FOR THE WEEK OCT 24-OCT 30

• Increased environmental damage assessed in STARM mission
• Rabbit workers still on strike despite MOA
• Reclaiming the Tohking tunnel
• Women die-in on Baguio streets
• Alternative consumer fair launched in Baguio
• Pangisdaan ng Pangasinan, kontrolado na
• Paralegals ready for victims of abuse
• DKK holds Itogon youth camp
• Labor Watch: What is a worker?

FOR THE WEEK OCT 17-OCT 23

• New DAR sec optimistic over NCIP-PCUP-DAR merger
• Baguio city employees fear job loss
• Kalinga peasants learn from Benguet’s mined out areas
• Cordillera workers unite for wage hike
• EMB justifies Lepanto permit to reopen exhaust tunnel
• Club John Hay urged to pay arrears to Baguio City
• Ilocos farmers, churches, gov’t employees unite vs. globalization
• Sigaw ng magsasaka sa Cagayan: “Patalsikin si Gloria!”
• ‘Bura-utang’ ng magsasaka, ikinampanya sa Cagayan
• Tangkang tax evasion ng Napocor, di lumusot
• Baguio film fest mulled
• Labor Watch: Union building - workers’ quest for just wages and human rights
• Northern Luzon newsbriefs

FOR THE WEEK OCT 10-OCT 16

• Beneco helpless over NPC, Transco power rate hikes
• NPA responds to 17th IBPA’s Phantom
• KMU hits GMA for not granting wage hike
• Secure conditions of key agricultural forces
• Youth are poverty’s major casualty — Anak ng Bayan
• “No better life yet for gold panners after the dam”
• Business in Baguio parks prevails despite Ramos EO
• Yamang dagat ng Lingayen Gulf, nauubos na
• Residente ng Pangasinan, apektado ng bangus processing plant
• JBIC, sinisingil na ng mga Pangasinense
• Labor Watch: The labor justice system at work
• Northern Luzon newbriefs

FOR THE WEEK OCT 3-OCT 9

• Ilocos, Abra officials reiterate support against Lepanto
• Gov’t called on to tackle rights of consumers
• Cordillera farming at the edge of twilight zone
• JBIC, sinisingil na ng Pangasinan
• San Manuel peasants reoccupy former quarry site
• Konseho ng kabataan sa Pangasinan, bubuuin
• Labor Watch: Former BC employees still await justice after two decades
• Northern Luzon Newsbriefs