By ALMA SINUMLAG
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BAGUIO CITY — Women representatives from the Asia Pacific countries shared their experiences on the impact of militarism in their homes at the conference on “Women resisting violence and war”, held at the Igorot Lodge, Camp John Hay from July 19-21, 2010.
The conference was attended by 119 delegates from different countries like [...]
By ALDWIN QUITASOL
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BAGUIO CITY — The independent think tank Ibon Foundation released a fourth volume of a series of books on State terror focusing on the Oplan Bantay Laya (Operation Freedom Watch or OBL) and counter-insurgency in the Philippines uncovering atrocious impacts on the life of the Filipino people.
The book aims to enhance [...]
By ALMA SINUMLAG
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BAGUIO CITY — Naas Demyttenaere of Saint Louis University – Institute of Inclusive Education (SLU – IIEF) questioned the accessibility of structures in the city for the persons with disabilities (PWD’s) during the Kapihan hosted by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here, Wednesday.
Focused on the 32nd National Disability Prevention [...]
By ALMA SINUMLAG
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BAGUIO CITY — An urgent need for a massive information drive against child pornography was emphasized during the workshop – conference on the Anti Child Pornography Act of 2009.
Attended by delegates from government agencies, the academe, parents and civil society organizationsthe coference was held at Sta. Catalina Retreat House, Marcos Highway on [...]
By ABIGAIL BENGWAYAN ANONGOS
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BAGUIO CITY — A three – day training on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) was conducted here from July 23-25, 2010, participated by 40 indigenous leaders from the Cordillera, Palawan, Mindoro, Quezon, Rizal, Pampanga and Nueva Vizcaya.
This is the last leg of [...]
By QUISHELLE GAHID
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LAGAWE, Ifugao — According to Ifugao Governor Eugene Balitang, Dengue is an unpredictable illness which is best avoided through a clean environmental and proper hygiene.
Balitang said the Department of Health (DOH) and the Local Government Units (LGU) are coordinating programs to heighten public awareness through information and education campaigns among the people of [...]
By ALDWIN QUITASOL
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BAGUIO CITY — Bayan Muna Partylist Representative said he will be writing the Guiness Book of World Records to register the Arroyo family’s feat so that they can be recorded side by side with former dictator Ferdinand Marcos who is listed as one of the world’s biggest looters alongside his wife Imelda [...]
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On Monday, July 26, President Benigno C. Aquino III will deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) to appraise the citizens of this country as to the state of the nation that his new administration has inherited from the past administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo after nine long years of misrule. He will then [...]
By ARTHUR ALLAD-IW
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So it’s all systems go for the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of newly elected President Noynoy Aquino. In fact, the Philippine National Police and other state security agencies are laying the ground for the secured SONA come July 26.
Even the press people outside Metro Manila are geared toward [...]
By KATHLEEN T. OKUBO
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The Benguet Electric Cooperative, which according to some of my cynic relatives is not really a cooperative, has made a proposal to our City to manage and maintain the City’s street lights for a monthly flat rate. This offer has been pending for more than a year on the desks of our [...]
By ALDWIN QUITASOL
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The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. — Helen Keller quotes
In a higher form of society, the capacity of each individual to contribute for the upliftment of the lives of the citizen is much appreciated and mobilized. The actual need and necessity of each individual is respected [...]
By GREGG BUTTERFIELD / WWW.WORKERSWORLD.ORG
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The U.S.-based social-networking monolith Facebook has begun an all-out assault on its members, deleting three active groups that advocated for progressive and radical causes, permanently banning the accounts of four individuals who administered one group, and sending threatening messages to others.
The groups deleted include Boycott BP, a campaign against the [...]
by BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN
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The Comelec decision allowing Mikey Arroyo, presidential son and former district representative, to sit as a partylist representative will ultimately destroy the partylist system. It is a gross violation of the partylist law and existing jurisprudence on the matter.
Mikey’s attendance at the opening of the 15th session of congress, when [...]
