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Month: January 2012

Mankayan folk barricade Gold Fields

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...

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Casiño backs fisherfolks vs mining

2 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...

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IPs wary over new mining policy

2 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...

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Updated Baguio land use plan presented

3 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...

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4Ps not for poor families

< 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...

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Baguio Roundup

2 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...

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Crossroads: Cut the greed not the greens

3 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...

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Statements: Free the Cervantes 4!

2 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...

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Baguio urge PNoy to recall SM permit

3 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...

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This year’s biggest march protest yet

4 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...

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Two of Cervantes 4 charged anew

3 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...

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Strengthening the Badchang of Batad

2 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...

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IPs answer mining firms TV ads

3 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...

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Land is still elusive for farmers

< 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...

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Baguio Roundup

2 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...

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NL At a Glance

2 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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Editorial: 182 trees and the people

3 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...

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Pokus: K+12

2 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...

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Weekly Reflections: New eyesight

3 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...

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Women’s Front: Karahasan ng estado

3 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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Legal terrorism haunts IP towns

3 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...

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DENR hit for permit to cut trees

3 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...

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LT mayor says graft complaint moot

3 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...

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Baguio CBD roads up for rehabilitation

2 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...

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Spring Festival 2012: Tawen iti Dragon

< 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....

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Ako’y bata at may pangarap

2 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...

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Long dead couple found at home

< 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...

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Baguio Roundup

2 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...

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Cordillera This Week

2 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...

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NL At A Glance

2 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...

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Editorial: Keeping your promise

2 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...

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Women’s Front: Police brutality

4 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...

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Sunday is for books

2 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...

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Mentors call for salary hike

2 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...

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UCC board chair resigns

2 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...

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Suspects in priest murder arrested

2 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...

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Ilocos Norte reviews geo hazard map

< 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...

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2 year old Bontoc boy needs help

2 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...

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Canadian med mission to treat indigents

2 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...

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Baguio Roundup

2 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,...

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Cordillera This Week

2 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...

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NL At A Glance

< 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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Editorial: ComVal disaster

2 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...

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Advocate’s Overview: Landslides

2 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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Labor Watch: New year, new hope?

2 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...

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Weekly Reflections: Rizal and the Christ

3 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...

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