(Isang taon ng pagdukot kay James M. Balao) Ni LUCHIE MARANAN Northern Dispatch Inilathalang muli ng Bulatlat.com Walang araw na di ka hinanap, Ang gunita’y tumatakbo sa sandali Nang ika’y dinagit habang nag-aabang sa daan, Larawan ng sindak, takot, poot at...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Some 250 indigenous peoples, mostly of Kankana-ey-Bago tribe, from Gambang, Bakun successfully stopped the supposed signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will pave the way...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- In a bid to resolve the unpaid wages and other obligations of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company to its workers, officers of three employees' unions sought a dialogue with the company's...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAKUN, Benguet (336 kms north of Manila) ? Community members of Barangay (village) Gambang, Bakun reaffirmed their anti-mining stand and their vow to protect their homes from large-scale exploitation of...
By VENCY D. BULAYUNGAN PIA-Ifugao/Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BANAUE, Ifugao - Indigenous peoples (IPs) have contributed little to climate change and yet they are among those who suffer its adverse consequences the most. One of the causes of climate...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) ? The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police(PNP and government officials are spreading misinformation that missing activist James Balao is...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Human Rights Watch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY ? Human rights advocates together with the family of a missing activist staged a rally at the Igorot Park here as part of the observance of the International day of the...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (256 kms north of Manila) ? Members and conveners of the Benguet Mining Alert Network (BMAAN) have recently celebrated their organization’s first anniversary by reviewing its goals and...
By WENDY ATUBAN Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) ? While bio-piracy looms as a continuing threat to indigenous communities, an official of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPO Philippines) – the lead...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – While the city government lined up pompous activities for its centennial celebration on September 1, a descendant of an Ibaloi clan said it is also a centennial of injustice for her clan and...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Cabugao town of Ilocos Sur is my newly-discovered lovely place. A coastal town west of the South China Sea, it is not only gifted with beautiful scenic spots like the Salomague Island. It is also rich with...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat MANKAYAN, Benguet ? The local government unit (LGU) here is convinced that the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company is liable for the massive sinking on June 5 of Aurora St. in Barangay Poblacion. The disaster...
By WENDY ATUBAN Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY? The ancestral land claimants at the Busol watershed who have been issued demolition orders despite having pending applications for ancestral land titles at the National Commission on Indigenous...
BY JAILA SAGPA-EY AND JS TABANGCURA Culture Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet ?The early people of Benguet actually used ethnic blankets woven by the Ilocanos of Tagudin and Bangar, Ilocos Province. Contrary to the present generation's...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY The Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company together with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Cordillera Administrative Region...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY ? Various student groups and individuals led by the Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN) held a cultural parade and a rally here in this city 246 kms. north of Manila on Monday as...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY – As President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives have not given up their move to transform Congress into a Constituent Assembly (ConAss) to amend the 1987...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY-- The Chadli Molintas Command (CMC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) from the Ilocos-Cordillera Region described the anti-insurgency campaign of the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's administration...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – In a recent interview, Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) Secretary General Jude Baggo expressed grave concern over the increasing presence of the Army and their so-called “soft approach”...
By LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Regions Posted by (Bulatlat.com) MANKAYAN, Benguet – It is business as usual for Fatima (not her real name) who has just heard about the declaration of a ten-hectare area along Aurora Street in Barangay Poblacion here, as a danger...
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