< 1 MIN READBy EDGAR MELCHOR P. LAIGO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Sarah Dekdeken, representing the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) presented urgent recommendations for the genuine implementation of the process for a Free,...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Hustisya-Northern Luzon, an organization of families, surviors and victims of human rights violations (HRV) urged President Benigno C. Aquino III to exhaust all means necessary to help them...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Journalists groups based in Tabuk, Kalinga and Baguio city called for the investigation and immediate resolution of the arson attempt on the only government-run radio...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net TABUK CITY, Kalinga — About 80 indigenous peasant women from the upland and lowland communities of Kalinga gathered here last May 17-18, 2011 at the TAMPCO training center for the 7th Provincial...
Read More2 MIN READBy EDGAR MELCHOR P. LAIGO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage)-Cordillera will hold a Government Employees’ Forum on June 15 to discuss...
Read More2 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAKUN, Benguet — The unity and concerted efforts of Gambang folks in their struggle to defend their land from destructive large scale mining once again prevailed in a...
Read More4 MIN READBy EDGAR MELCHOR P. LAIGO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — A Physical Education and Filipino teacher of Saint Louis University Laboratory Elementary School (SLU LES) and sectoral elementary faculty representative to the...
Read More3 MIN READBy ROBIE HALIP www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY — Ifugao Representative Teddy Brawner Baguilat urgently called on President Benigno S. Aquino III to compel the immediate investigation of the assassination of key tribal...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By MICHAEL UMAMING SAGADA, Mountain Province — This municipality, in partnership with the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Program (CHARMP) held a municipal water summit last May 26...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy NORDIS-KALINGA www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera Disaster Response and Development Services (CORDIS-RDS) launched a Simple Bookkeeping Training-Seminar that was attended by a total of 25 participants...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Beneco to build its hydroelectric power plant By JDP/SCA-PIA Benguet LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) hopes to generate its own hydroelectric power by developing...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Cash for work to benefit farmers, fisher folks By ANL/CPC-PIA 1 Ilocos Norte LAOAG CITY — Some 10, 364 poor farmers and fisherfolks will benefit from the cash for work program of the Department of Social...
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Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Our president Benigno Simon “Pnoy” Aquino is the son of Ninoy who was a political detainee upon the declaration of martial law along with legal moguls like the late Senator Jose Diokno, and Senator...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net A very interesting development internationally had evolved lately. USA President Barrack Obama urged US ally – Israel – to sit down and talk peace with the Palestinian...
Read More3 MIN READBy LAYAD EKID www.nordis.net How can we protect the children from ways of our society that contradict the basic values we take so much pain to preach to them? About a decade and a half year ago, I taught in a rural...
Read More2 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net Joe Mol was harangued by two ladies when he commented that a proposed bill for a national land use act was “good”. When Joe says “good” about a proposed legal document like any...
Read More4 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “The Lord is not slow to do what he has promised, as some think. Instead, he is patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all to turn from their...
Read More4 MIN READwww.nordis.net By CLAIRE MAY TUAZON Art exemplifies a unique beauty that captures one’s emotions somehow. The Victor Oteyza Community Arts Space (VOCAS) usually caters to the works of various artists. It is a venue for...
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Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net By ISAGANI LIPORADA / PIO BACOLOD CITY — Five Team Baguio jins snared 2-golds and 3-silvers during the first day of taekwondo wars in the Philippine Olympic Committee – Philippine Sports Commission...
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2 MIN READNi BRENDA S. DACPANO www.nordis.net Inspirasyon daytoy a putahe ti Vietnamese pho wenno...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Members of the Samahan ng Maralitang Kababaihang Nagkakaisa (Samakana) vow to strengthen their ranks to advance their rights and welfare. On the theme “Adawen dagiti adal...
Read More3 MIN READBy ACE ALEGRE www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Recurring cycles of political and criminal violence deprive people throughout the world of opportunities for a better life, the 2011 World Development Report (WDRR) said....
Read More3 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Proponents of the Republic Act (RA) 4244 also known as Reproductive Health Bill are confident that the bill will be passed in congress this year despite...
Read More3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Kilusang Mayo Uno – leads the workers in a joint commemoration with other sectoral organizations and individuals in the Cordillera of the the 3rd death anniversary of...
Read More3 MIN READBy EDGAR MELCHOR P. LAIGO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Questionaires and suggestion forms were distibuted among the Saint Louis University (SLU) Hospital employees to draw their just and legal demands, gather concerns...
