3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Residents of the mining town of Mankayan, Benguet petitioned on Friday, January 27, the regional hearing officer of the National Commission on Indigenous People...
Read More2 MIN READBy VINCE BORNEO www.nordis.net LINGAYEN, Pangasinan — Having seen for himself the destructive foreshore and coastal mining operations in this town, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño is calling on the Department of...
Read More3 MIN READBy VIRGILIO CORPUZ www.nordis.net SAN MARIANO, Isabela—Mahigit 200 manggagawa ng BNR at Metaphil, na subcontractor companies ng Japan Gas Corporation (JGC) ay nagboykot sa kanilang trabaho noong Enero 21 dahil sa hindi...
Read More2 MIN READBy MICHAEL UMAMING www.nordis.net BONTOC, Mountain Province — Finally, all parties to the conflict of the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College (MPSPC) are open to mediation – first utilizing indigenous processes...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY—One of the lawyers of the petition for the Writ of Kalikasan filed against the city of Baguio before the Supreme Court on December 2011 urged the residents near the dump...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet—In Benguet Electric Cooperative’s (Beneco) official statement on the House Bill No. 5518 filed by Baguio Representative Bernardo Vergara presented before the...
Read More2 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE N. QUITASOL www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Behavioral change among stakeholders is the key to the revitalization of the Balili River System, members of the Balili River System Revitalization...
Read More2 MIN READBy KAMP (PR) www.nordis.net QUEZON CITY—Indigenous peoples’ organization Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) criticized President Bengino Aquino’s actions in a meeting of foreign chambers of...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy ANAKBAYAN (PR) www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — “Every youth and student of Baguio especially here in St. Louis University (SLU) should be vigilant in the upcoming tuition and miscellaneous hikes of the...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — More than two months after the annual Panagbenga 2012 was launched, the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation Inc. (BFFFI) announced the grand opening of the month long...
Read More3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The updated proposed Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) of Baguio for 2010 until 2020 is one being geared to “promote balanced ecology, preserve and enhance the natural...
Read More2 MIN READBy KAMP (PR) www.nordis.net PORAC, Pampanga—Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KAMP) condemned the harassment of University of the Philippines students and four Ayta minors in a remote Ayta community...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE N. QUITASOL www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — “The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is not for all poor Filipino families.” This was the reiteration of Depatment of Social Welfare...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet—The Sangguiang Bayan (SB) of this town on January 24 during their regular session approved an ordinance proposed by Councilor Horacio Ramos Jr. declaring the...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Special Inspection Committee formed By Paul Rillorta BAGUIO CITY — City Council Resolution No. 186 series of 2004 has been reactivated by Mayor Mauricio Domogan this week by Administrative Order No. 14...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net “No segregation, No collection.” was a garbage collection policy imposed by the City of Baguio in 2005 under the stewardship of former Mayor Braulio Yaranon. If this was diligently and continuously...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net Development in any level must be comprehensive as it must substantially address the socio-environment and interests of the public stakeholders. It must be attuned to the changing...
Read More4 MIN READBy RUDY D. LIPORADA www.nordis.net Baguio City – September 2030. Pope Benedict XII called on all Catholics and residents of Baguio City to rally against the move of the City Council to demolish the Baguio City...
Read More3 MIN READBy MARY LOU MARIGZA www.nordis.net The protest against SM is snowballing (in contrast to the earth balling proposal of the greedy “green” kuno giant). Ammoyo ball-balatongen da tayo, ball-bulilikong da ken ball-bolaen...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net “Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.” — Tim Roth Seventeen years ago, in a bid to boost the tourism industry of the city of Pines, some private...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net By CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE We appeal to you for moral and financial support in behalf of Aldrich “Belinan” Batay-an Yocogan, who was diagnosed with liver cancer (advanced stage) on 3 January...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By ILOCOS HUMAN RIGHTS ALLIANCE (IHRA) They have long been languishing behind bars despite their innocence. The CERVANTES 4-Edward Galao, Hilario Bantew, Luinesa Bonella and Joy Attiw, were illegally...
Read More2 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “Your word is a lamp to guide me and a light for my path.” — Psalms 119:105 Bible Week Celebration The designation of the Third Week of January as Bible Week is an attempt to...
Read More2 MIN READNi MACON MUYOT www.nordis.net Ayon kay Laura Cerrano, isang Feng Shui expert, sa taon ng dragon ang bawat isa ay hinihikayat na limutin ang mga masasalimuot na pangyayari na naidulot ng nakaraang taon. Ang pagkimkim ng...
