone area. Pepeng, a wake up call Gaining painful lessons from typhoon Pepeng, clear...
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2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Apprehend all the perpetrators from the top most to the bottom most criminal. Behind that gruesome crime commtted in Maguindanao was a purpose so sinister that was not simply against opponents in...
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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net (Today’s advocate will give way to the statement on the Ampatuan massacre drafted by the NUJP which is being circulated to media practitioners, lawyers, and individuals who may be...
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4 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “Why did you do this evil thing? You had Uriah killed in battle; you let the Ammonites kill him, and then you took his wife! … I swear to you that I will cause someone from...
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3 MIN READBy ALDWIN G. QUITASOL www.nordis.net “In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be...
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< 1 MIN READBy NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES www.nordis.net The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) demands the creation of an independent commission, to include media representatives,...
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2 MIN READBy KATRIBU PARTYLIST AND SUARA BANGSAMORO www.nordis.net KATRIBU Partylist and SUARA BANGSA MORO join the family, friends and colleagues of the Maguindanao massacre victims, many organizations and individuals in...
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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net LITTLE KIBUNGAN, La Trinidad, Benguet – It was Saturday morning last week in Little Kibungan of this town, a mambunong (native priest) offers sliced native pig’s liver, meat, and...
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< 1 MIN READNi BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO www.nordis.net Idi naminsan a panaggatang ko ti suka ti...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) expressed condemnation on the ongoing militarization in sitio Gumhang, Tinoc, Ifugao. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
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2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The city, through its Centennial Commission, gave recognitions to Anglican institutions at the awarding ceremony last Sunday. Four Anglican institutions were among the...
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2 MIN READBy MANNY A. LOSTE www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Scores of incumbent and aspiring politicians from the Cordillera took their oath of membership as Liberal Party members before former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon...
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2 MIN READBy NORTHERN DISPATCH www.nordis.net Baguio City — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has accredited Katribu, a partylist of indigenous peoples aimed at advancing the rights and welfare of indigenous peoples in the...
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2 MIN READBy MANNY A. LOSTE www.nordis.net Phto courtesy of Baguio Pride Network Baguio City. – They were not members of the Ang Ladlad partylist, but when the COMELEC trashed Ang Ladlad’s second attempt at...
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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net FIRST OF TWO SERIES BAGUIO CITY – Environmental experts say this summer capital of the country is a landslide prone area. But intervention measures can be adopted by the local...
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3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — “The presence of corporate mining here in the Cordillera region did not really help in the lives of the people, it only greatly contributed to the degradation of the...
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< 1 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net I keep it inside I always hesitate and forget my heart Looking at you I am pained Being with you will just be in the air. A meter away is always miles Your mind and heart I can not...
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< 1 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net Baguio City — City Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. announced on his regular media briefing that the city has recieved donations from Japan and the King of Saudi Arabia as relief...
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< 1 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — With 92.2 million population and most of whom are young people, the new thrust of the programs of the Population Commission now engages the youth in advocating its...
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2 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — A support enterprise firm servicing the interest and well-being of small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) by providing financial and training support, launched its North...
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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net It was a morning where I tried to fix my books and came by one of my favorite history books – William Henry Scott’s collected writings on the History of the Cordillera....
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3 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net The oil companies now are again very happy for the decision of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to lift Executive Order 839 that she had implemented on October 27, while the public...
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5 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “Believe me, woman, the time will come when people will not worship the Father either on this mountain or in Jerusalem…the time is coming and is already here, when by the power of...
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2 MIN READBy CORDILLERA HUMAN RIGHTS ALLIANCE www.nordis.net We Denounce the Appointment of Gonzales as National Defense Secretary! Today is the 426th day of James Balao’s enforced disappearance. We remember that 14 months...
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2 MIN READBy BAGUIO PRIDE NETWORK www.nordis.net We the members of the Baguio Pride Network (BPN), an alliance of LGBT organizations, individuals, friends and families here in Baguio City and the Municipality of La Trinidad join...
