That tasty, thumb-sized meat product that used to be called as “the Ultimate Baguio Pasalubong” is this year’s focus of the 3rd Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) Weekend, when the longest Baguio original longganisa will be paraded and sold on Sept. 30 along Session Road here. BY PINK-JEAN FANGON MELEGRITO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat…
Month: September 2006
Tupig: A Food for Festivals, a Source of Livelihood
Several provinces have competed to make it to the Guinness Book of World Records for preparing the longest tupig (a variety of rice cake). For the people of the northern provinces of Luzon island, cooking and selling tupig is rooted in their way of life, is a source of livelihood, and a regular fare during…
Tiempo Muerto Stalks Negros Sugar Workers Year-round
The start of “ember” season, which is marked by the opening of sugar milling season and increased economic activities, is traditionally viewed as the beginning of good tidings for most sugar workers. It is seen as a season of “sugar money” perking up economic and social activities. It is considered a period of literally massive…
Marcos Mansions in Baguio: Future Tourism Sites?
Perhaps every original Baguio City resident marveled at the once-grandiose mansions of the Marcoses here. By all indications, they were posh. What is to become of these mansions? Some local government officials here are considering the idea of turning these into tourism sites. BY ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Perhaps every original Baguio City…
World Bank Corruption Ranking Should Widen Debate on Anti-corruption Strategies
The World Bank, in its recently-released “Governance Matters 2006” report, gave the country a lower ranking in its control of corruption benchmark, falling from 50.5% in 1998 to 37.4% in 2005. BY IBON FOUNDATION Bulatlat.com The World Bank, in its recently-released “Governance Matters 2006” report, gave the country a lower ranking in its control of…
U.S. Anti-immigration Law May Unsettle Fragile Philippine Economy
The future of some 12 million “unauthorized immigrants” in the U.S., including nearly 1 million Filipinos, is at stake in two U.S. immigration bills. If the law is enacted, multitudes of Filipinos will be deported and the remittance-dependent Philippine economy will face rough waters. By REYNA MAE L. TABBADA Bulatlat.com The plight of overseas Filipino…
Japan-RP Economic Pact Sets Dangerous Precedent for the Country
The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is a dangerous first step towards complete government renunciation over policy-setting towards the development of the domestic Philippine economy, said IBON research head Sonny Africa. BY IBON FOUNDATION Bulatlat.com The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is a dangerous first step towards complete government renunciation over policy-setting towards the development…
Attack on Local Journalist: Plain Robbery or Political Threat?
Was it a simple case of attempted hold-up, or was it a political threat? The recent attack on a council member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJP) Baguio-Benguet chapter by an unidentified knife-wielding man has brought this question to the fore. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET – Was it…
‘Ka Bel’ Fights Back, Charges Captors
He may have been detained for almost seven months now, but Ka Bel is not letting his captors off the hook. Clad in a red barong and escorted by fully-armed Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel, detained Anakpawis (AP) Congressman Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran personally filed a case against his captors at the Office of the…
A Lawyer and Martial Law: Been There and Back Again
He was vice mayor of Cebu and a human rights lawyer when arrested and detained for three months in 1972. He pursued human rights lawyering even after his release. Thirty four years hence and three kids later, he feels that human rights work is as urgent today under the Macapagal-Arroyo administration as it was before…
‘We Feel It… Martial Law is Back’
If there is anyone who knows what Martial Law was like, it would be people like Carmencita Mendoza-Florentino and Rodolfo del Rosario, who were both victims of the Marcos dictatorship. Many people thought that after Marcos’ ouster in 1986 no dictatorship would ever happen again, but Florentino and Del Rosario believe otherwise. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN…