By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – A 74-year-old man, a 32-year-old mother, three farmers and two Bagobo lumads find themselves accused of the military’s trumped up charges as the government’s Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL) deadline to end...
By Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com CORDILLERA Region – The Katribu party list has been gaining the support of indigenous peoples from the Cordillera region. In the first two weeks of the month, the party list group held its conventions in Abra and Mountain...
By SLOAN RAMOS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – The Katribu Partylist sent a report to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the continued detention of the 43 community health workers, known as the “Morong 43,” who were arrested by...
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – From March 1 to 7, the Kaigorotan Youth Week (KYW) would be celebrated with the theme “Tawid Kaigorotan: Revitalization of Cordillera Culture and Heritage for the Defense of Land, Life and Resources." The KYW is an...
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – An experimental Organik Muzik was staged in this city, 246 kms. north of Manila, entitled Palay Bigas Kanin (PBK) on February 23, a part of a series. The PBK's recorded songs are collaborative efforts of poet Vim...
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch TADIAN, Mountain Province -- A play aiming to disseminate the declaration of the United Nations (UN) recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples over their land, life and resources was staged by the Dap-ayan ti Kultura iti...
By CONYAP G. Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Militarization of indigenous peoples’ territories is not isolated to Mountain Province or the Cordillera region, but is happening nationwide. Beverly Longid, Katribu partylist president and first nominee, said...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – In Bokod, the second largest municipality of Benguet, residents are opposing a looming geothermal project that, they say, is not only dangerous for them and the environment but has also...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL NORTHERN DISPATCH POSTED BY Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) -- The leader of a Cordillera-based underground revolutionary group said the Cordillera People's Liberation Army is in the same sinking boat as the Ampatuan private...
By ADELA WAYAS Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — The Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (MAKABAYAN) held its first assembly in the city attended by about 300 members of different progressive partylists together with some local politicians on November 30....
By WENDY ATUBAN Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY— In a bid to become the country’s Coffee Arabica Capital, the region is preparing to revive its once thriving coffee industry, officials said last week in a press briefing. Recognizing that coffee is a...
By RODA TAJON Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com VIGAN CITY— On the 52nd year of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) it will hold its National Students Congress for the first time at the heritage city of Ilocos Sur. On December 10 to 14, some 300...
BAGUIO CITY – The oldest and most widespread grassroots organization advocating indigenous peoples’ rights in northern Luzon, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), is holding is 10th congress since it was established in June 1984. The CPA traces its origins to the...
BAGUIO CITY? Resistance to the San Roque mega dam here had peaked about two decades ago. Today, after a massive flash flood submerged most of Pangasinan, there is a renewed drive to protest. Lugging streamers, placards and relief goods, the Bayanihan Alay sa...
Conclusion If there’s anybody to blame for making farm life in the Ifugao town of Alfonso Lista more and more miserable today, it should be the Arroyo government for its aggressive promotion of GMO in corn production in tandem with the TNC giant Monsanto and the...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – A London-based company and its Filipino partner will buy 80 percent of Atok-Big Wedge Company, which would push for the reactivation of the latter’s mining...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Culture Posted by (Bulatlat.com) In my years of teaching Asian civilization, I got particularly interested in China’s ancient kingdoms, particularly those actively involved in the region’s trade. It helped me appreciate how...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- The 17th of this month marks one year since James Balao, Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) founding member was abducted by suspected military agents. The Cordillera Human Rights Alliance...
By LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- Workers and employees of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC) cannot avail of short-term benefits from the Social Security System (SSS) due to the company’s unpaid premiums since 2004....
By WENDY ATUBAN Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- A newly forged alliance of indigenous students of the University of the Philippines system threw its support to the Katribu party list. Katribu aims to represent the issues and concerns of the...
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