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2 MIN READNi BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO www.nordis.net photo courtesy of Mr.Lim Atiddog ken...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Around 250 Indigenous Peoples (IP) and IP rights advocates from the different provinces of Northern Luzon convened their first NL-wide Katribu Party List convention. On...
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3 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — In a resolution passed by the City counncil recently and finally approved by Mayor Reinaldo Bautista, Jr. last week, February 23 has been declared Ibaloy day. The first...
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2 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Local officials of this vegetable producing town with the leaders of the different provinces of Cordillera expressed alarm over the rampant degradation of forests...
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2 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Monday started its information drive for registered voters on the automation system of the May 2010 elections at Saint Louis University...
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4 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY – A Geneva-based independent, international institution – having a United Nations consultative status – had recently chose an anti-Chico dam veteran from...
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2 MIN READBy JING GODIO www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet —The Benguet Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has agreed to create a committee to look into the conservation and exploitation of the native petroleum nut (Pittosporum...
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2 MIN READBy JING GODIO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY— The Cordillera Ecological Center- Pine Tree provided a two day training on vermiculture for 30 housewives in an effort to lessen household wastes generated at bunkhouses in...
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2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s two-day visit to the Philippines is part of larger US re-engagement with Asia headed by US President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia that will see him visiting Japan,...
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2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net The Philippine population increases annually. The total national population is now 92.2 million. As the population increases, the Philippine debt does so annually. Lately, media...
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2 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net Even while the cold season moves in our city leadership is on the hotplate of governance fueled by our garbage issue. Because he is the top man of the city, our young mayor must be...
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2 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net I remember I wrote an article entitled “The Domino effect” (on the oil price hike) in this newspaper years way back. I wrote about what the different drivers’ organizations were doing to...
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< 1 MIN READBy KAYAN COMMUNITY www.nordis.net When hearts were bleeding, And the atmosphere enveloped with gloom, Disbelief and uncertainties, You were there for us, Generous people of God! When immersed with big “WHY”, And...
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< 1 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net I were once like a frail butterfly Trying to spread my wings in the midst of war But I am weak and alone Hopeless and have no courage to fight The oppressor that kills my land. With...
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2 MIN READwith reports from JENELYN S. TABANGCURA www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD – The traditional rice-based ecosystem of Kapangan is threatened by modern technologies in rice farming and the pressure on population. This came as a...
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2 MIN READNi BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO www.nordis.net Dinengdeng a nasalamagian a bagas ti aba, bunga...
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2 MIN READBy CATHY CALUYA www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The city council, Monday finally approved an additional appropriation of P45M tipping fee to be used until the end of the year for the hauling of the city’s garbage. Acting...
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2 MIN READBy MANUEL A. LOSTE www.nordis.net Baguio City — Considered as the oldest and most widespread grassroots organization advocating indigenous peoples rights in northern Luzon, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) is...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — City Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. expressed final acceptance that efforts to win back the hosting of such major and essential event were bound to fail. Weeks after saying...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Irisan residents expressed fears of the stench as the city sought to construct a septic-tank waste containment facility at the Irisan dumpsite for the city’s slaughter...
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2 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net photo by Marv Terceño BAGUIO CITY — Less than two decades ago the opposition to the San Roque mega dam was at its height, now with the massive flash flood that hit nearly the whole...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY — The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement) and the Anakpawis Party List told President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and big oil companies to better stop their “staged...
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< 1 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — One of the city’s sister city extended cash donations coursed thru the local government to the victims of typhoon Pepeng here. Taebaek city of South Korea which forged...
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2 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — This city is after all not that all too critical in terms of landslide susceptibility but it is landslide prone nonetheless. Due to its geomorphic (mountainous) and geologic...
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2 MIN READwww.nordis.net “When the organization is twenty five years old, it has surmounted numerous challenges, trials and failures, and surfaced triumphant while building its ranks, implementing its campaigns, programs and...
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2 MIN READBy MANUEL A. LOSTE www.nordis.net The remarkable progress achieved by China since it started its opening-up and reform policy about 30 years ago has earned the respect, if not envy, of many developing countries. And...