Read More2 MIN READBy ROBIE HALIP www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY — The House Committee on National Cultural Communities (NCC) with the National Committee on Indigenous People (NCIP) and Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process...
Read More2 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — AIDS Watch Council (AWAC) Baguio joined the world in an international candle lighting activity on May 20 organized by the Global Network of People (GNP)....
Read More2 MIN READBy PASTOR MORRIS LONGID www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Last May 3 to 8 2011, the Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines (CAMACOP) held their 50th General Assembly at Benguet State...
Read More2 MIN READBy LETTY SIBUMA www.nordis.net CONNER, Apayao — Idi Marso 18 dagiti babai a kameng ti Save Apayao People’s Organization (SAPO) tek nangangay iti maysa nga aktibidad para kadagiti babbai ken panangselebrar ti...
Read More3 MIN READBy EDGAR MELCHOR P. LAIGO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Despite public warning against it, talking on a cell phone or texting while driving has become common place. Whether privately-owned car drivers, jeepney drivers,...
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Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net La Tinidad, Benguet looks like a bowl, it is no wonder it was easily named a Salad Bowl. Three decades ago from the Justice hill view the residential and commercial structures were well spaced apart on...
Read More2 MIN READBy MARY ANN MANJA BAYANG www.nordis.net There’s an environment of hullabaloos with the controversial RH Bill that is now under consideration by Congress. In the middle of this hubbub, emerged the never ending debate on...
Read More5 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net Recent communications with a good old friend has given me relevant insights from Japan after the three recent calamities that has outranked any disaster that has hit any one country...
Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net By COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES BAGUIO-BENGUET CHAPTER Starting this June, the Department of Education (Deped) will begin its implementation of the Kindergarten Plus 12 program which seeks to...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “No one knows, however, when that day and hour will come—neither the angels in heaven nor the Son; the Father alone knows… So then, you also must always be ready because the...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By DEXTER LUNAG In Ifugao, an ant-hill in our backyard at home or anywhere is common. Have we ever thoought of the largest one? When I was still a kid, my peers and I used to play with ant-hills ignoring...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net Kay raming katanungan Sa aking isipan Kay gulo ng paligid Laging nasa panganib Karapatang pantay-pantay Ito ang aking hangad Kapayapaang pinangarap Aabutin nating sabay Chorus: Babae: Ako ay...
Read More2 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — In commemoration of the International Week for Nurses, National Chair of the House of Delegates of the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA) Erlinda...
Read More3 MIN READBy ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The Committeee on Public Market of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) here conducted the first of a series of public hearings on May 12 on the proposed construction and...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of this town approved on May 10 a resolution proposed by Councilor Henry Kipas requesting legal assistance and services of the...
Read More3 MIN READBy BETH DOLLAGA / CANADA www.nordis.net VANCOUVER, B.C. — Once again, the distinct sound of the Cordillera brass gongs (gangsa) and dancing feet opened the Cordillera Day celebration of what is now an annual event in...
Read More3 MIN READBy EDGAR MELCHOR P. LAIGO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Union of Faculty and Employees of Saint Louis University (UFESLU) and the Saint Louis University, Inc. will initially meet and convene for the renegotiation of...
Read More4 MIN READBy ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — A sociologist and a native of Benguet, Ike Picpican during the 2nd Tam-awan International Arts Festival (TIAF) shared with the performing groups results of an in depth...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Gov’t calls for responsible media reportage By Lito Dar/JDP/LD-PIA CAR BAGUIO CITY—Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma said the leadership of President Benigno...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net There are Reproductive Health (RH) bills pending in both houses of the Philippine legislative body. Just by its name, the policy being deliberated on means defining government’s view on the people’s...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net In my column last week, I tried to discuss RA 6727, The Wage Rationalization Act which also created the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board. Friends in the academe...
Read More2 MIN READBy MARY ANN MANJA BAYANG www.nordis.net Since Obama’s legendary announcement that Osama Bin Laden is dead, the international news was filled with nothing else but all sorts of stories about the killing (or is it...
Read More2 MIN READBy MARY LOU MARIGZA www.nordis.net We had an early typhoon. We are still celebrating the fiestas and the santacruzan and we were drenched under the rains even before Bebeng came. Our weather has changed and Pagasa has...
