Month: January 2010

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2 MIN READVIA NORDIS www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY — Instead of a peaceful dialog, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Eleazer Quinto snubbed the indigenous peoples and security officers met and...

2 MIN READBy ACE ALEGRE www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Refusing to die even after it was dropped like a hot potato by city officials fearing political backlash in 2010 by an irked electorate, the controversial 25-year lease of...

3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The question was, what would they look foor in a candidate? But most of the response of those interviewed Baguio folks said that their choice for a mayor is the one who...

2 MIN READKATRIBU RELEASE www.nordis.net Quezon City — KATRIBU Partylist lambasts the Presient Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PGMA) administration for going on an extravagant advertising spree above protests of peasants and indigenous...

3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The militant umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) on their website criticized the Commission on Elections (Comelec) after nine partylists tagged as...

2 MIN READwww.nordis.net January 23 marks the second month since the Ampatuan massacre when 57 lives were mercilessly snuffed out by a political clan that have started to play God with powers over the lives of men and women in...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible. — Mao Tse-Tung Who tilled the land and plowed it since dawn, under the scorching heat of the sun and till dusk? Who planted the...

3 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net We owe the rice that we are eating to the farmers who work the field to supply the millions of people in the country. For me, the farmers bleed for each and everyone of us because without...

4 MIN READBy MARY ANN ‘MANJA’ BAYANG www.nordis.net Constitutional prohibition and existing jurisprudence Article VII, Executive Department Section 15. Two months immediately before the next presidential elections and up to the...

3 MIN READBy PROF. JOSE MA. SISON www.nordis.net January 17, 2010 We of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle are in firm solidarity with Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) and Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant Movement...

3 MIN READBy NATIONAL UNION OFPEOPLES” LAWYERS www.nordis.net The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) view the running debate on the legality and propriety of appointing the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by...

3 MIN READBy NATIONA UNION OF JOURNALISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY — Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her Government must take all necessary measures to provide local media with protection...

2 MIN READBy UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-BAGUIO OPA www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The University of the Philippines in here invites the public to a Free Forum on Social Studies Curriculum and Textbooks in Basic Education. To...

2 MIN READNi BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO www.nordis.net Tofu a naseksekan ti karne, maysa a Chinese inspired a putahe. Mabalin nga usaren a paseksek (stuffing) ti pasayan wenno ikan. Ti unusar ko ditoy ket giniling a karne ti baboy....

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3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The brother of a murdered human rights worker reiterated his opposition anew to the Board of Pardons and Parole of the Department of Justice recommendation to release...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — In a letter to the editor to one of the leading national daily newspaper copy furnished to the Nordis, the Chadli Molintas Command – New People’s Army (CMC-NPA-ICR)...

3 MIN READBy MAURICE MALANES www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — If they thought the issue over the Athletic Bowl has been put to rest after they recalled their earlier position of approving a deal with Koreans to develop and lease the...

2 MIN READNORTHERN DISPATCH www.nordis.net CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur — The principal suspect in the murder attempt of a veteran broadcaster in Ilocos Sur has already been identified by the Ilocos Sur Police...

< 1 MIN READBy JS TABANGCURA www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The Benguet State University on its 24th Charter Day Celebration on January 12 inked a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Asia Pacific Resource Recovery...

3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Bayan Muna Representative and senatorial bet Satur Ocampo questioned the Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Personnel (CBFSP) of the Commission on Elections...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — As the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) launches “Ani ng Sining” gearing up in further promoting the tradional Filipino arts to instill the richness of...

2 MIN READwww.nordis.net The city council’s withdrawal of their endorsement of the anomalous Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for the lease of the Athletic Bowl to a group of Korean investors can be considered as a victory for the...

4 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net Somebody I know was in the area of the government priority programed Laiban Dam in Rizal-Quezon provinces last week when we were exchanging howdy text messages. He said he was “in...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net The problem with political jokes is they get elected. — Henry Cate, VII Election comes and politicians swarm and say good things and shake hands with everyone, trade beso-besos even...