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3 MIN READBy KATHLEEN OKUBO www.nordis.net Today, the Baguio Centennial Committee are awarding the nominated families to the “Builders of Baguio.” My great grandfathers’ family on both my father and mother side were nominated...
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2 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net The 2010 Election is fast approaching and hearing those stories from my classmates and friends who went to register at the Commission on Election in and outside Baguio City, I felt...
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3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net God’s curse on anyone who dishonors his father or mother — Deuteronomy 27:16 It is quite significant to note that we celebrate All Saints’ Day and All Souls Day in the month of...
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3 MIN READBy RAFAEL T. DELSON www.nordis.net This is an open letter addressed to all Filipinos but especially to our City Mayor, the city council and the authorities concerned on the garbage disposal problem that is one of the...
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< 1 MIN READBy ADELA D. WAYAS www.nordis.net Kabataan ng bayang sinilangan Ikaw ang bagong punla ng buhay Nasa ‘yo ang pag-asang tinatanaw Ikaw ay dapat lumaban. Isinilang ka ng may dangal at karapatan Hawak mo ang...
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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net SAGADA, Mountain Province — An old practice of remembering their dead, panag-apoy (which literally means to produce fire) is very strong among the northern Kankanaey residents of...
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3 MIN READBy MARY ANN MANJA M. BAYANG www.nordis.net SRI LANKA — I am not a morning person. I have to be literally dragged out of bed most of the time, if I need to be roused early. It was one of those mornings that I had to...
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2 MIN READNORTHERN DISPATCH WEEKLY www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — In a resolution that was unanimously passed by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in a meeting en banc on October 27, Tuesday urges the government...
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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR LAPAAN ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — While admitting that typhoon Pepeng damaged some of their farms, cut-flower farmers here say the supply of flowers for All Saints Day and All Souls Day is...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Thanks to typhoon Santi, the city government decided to haul the four-week old piles of more than 22,000 tons of stinking uncollected garbage. The decision only came...
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2 MIN READBy ARTHUR LAPAAN ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY – Due to requests by residents, a government team regional offices in the Cordillera Region went to inspect a landslide in Barangay Ansagan, Tuba, Benguet. The...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY – The militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) criticized the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on its declaration that there will be no wage increase this year. KMU said...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — After helping one migrant family whose house was destroyed by the recent typhoons go back to their home province, the city extended its “Balik Probinsiya Program” to more...
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2 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — As the country commemorates the 17th Children’s Month celebration this October, the city has noted a five percent yearly increase in the number of its youth constituents...
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3 MIN READBy WENDY ATUBAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The City Camp Lagoon area here is not only landslide prone but is a geologically critical area as well. Thus said councilor Isabelo Cosalan of the Committee on Lands and...
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3 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net It is tradition that we go pay our respects to out dead on this day, 1st of November. This year today let us also remember why Baguio and the Cordillera had so many victims from the...
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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net ILO Case No. 2528, Interim Report of the Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) Complaint against the Government of the Philippines presented by the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Labor...
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2 MIN READwww.nordis.net All Saints Days is a Catholic holiday observed in many Catholic countries. It is also an official holiday for Filipinos. The day we remember the dead usually by visiting their gravesite to lit a candle...
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2 MIN READBy CORDILLERA PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC FRONT www.nordis.net October 25, 2009 The recent disastrous flooding and numerous landslides in Northern Luzon that inflicted heavy losses in lives and property highlight the often...
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4 MIN READBy CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE www.nordis.net October 30, 2009 The flooding of Pangasinan at the height of Typhoon Pepeng was foreseen as an impact of the San Roque Dam. This was among the reasons why people protested...
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< 1 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT QUITASOL www.nordis.net the march is long the path seems bleak a storm enduring despite the biting stroke of snow grasses grow at least a thousand fell a thousand or more wounded the...
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3 MIN READNi CATHERINE CALUYA Kaay-ayo mi la unay dagiti gagayyem ko a meriendaen ti pansit...
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