Month: May 2010

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2 MIN READBy OFELIA EMPIAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Police Director General, Jesus A. Verzosa gave his assessment of the automated election that transpired in the country during the PNP Transformation 2016 Roadmap held here....

2 MIN READBy CLAIRE MAY TUAZON and DESIREE BARTOLO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) established its partnership with Non Government Organizations (NGO) in the...

2 MIN READBy MLMARIGZA www.nordis.net For human rights BAGUIO CITY — “Napansin kong may bumubuntot sa aking naka-jeep. Di ko mamukhaan. Kung saan-saang kalye ko na ipinasok ang aking motor para makaiwas, pero sumusunod pa rin...

3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on its website said the recently concluded automated elections was “as rotten to the core as ever.” “The return to power of...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The independent think tank Ibon Data Foundation on its website said the 7.3% reported growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter this year is not really...

< 1 MIN READBy CLAIRE MAY TUAZON www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — In line with the City Agricultural and Fishery Council (CAFC) monthly meeting, the Department of Agriculture- Cordillera Integrated Research Center (DA-CIARC) gave...

2 MIN READBy QUISHELLE GAHID www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Directors of Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (Tesda) assured for the continuous financial support from the local government units (LGUs) and other...

2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Parents with school-age children are again wracking their brains how to send their children to school especially those entering tertiary level. But even those with children entering lower levels are...

4 MIN READBy DEIRDRE GRISWOLD/WWW.WORKERSWORLD.ORG www.nordis.net It was a full-court press, concocted by the U.S. government and the rightist regime in South Korea and eagerly magnified by the corporate media. Back on March 26...

3 MIN READBy PAGBABAGO – BAGUIO-BENGUET www.nordis.net The PAGBABAGO People’s Movement for Change – Baguio-Benguet joins the people’s clamor that the credibility of the recently-held and first-ever Automated Electoral...

2 MIN READNi BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO www.nordis.net Naipakat ti rama ti kasinsin ni lakay tallo a bulan sakbay iti panagburak idi napan a Domingo. Tallo a reppet a remmeng ti naipakat iti pagat-barukong a kaadalem ti karayan iti...

4 MIN READBy NATALIE GONCHAROV, NYC FIST www.nordis.net In 1960, the United States imposed a financial blockade against Cuba – barring U.S. businesses from selling goods to or buying them from Cuba. The U.S. also discouraged...

2 MIN READBy JOSE MARIA SISON www.nordis.net The Unholy Allied Mountains by Rudy D. Liporada has a highly significant content. It is truly a novel of and about the New People’s Army. It tells the story of an entire people, mass...

< 1 MIN READNi ED BRITOS www.nordis.net Ti subalitna…ay kastoy agparadada a, makipinpinnayapay, umisem ken kampay idi dida napudotan ken natuduan uray nagintatayag da latta.nasam-it latta met ti isemda ngem awanen...

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2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement or KMU) warned presidential race victor Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III against putting known anti-people...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance or Bayan) in its website said that around 12 representatives from suspected government backed partylists are...

2 MIN READBy OFELIA EMPIAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — “Many lights for human rights.” This is the theme of this year’s international aids candlelight memorial and the city joined the whole world commemorate the said event. The...

2 MIN READwww.nordis.net The speed of the canvassing of votes, their quick transmission and the eventual early proclamation of local winners was what caught many candidates unprepared in the last election, especially those on...

2 MIN READBy APRILLE ERIKA GINNE A. MANGUBAT www.nordis.net “The State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to...

< 1 MIN READBy NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES www.nordis.net May 17, 2010 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomes the Supreme Court decision that junked First Gentleman Mike...

4 MIN READBy ML MARIGZA www.nordis.net Pagudpud’s white beach is the place to be after the three month long tiring campaign. Burayoc and Saud, the barrios that comprise the cove offer a relaxing respite from burn-out. The beach...

< 1 MIN READNi BRENDA SUBIDO DACPANO www.nordis.net Maikapamin-anon a dawat ti sumagmamano a gagayyem ko daytoy a resipi. Daytoy ket nadiguan a tinuno a lames ken naalseman ti salamagi ken kamatis. Maysa a nanumo a putahe...

2 MIN READBy ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL/BULATLAT.COM www.nordis.net Despite relatively peaceful voting in Abra BANGUED, Abra — The violent politics in Abra have been landing in the headlines of major media networks since last year....

3 MIN READBy MLM www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Massive militarization is intensifying warlordism and worsening the peace and order situation in Abra, said Diego Wadagan, spokesperson of the Agustin Begnalen Command (NPA-Abra), in...

2 MIN READBy OFELIA EMPIAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Representatives and supporters of Jose “Joe” Molintas, Rocky Thomas Balisong, Braulio “Raul” Yaranon, Ramon “Jun” Labo expressed their protest against the process of the...

2 MIN READBy MLM with reports from Mt. Province www.nordis.net BONTOC, Mt. Province — Tension marked the 1st automated elections in Paracelis as armed men connected with a politician openly displayed high powered firearms on...

3 MIN READBy MLM with reports from CLAUDYN CAPARAOn and PRINCESS VELASQUEZ www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The speedy proclamation of winners was a sharp contrast to the disorderly conduct of the first automated elections in the...

2 MIN READBy OFELIA EMPIAN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Organisasyon ti Nakurapay nga Umili ti Syudad (ORNUS) and the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) challenged the newly-elected leaders of the country to fulfill their...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement or KMU) said that Uncle Sam is rejoicing over the victory of what the labor group call President Gloria...