Read More11 MIN READwww.nordis.net By THE CORDILLERA HUMAN RIGHTS ALLIANCE Oplan Bayanihan: State Terrorism by Deception A year has passed since the implementation of Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s counter-insurgency (COIN) program Operation...
Read More2 MIN READNi MACON MUYOT www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Nagsimula na ang bagong taon ng mga Tsino. Enero 23 pumatak ngayong taon ang itinuturing ng mga Tsino na pinakamahalaga, pinakaespesyal at pinakamaswerteng araw ng kanilang...
Read More3 MIN READBY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — In one of the largest mass action this year, more than 3,000 local residents showed their power in a mass rally which urged President Noynoy Aquino to recall the...
Read More4 MIN READBY NORDIS with reports from FRANCESCA DE OCAMPO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — It welcomes the Lunar year with the biggest protest rally yet this year here. More than 3,000 people from different schools, community groups...
Read More3 MIN READBY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — As tribal war looms between two tribes in Kalinga province, the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested on Thursday, January 19, a member of the Lubo tribe who...
Read More3 MIN READBY ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio Filipino-Chinese community made a presentation to medical students, practitioners and other residents of Baguio outputs from health researches on the use of...
Read More3 MIN READBY ROD TAJON www.nordis.net SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — Unknown to family and legal counsel, another fabricated charges were filed against two of the Cervantes 4, a human rights group in Ilocos reported. Hilario...
Read More3 MIN READBY NORDIS www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — While relieved that the editor-in-chief of a local campus paper gained her temporary liberty after posting bail, campus journalists here claimed that the case of libel against her...
Read More2 MIN READBY ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net RIZAL, Kalinga — In a traditional ceremony to celebrate the boys’ passing into manhood called “so-ob” of the Butbut tribe in Sitio Anonang, Barangay Liwan West of this town, the...
Read More3 MIN READBY ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — “Help us protect our ancestral lands that we and our ancestors have fought for so long”, said Basilio Binay-an during the public hearing of the proposed Comprehensive...
Read More2 MIN READBY GINA DIZON www.nordis.net SAGADA, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE — This year’s 2012 Sagada Etag Festival shall be celebrated with exciting events from February 2-5, 2012 by 19 participating barangays of this tourist town, guests...
Read More< 1 MIN READBY KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The city government is hopeful that the annual Chinese new year celebration in the city of pines would attract more tourists. During the media night, last...
Read More2 MIN READBY ALMA B. SINUMLAG www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Badchang or the Ifugao’s counterpart for Bayanihan is to be revived in a campaign to restore the damaged part of the Batad Rice Terraces. The damaged area was due to the...
Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net BY PIYA MALAYAO/KAMP MANILA — Mining has barely been a national issue. Usually, mining only reaches headlines when colossal disasters occur such as the Marcopper disaster in 1996. But in the past several...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net BY ROBIE HALIP MANILA — The creation of an Indigenous Peoples Education Office in the Department of Education is an A+ initiative that will improve education programs for one of the most...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net By BAYAN PR MANILA — A quarter of a century after the infamous Mendiola Massacre of 1987, farmers and supporters marched today to the Don Chino Roces Bridge to demand land and justice. “From the...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net P25-M Burnham Park fencing project to start By PNA BAGUIO CITY — The contractor of the Office of the President (OP) funded P25 million peso fencing project of Burnham Park is set to start the work this...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Pay Philhealth now before new rates come By Oliver T. Baccay TUGUEGARAO CITY — The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) has urged its members and sponsors to avail of the incentives by paying...
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Read More3 MIN READwww.nordis.net The poem of Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), entitled Trees: “I think that I shall never see, A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest, Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net The opening salvo of the Baguio residents’ protest on Friday against SM’s plan to kill trees by cutting and earth-balling at the Luneta Hill showed again their unity to preserve the...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business — anonymous An employee of the Department of Environment and Natural...
Read More2 MIN READNina MACON MUYOT and FRENCESCA DE OCAMPO www.nordis.net Isa sa pinakamaiinit na isyu ngayon sa bansa ang karagdagang dalawang taon ng pag-aaral sa elementarya at sekundarya o mas kilala bilang K+12. Naiulat noon na...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see.” — John 9:25b Diagnosed of cataract It was August of last year in Dumaguete when Bishop Erme Camba noticed that I looked sickly...
Read More3 MIN READSa Pilipinas, hindi maikakailang nagpapatuloy ang karahasang nararanasan ng mga kababaihan. Sari-saring paglabag sa karapatang pantao ang kanilang kinakaharap – pinapatay, dinudukot, tinotortyur, ikinukulong. Kaya naman, tayo ay manawagan para sa hustisya sa lahat ng biktima ng karahasan.