By JOSE Ma. SISON/ CONSULTANT-NDFP
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Message of Solidarity to the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
on the occasion of its 25th founding anniversary
July 24, 2010
Wholeheartedly I am in solidarity with the leadership, membership and the supporters of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas in celebrating its 25 th founding anniversary. It is important for the entire nation that [...]
By JOSE MA. SISON/CAHIRPERSON-ILPS
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The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) hereby condemns in the strongest terms the US and its South Korean puppet government for a crescendo of provocations against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). These provocations constitute an attack on the national sovereignty of the Korean people and threaten the peace in [...]
Ni BRENDA S. DACPANO
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LUMPIA a nabalkot ti rice paper
Adda ti nagayyem ko a Vietnamese ket tunggal agkita kami idi ti tungtonganmi ket maipanggep iti makan. Isuna ti nangisuro kaniak no kasano ti mangan ti sapsap nga usar ti chopsticks. Istoryaenna no kasano nga aramiden a sopas dagiti tedtedda a makan ken [...]
By ALDWIN QUITASOL
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Photo by Brenda S. Dacpano
SAGADA, Mountain Province — People from three municipalities of this province oppose the exploration of a subsidiary of Anglo American PLC mining company in their communities.
In a statement issued by different organizations and individuals led by the Cordillera People’s Alliance-Mountain Province (CPA-MP), they stated that the Cordillera [...]
By ARTHUR ALLAD-IW
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BAGUIO CITY — A Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) technician, who served during the May 10 elections in this city, urged the regional and city offices of the Commission on Elections, through a letter, to conduct investigations on alleged meetings of PCOS technicians at the headquarters of the Timpuyog ti Baguio at T. [...]
By LEILANI ADRIANO
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LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — Erratic weather conditions and global competition compel farmers to adjust to these phenomenal change to ensure good quality harvest.
Also, farmers end-up empty-handed due to the high cost of farm input.
Provincial Agriculturist Norma Lagmay said local government units should also strengthen their linkages in research and development and [...]
By ACE ALEGRE
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BONTOC, Mountain Province — Corruption and alleged poll violation “whistle blower” Salvador Liked who earlier rapped Mt. Province Congressman Maximo Dalog Sr before the Comelec is facing libel for allegedly imputing upon the congressman “serious crimes and offenses” and reportedly portraying him as a “corrupt public official.”
Already set for preliminary investigation, Rep. [...]
By KATHLEEN T. OKUBO
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BONTOC, Mt. Province — “We the people of Mountain Province demand the unconditional and immediate pull- out of the troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from our villages!”
The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) here demanded in a chapter statement sent to Nordis.
The CPA, a legitimate regional alliance of some 130 sectoral, [...]
By JENNYLINE S. TABANGCURA
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LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — A compendium identifying 83 native rice varieties cultivated in 12 Benguet municipalities has recently been published by the Benguet State University (BSU).
The compendium shows the local names, the place of collection, color and shape of grains and other characteristics of the native rice varieties identified through a process [...]
By LENILYN YANGO, IRISH LUNAG and GWENDOLYN LONGID
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SAGADA, Mountain Province — Hotel and restaurant owners in this favorite vacation town in the Cordilleras felt a sharp dip of 80% in tourist related income this summer, according to Olahbinan Inn and restaurant proprietress, Hilda Piluden.
The global economic crunch ranks as the main reason for this drop [...]
By LEILANI ADRIANO
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TALL AND HANDSOME. A provincial security guard checks on the belongings of a visitor at the main entrance of the Capitol on July 15. Photo courstesy of Leilani Adriano
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — If you are tall, alert and have the good looks, the new administration of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee [...]
With reports from BENZENT PUMAY-O, QUIOSKY DAWEG and MERING DAZON
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SAGADA, Mountain Province — The Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management Project 2 (CHARMP 2) started, as scheduled, conducting orientation seminars on their program in 30 Barangays of the Mountain Province. Magi Bacoco, the NGO Supervisor in-charge of ensuring synchronization of schedules , said.
This is [...]