Read More3 MIN READBy LAYAD EKID www.nordis.net I was more excited than scared when I had my first and last stint in teaching. The excitement was coming from the fact that I was to teach social studies, a subject I felt I could say as...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “I will comfort you in Jerusalem, as a mother comforts her child.” — Isaiah 66:13 Mother’s Day May 8 is Mother’s Day. Then, sometime in June, it will also be Father’s Day. It is...
Read More3 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — “The role of the artist is to provoke new insights. They do not just go with the flow. The artist is a propagandist. In this sense, the artist is a...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — Believed to be miraculous, the life-size ivory statue of Jesus Christ, known locally as Santo Bangkay, has been nurtured by the Sison clan of Lingayen,...
Read More3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net MANKAYAN, Benguet — One day after commemorating International Labor Day, mine workers felt deceived as the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC) admitted it was removing 452 of...
Read More2 MIN READBy REIZELL SANTOS www.nordis.net SAN FERNANDO, La Union — Around 300 protesters from various sectors in Ilocos marched with a huge effigy of a cigarette-smoking PNoy aboard a Porsche thru the main thoroughfares here in...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By A. REFUERZO/PIA BAGUIO CITY — The city council last Monday approved a resolution “strongly opposing” the proposed increase in the salary rates of department managers of the Benguet Electric...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Members of the City Council here added their voice to members of the House and multi-sectoral groups’ call to investigate the alleged military threat and harassment of...
Read More2 MIN READBy ADELA DEYAEN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Sa kabila ng tuloy-tuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng langis wala pa ring nakabubuhay na solusyon ang gobyerno para sa mga maliliit na tsuper at operators sa bansa, ayon kay...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) criticized PNoy’s Labor Day pronouncement on what...
Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Indigenous peoples and advocates slam the mining industry’s renewed fervour to attract more investments to Mindanao. “Why is it that when we ask for our rights over our ancestral...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By ISAGANI LIPORADA/PIO BAGUIO CITY — The City Government last week underscored its intention to privatize the Asin Hot Springs Resort (AHSR) in response to an apparently growing number of...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net By JOSEPH B. ZAMBRANO/PIA-CAR LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Convinced that it is not denying life but is all about managing the population of the country, Governor Nestor B. Fongwan is throwing his support...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — In making Itogon a fish sufficient producing municipality, its Local Government Unit (LGU) organized a two-day training on aquaculture and lecture on the Fishery Laws held at the...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net By MARITESS B. BENAS/PIA-ABRA BANGUED, Abra — The long overdue fare hike for tricycles in this capital town is now implemented with the approval of the Fair Matrix raising by one peso the P7.50...
Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net Binay urges youth to help save the environment By Redjie Cawis/PIA-CAR BAGUIO CITY — Vice President Jejomar Binay encouraged the youth to help save the environment and in the mitigation of the damaged...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Lagawe student to finish college thru summer job By Vency D. Bulayungan/PIA-Ifugao LAGAWE, Ifugao — Grace Guihoman, an incoming fourth year student at the Ifugao State University (IFSU) is optimistic...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Four hundred fifty two workers could translate to 452 more or less dependent families or at a minimum average of six to a family, it could also be a population of 2, 712 human beings or some 13% of the...
Read More4 MIN READBy ATHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net May 1, every year highlights the workers clamor for wage hike. Organized labor federations, particularly, have been pushing for wage hikes that is perceived to be commensurate to the...
Read More2 MIN READBy MARY ANN MANJA BAYANG www.nordis.net Have the Filipino people forgotten Nicole? Have they forgotten Cpl. Daniel Smith who was convicted for raping Nicole and sentenced to 40 years in prison? Have they forgotten that...
Read More3 MIN READBy MARY LOU MARIGZA www.nordis.net The buzz about Bin Laden’s killing filled media outlets a few days ago. Social networking sites who are not bound by deadlines and protocol were on the spot and are proving to be the...
Read More3 MIN READBy LAYAD EKID www.nordis.net Of course our Cordillera politicians will go for Regional Autonomy. Those who do not must be from another planet. But the autonomy they know is becoming more and more different from the one...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES Osama Bin Laden, the presumed mastermind behind the horrifying 9/11 attack nearly a decade ago was killed last Monday, causing a great stir all over the world....
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life.” — Proverbs 22:6 Hope in the midst of Hopelessness One of the heartwarming stories of faith, of hope...
Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net By JOHN LEVI MASULI How are you? I heard some news about your death on the TV last night, and truth to say, I had some goose bumps after hearing it. Not because I imagined your bloody head with a gaping...
Read More6 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — When you step on a cat’s tail it will screech and bite. When you step on an ant hill, the soldier ants would raid your foot. Any animal for that matter...
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2 MIN READNi BRENDA S. DACPANO www.nordis.net Sinantol, nagettaan a kinaros a santol. Maysa...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net WORKING FOR PEACE. Members of the Reciprocal Working Groups for the Comprehensive Agreement for Socio Economic Reforms (CASER) of both the Government of the Philippines (GPh) and the National...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net Day 1: April 25, 2011 To Buneg, Lacub, Abra Click here for more photos Day 2: April 26, 2011 Opening ritual and mass, Presentation of provincial situation Click here for more...
Read More6 MIN READBy ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net LACUB, Abra — The Reciprocal Working Committees on Social and Economic Reforms (RWC-SER) of the Government of the Philippines (GPh) and the National Democratic Front-Philippines...
Read More2 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net LACUB, Abra — Elders from the Cordillera signed a unity pact (pagta) against large scale mining and militarization on April 27 during the Cordillera Day celebrations...
Read More3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Cordillera workers led by the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and other sectoral organizations and individuals join the rest of the Filipino people in marching the...
Read More4 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net LACUB, Abra — “What is most precious to man? Life. If life is threatened what ought a man do? Resist. This he must do, otherwise he is dishonored which is worse than...
Read More2 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net LACUB, Abra — The people of Lacub’s opposition to large scale mining was presented during the Peace Consultation between the Government of the Philippines (GPh) and...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy LEONIDA TUNDAGUI www.nordis.net Baguio City — The Labor Union of the employees of the Baguio Country Club and Management agreed on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement after the April 25 conciliation meeting...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Cordillera community health workers will join colleagues and supporters in the National Health Workers’ Day celebrations on May 6 as it celebrates the gains of their campaign to stop...
Read More2 MIN READBy LAILANI ADRIANO www.nordis.net BADOC, Ilocos Norte — An integration of wind and solar energy power is providing energy to a mariculture zone project on Puro island here. It is the first-of-a-kind solar-and...
Read More2 MIN READBy ISAGANI LIPORADA/PIO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Regional Trial Court (RTC), April 26, affirmed the decision of the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) awarding possession of the Asin Hot Springs Swimming Resort...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy RAMON DACAWI/PIO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — With their trucks barred by narrow and sharp curves of the barangay road, firemen rushed to connect several hoses to prevent a fire from spreading to houses at...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy AILEEN REFUERZO/PIO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Councilor Isabelo Cosalan Jr. wants Rep. Bernardo Vergara and the Department Of Public Works And Highways (DPWH)-Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) through...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By ROBERT PANGOD SAGADA, Mountain Province — The perennial problem of lack of water supply in this famous tourist haven will soon be resolved. Senator Teofisto Guingona III allocated P 18 million from...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy GLADYS PATRIA F. DIAROS www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The proposed ordinance states, “Some farmers or users of pesticides have the practice of indiscriminately throwing used or empty pesticide...
Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net City strengthens ties with Honolulu By Aileen Refuerzo BAGUIO CITY — The city government strengthened its sisterhood relationship with the city of Honolulu in Hawaii. Councilor Betty Lourdes Tabanda, who...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Town controls purchase, sale of medicines By Mhars B. Lihgawon/PIA Ifugao HUNGDUAN, Ifugao — Pursuant to implementing rules and regulations of the Local Government Code of 1991 which empowers municipal...
Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net The defense of Land, Life and Honor, this once more is the theme of the largest annual cultural and socio-political gathering in this northern region, the Cordillera Day commemoration. The registration...
Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net Every year, May 3 is celebrated as World Press Freedom Day. This important date is traced to December 1993. The United Nations General Assembly, through a resolution, declared May 3...
Read More4 MIN READwww.nordis.net By MICHAEL UMAMING I am a government employee working with the National Economic and Development Authority of the Cordillera Administrative Region (NEDA-CAR). My agency serves as secretariat to the...
Read More5 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net Fr. Cirilo Ortega, President of Divine Word College, is a veteran of the Anti-Cellophil Struggle. He gave the keynote speech during the 27th Cordillera Day held in Barangay Buneg,...
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