Simula 2001, mayroon nang 153 na kababaihang biktima ng extrajudicial killings, anim pa ang nadagdag dito simula nang manungkulan ang administrasyong Aquino.
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3 MIN READNi BRENDA S. DACPANO www.nordis.net Chinese New Year ti kapategan ken kaatiddogan nga...
Read More3 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Members of the Beaconsfield Initiative, an exposure mission comprising mostly of Canadian church members visited the Cordillera Region especially in the areas where there...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Residents of this highland city lambast the issuance of a permit by the DENR to SM where the latter already “sentenced to death” 182 trees at the Luneta Hill here to...
Read More3 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The mayor of this town welcomes the graft complaints filed against him at the Office of the Ombudsman for northern Luzon in connection to the...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The people of Baguio especially the students as well as the employees will have again the reason to be irritated as they will expect heavier traffic this year as most...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Public Utility Jeepneys (PUJs) plying the route Aurora Hill, Trancoville and Magsaysay will now have designated areas for loading. The City Government of Baguio through...
Read More< 1 MIN READNi BRENDA SUBIDO-DACPANO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Umadanin ti Spring Festival wenno Chinese Lunar New Year. Maysa daytoy kadagiti napateg a piesta iti tawen a maselebraran dagiti komunidad ti Filipino-Chinese....
Read More2 MIN READBy LEVEN DEREN and LARA CARTUJANO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel recommends reform for the national election next year by incorporating the biometrics data of voters into the Precinct...
Read More2 MIN READBy FRANCESCA DE OCAMPO www.nordis.net It was only when I began writing this article that I noticed that I have a bias towards “feminine” books. In my early teens, I collected and read the “Sweet Valley” series....
Read More< 1 MIN READBy LARA CARTUJANO www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The Benguet Sangguniang Panlalawigan, through a resolution, endorsed in its regular session the reactivation of the Social Security System (SSS) branch...
Read More2 MIN READBy MACON MUYOT www.nordis.net “Bata, bata paano ka ginawa?” Ang mga katagang ito ang lumusaw sa bawat puso ng magulang na tanging nais lamang ay lubos nilang nabibigyan ng sapat na pagmamahal, pag-aaruga, at...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net By LEILANI ADRIANO LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — A retiring government legal counsel could no longer engage in any public service as the Civil Service Commission (CSC) dismissed him as trial attorney...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net By LEILANI ADRIANO LAOAG CITY — Decomposing bodies of a retired old couple were found by local residents inside their home in Brgy. 12 Magat Salamat St., this city on Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors...
Read More2 MIN READBy ROBIE HALIP www.nordis.net MANILA — Avoid another ComVal tragedy by protecting our environment Cong. Teddy Brawner-Baguilat with green groups here urge the different national government agencies and local...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — “It should be the people of the Cordillera who will tell us if they are ready for autonomy or not.” This was the statement of Senator Aquilino “Koko”...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Separate electric coop endorsed by mayor By Julie G. Fianza BAGUIO CITY — Mayor Mauricio Domogan has backed the council resolution asking for a separate electric cooperative for the city, even as he is...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Campaign vs. plastic bags gains support By Larry Lopez TABUK, Kalinga — Small voices in the province are sending loud messages drumbeating the campaign against use of plastic bags and cellophane...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Rats damaged 1,890 hectares rice land By Merlito G. Edale, Jr. CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela — The Cauayan City agriculture office has registered 1, 890 hectares planted rice land damaged by rat infestation...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Baguio City’s proposed budget for 2012 has allotted the largest slice (12% of the total budget) to the City Environment and Parks Maintenance Office (CEPMO). This city office supervises and manages the...
Read More3 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net A month ago on December 15, 2011, William “Billy” F. Claver, a well known Cordillera legislator and human rights lawyer passed away. From the region’s various indigenous peoples, he...
Read More4 MIN READBy RUDY D. LIPORADA www.nordis.net At the heel of the new Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) slogan, motto, or whatever – “It’s more fun in the Philippines,” viral positive and negative comments swirled all over...
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3 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net All twelve animals of the Oriental Zodiac asked, why...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net “Repetition is a sign of stupidity. Repetition is a sign of stupidity. Repetition is a sign of stupidity. Repetition is a sign of stupidity. Repetition is a sign of stupidity.” —...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “From Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ — To God’s chosen people who live as refugees scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia. You were...
Read More4 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA www.nordis.net (This is an open letter sent to Innabuyog-Gabriela by an anonymous Innabuyog and women’s rights advocate who wanted to share her experience.) The holiday season is over, yet I can...
Read More2 MIN READBy MARICON MUYOT www.nordis.net “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan,” ang palasak na kasabihan ni Gat Jose Rizal na tumatak sa akin simula pagkabata. Naging palaisipan sa akin kung sa paanong paraan magiging pag-asa ng...