3 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net Aside from the news that a powerful earthquake, magnitude 7.0 hit Haiti, the motorists in the country are also facing another regulation by the Land Transportation Office (LTO). After LTO...

< 1 MIN READFrom BRAULIO YARANON Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino www.nordis.net A ranking member of the City hall “Mafia” that has held absolute power at the Baguio City Hall through a rigodon of positions for the past 18...

4 MIN READBy BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO www.nordis.net Nagabsuon ti adu ken nalaka a natnateng iti tiendaan ti Baguio. “Adu ngamin ti naggapu iti China a simmangpet idiay Manila isu nga imbes a maideliber koma idiay Manila dagitoy...

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4 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — A few years after ousting a non-Baguio owned private parking firm here in the city, Baguio folks are growing restless anew after a mysterious deal between Mayor Bautista...

2 MIN READBy ARTHUR ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet– While alleging that provincial and regional officials of the National Commission of Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) are “railroading” the residents’ consent to favor a...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) after receiving reports of firecracker-related injuries and two deaths withdrew its earlier announcement that there are fewer injuries due...

2 MIN READBy NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES www.nordis.net VIGAN CITY — Unidentified gunmen ambushed and seriously wounded Eugene Paet Y Piano, 49, a radio commentator of DWRS Commando Radio station, Barangay...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Ifugao State University (IFSU) was formally inaugurated Wednesday at Barangay Nayon of the municipality of Lamut. The inauguration was a follow-up to the October 14,...

3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) called on the Filipino workers to follow the footsteps of Anakpawis Partylist Representative and Labor figure Crispin “Ka Bel”...

2 MIN READwith reports from NONETTE BENNETT www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — There are now 76 panels of the Burnham Park fence adopted by donors as 2009 ended. This was announced by Bishop Carlito Cenzon during the first meeting of...

2 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY- The United States Embassy’s Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA), as of December last year, has approved the applications of more than 11,300 eligible Filipino World War II...

2 MIN READBy CATHERINE CALUYA www.nordis.net BUGUIAS, Benguet—Do not call Daniel Bay-an when he’s busy tilling his land. Even if you shout for his name at close range, he could not hear anything. The best way to call his...

2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Our good leaders at City Hall have done it again, that is placing a good part of the city – this time the Athletic Bowl – in private hands, no less than to a group of Korean businessmen this time.  The...

2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net The Philippines had gained the tag as the world’s deadliest country for journalists, overtaking war torn Iraq and Afghanistan. The November 23 Maguindanao massacre, where at least...

3 MIN READBy MANNY A. LOSTE www.nordis.net With the start of the new year, the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement or CAFTA came into operation. This is the third and, so far, the largest free trade area after the North America...

< 1 MIN READBy ADELA WAYAS www.nordis.net I love your mountains Stands great and giving me life From genuine richness. I love your rivers Flowing gently to my life Find way to resist. I love your calm air Cool, clean and...

2 MIN READBy BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO www.nordis.net Poaching wenno panangiluto a nainnayad iti likido kas ti digo ti natnateng/karne ken wine (kadawyan ti dry white wine), danum ken gatas, cider ken dadduma pay. Ti panagluto iti...

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2 MIN READwith reports from NORDIS www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Government agencies led by the Department of Natural Resources-Cordillera Administrative Region (DENR) sought the help of local farmers and concerned...

2 MIN READBy MOG-AL KILKILI www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — After long and heated deliberations on who to support between their two kailyan (village mates) who are running for the representative of the lone district of this city,...

2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Except for some of us who are steeped in Chinese astrology, the fact that 2010 is the year of the Tiger is really of little import. In fact, very few of us know that according to the Chinese lunar...

2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net Aside from Christmas and New Year holidays that we celebrate, family and clan reunions are also among those that commonly happen during the Christmas break. A reunion is a gathering...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net I interviewed four guys on how they will welcome the New Year. Another year, another chance To start our lives anew; This time we’ll leap old barriers To have a real...

< 1 MIN READBy LUCHIE MARANAN www.nordis.net On the morning after, News says there is no suspect yet To this ghastly slaughter Justice officials declare you can’t Tag the prime suspect as such As there is no evidence to point...