< 1 MIN READKATRIBU RELEASE www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY — Ang Katribu Partylist ay naa-alarma sa ibat ibang report na aming natatanggap mula sa aming mga pollwatchers na tambak ng mga technical at procedural na mga problema...

< 1 MIN READBy RUBYLOIDA BITOG www.nordis.net SAGADA, Mt. Province — Bonifacio Agpad, Senior Police Officer 2 of the Sagada Police Station reported that only one offense, theft, has been reported at their office as of the...

2 MIN READBy GWEN GAONGEN www.nordis.net BONTOC, Mt. Province —  At least 3,000 households in Mt. Province received assistance from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Care Netherlands.  Right after typhoon Parma...

3 MIN READBy KTO with reports from AILEEN REFUERZO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. Tuesday assured incoming city officials of smooth transition and well-placed programs when they assume their new posts...

2 MIN READwww.nordis.net It was the swiftness of the results that made our first nation-wide automated elections a qualified success. Where previous elections would take days, if not weeks, before the results were known, the few...

2 MIN READBy CLAUDYN MARIE L. CAPARON AND PRINCESS L. VELASQUEZ www.nordis.net The high-tech balloting of the first automated elections in the Philippines has been drafted in history. For months, election-related stories...

5 MIN READBy LUIS G. JALANDONI CHAIRPERSON, NDFP NEGOTIATING PANEL (This is an excerpt from the message of Jalandoni to the Ecumenical Bishops Forum of the Phil.) The NDFP is committed to strive for a just and lasting peace in...

3 MIN READBy PAGBABAGO – PEOPLES’ MOV’T FOR CHANGE www.nordis.net PAGBABAGO Peoples’ Movement for Change – Baguio-Benguet commends the people of Metro Baguio for their participation in the May 2010 national elections as...

2 MIN READBy KA MAGNO UDYAW SPOKESPERSON, LEONARDO PACSI COMMAND NPA-MT. PROVINCE www.nordis.net April 27, 2010 In a recent local radio interview, Col. Bismarck Soliba, capitalizing on his being a native of the Mountain...

2 MIN READBy QUISHELLE GAHID www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Tam-awan village holds its biggest international arts event that started May 14 and runs to 19, 2010 highlighting various cultural activities expecting 1500...

< 1 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT QUITASOL www.nordis.net Confidently they navigate Kept in the eye of the storm Where it is calm Watching the winds Command the sea Above the skies Birds of prey hover Desperately in...

3 MIN READby CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — About 5,000 delegates from different provinces in the Cordillera, Ilocos Region, Cagayan Region, NCR, Central Luzon and Mindanao, and indigenous peoples...

2 MIN READby ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net MANKAYAN, Benguet — The wives of the mineworkers of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC) renewed their commitment to be with their husbands and families in the struggle for...

4 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) lambasted the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for declaring May 3 a non-working holiday in place of the May 1...

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2 MIN READBy Cordillera Day Organizing Committee, Canada-Philippines Solidarity Group, Vancouver, B.C. Canada www.nordsi.net VANCOUVER, Canada — The Second Cordillera Day in Vancouver brought together the migrant indigenous...

2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Human rights groups, advocates and friends launched a petition demanding for the immediate release of National Democratic Front (NDFP) consultant Joven-cio Balweg for him...

5 MIN READBy MAKABAYAN www.nordis.net Makabayan has noted the marked heightening of red-baiting and witch-hunting in the campaign for the May 2010 elections. The issues raised are pseudo-issues, part of the concerted and...

3 MIN READBy KIER LAYAOEN with reports from KATRIBU-ABRA www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Abra still hopes for a clean and peaceful election this May 2010. This was disclosed by Abra Katribu partylist coordinator, Irene Timbreza...

< 1 MIN READBy QUISHELLE GAHID www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — During the citizen’s forum, the city council filed a resolution asking the Government Security Insurance System (GSIS) to act immediately on the release of the...

2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Amidst the noise and circus of the on-going campaign for elections to various national and local positions come May 10, the plight of the Filipino working class tends to be forgotten. While some...

3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net “Ten thousand times has the labor movement stumbled and bruised itself. We have been enjoined by the courts, assaulted by thugs, charged by the militia, traduced by the press, frowned...

3 MIN READBy JEN WALLER/WORKERSWORLD.ORG www.nordis.net Cochabamba, Bolivia — Thirty thousand people convened at the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The...

2 MIN READBy BEVERLY LONGID, KATRIBU PARTYLIST www.nordis.net April 28, 2010 Katribu Partylist writes in reaction to the photo caption about Hon. Satur Ocampo on the April 26, 2010 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, page...

3 MIN READBy KATRIBU PRTYLIST, CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE-KALINGA and TIMPUYOG DAGITI MANNALON TI KALINGA www.nordis.net Agtultuloy ken saan a nainkalintegan ti nangisit a propaganda ti 21st ken 77th IBPA ti 5th ID ken PNP a...

2 MIN READBy Cordillera Peoples Alliance www.nordis.net Thirty years ago, the military assassinated Macliing Dulag for his leading role in the Kalinga and Bontok peoples’ resistance to the Marcos dictatorship’s Chico dams...

2 MIN READThe Philippine Delegation to the 24th Asian International Art Exhibition (AIAE) brings to the Philippines in a homecoming show, the Philippine participation to the November 2009 AIAE exhibition at the National Gallery,...