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2 MIN READNi BRENDA S. DACPANO www.nordis.net Ti tradisyunal a makan a maidasdasar iti Chinese New...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net This Sunday, January 15, Baguio boy and prolific writer Edgar Maranan will be at the National Bookstore at SM Pines from noon until 5 pm to sign three books among his other works published by Anvil. A...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers -Metro Baguio Chapter (ACT-MB) will join the Nationally Coordinated Action to drumbeat the upgrading of salaries for public school...
Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net SAGADA, Mountain Province — Elders of this highland town moved for the strengthening of the traditional practices in forest and watershed management. These age-old practices, they...
Read More4 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The militant Pagkakaisa ng Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide – Metro-Baguio Chapter (Piston-MB) welcomes the formation of an independent audit team that will...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By PAUL RUIZ SAN FERNANDO, La Union — After a year of conflict between the UCC Faculty and Staff Union, and the UCC Administration, heightened emotions are settling down as BOT Chairman Benjamin Turgano...
Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera shall continue to experience lower temperatures up to the month of March, according to the PAGASA or the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By LEILANI ADRIANO PINILI, Ilocos Norte — Two of the five suspects in the killing of Fr. Florante Rigonan were arrested on Thursday while one voluntarily surrendered at about 6pm of the same day. Police...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy LEILANI ADRIANO www.nordis.net LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte — Almost all the 21 towns and 2 cities of Ilocos Norte are highly susceptible to landslide and flood, the Department of Environment and Natural...
Read More3 MIN READBy MACON MUYOT AT FRANCESCA DE OCAMPO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — “Saan na kaming mga nagtitinda ilalagay?” Ito ang pangamba ni Erly kung sakaling maisakatuparan ang plano diumanong gawing mas malaking centralized...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By FERDIE CARIÑO CASTANEDA BONTOC, Mountain Province — Spouses Louven and Jafrille Matib of Central Bontoc observed, last year, that their two year old son, Darren Rei, experience difficulty in hearing...
Read More< 1 MIN READBy LEVIN BEREN and LARA CARTUJANO www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The number of tourists that visited the city peaked last holiday season as local and foreign tourists flocked the city. According to the reports from...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net By RAMON DACAWI BAGUIO CITY — Indigent patients in need of non-emergency surgery may avail of the free surgical program of GO-MED (Greater Outreach Medical/Educational Destinations), a medical outreach...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — An editor-in-chief and publisher of a daily tabloid “Tatak” in General Santos City in Southern Philippines is the first to be killed this year making it the tenth...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net P20-M for Agri-Pinoy Food Terminals BAGUIO CITY—Department of Agriculture (DA) –Regional Field Unit-Cordillera Executive Director Marilyn V. Sta. Catalina and representatives of organized barangay,...
Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Kiangan dads amend ordinance to protect minors By Vency D. Bulayungan KIANGAN, Ifugao—In an effort to protect minors and the general public, the municipal dads here amended certain provisions of...
Read More< 1 MIN READwww.nordis.net Inclusion of “pillars of Candon” in curriculum sought CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur—Prominent political leaders in this city sought the inclusion of the “pillars of Candon” in the local curriculum of the...
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Read More2 MIN READwww.nordis.net Last year came to a close with the Sendong disaster on the top of the news. Moving on to the beginning of this year with “another environmental nightmare that experts had warned of” in Diat Uno and Diat...
Read More2 MIN READBy ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW www.nordis.net The latest news of landslides at the Compostela Valley which caused the death of 25 people and about 100 missing pushed me to write this column. Of course, landslide is one of the...
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2 MIN READBy KATHLEEN T. OKUBO www.nordis.net Talk around coffee or tea tables: The once BIBAK...
Read More2 MIN READBy ALDWIN QUITASOL www.nordis.net Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made. — Robert H. Schuller The yuletide celebrations are gone and...
Read More3 MIN READBy REV. LUNA DINGAYAN www.nordis.net “Pilate questioned him,’Are you the King of the Jews?’ ” — Mark 15:2 Rizal’s 150th death anniversary December 30, 2011 was the 150th death anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal, our...
Read More2 MIN READBy INNABUYOG-GABRIELA www.nordis.net Indigenous women in the Cordillera are largely peasants engaged in subsistence agriculture in the mountainous interior communities. As subsistence farmers, these indigenous women do...
Read More3 MIN READBy IGNACIO ABITTRIA* www.nordis.net We need to look at the norm that surrounds us. In a short visit at my alma mater last month or so, this thought reinserted itself at the top of my consciousness. The settings where...
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