By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Reposted by BAGUIO CITY – Students from State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in Region I join other SUC students nationwide in launching different forms of protest actions against the slashing of the national budget for state...
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY—Relatives and colleagues marked the third year of the disappearance of James Moy Balao with protests, Sept. 17. Balao or Manong James, as his colleagues fondly call him, was abducted...
By BERT SIANGEN Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com MANILA – An activist in community development work passed away at 57 years old. Jean Chagyowen Macliing, or Manang Jean, as she was popularly known with her professional and warm personality , was into...
By ACE ALEGRE Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – A senator is seeking a review of the 16-year old Republic Act 7942 or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995. Sen. Loren Legarda, who convened indigenous peoples all over Luzon at the Teachers Camp here Friday, said the law...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiations between the Lepanto Employees Union–National Federation of Labor Union–Kilusang Mayo Uno (LEU-Naflu-KMU) and Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC) hit a...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – Jeepney drivers and operators led by the Pinagkaisang Tsuper at Operators Nationwide (Piston) condemned in coordinated protest-actions all over the Philippines the alleged collaboration of the administration of...
By MARY LOU MARIGZA Northern Dispatch APARRI, Cagayan – Community dialogues in magnetite mining affected communities expressed strong opposition to foreign companies mining the Rio Grande de Cagayan and the beaches of the Babuyan channel. A documentation mission...
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – “Sana'y hindi maging kuwento na lamang, at kupas-kupas na mga larawan. Ang mamanahin ng susunod na salinlahi. Mundo nila'y ating buuing muli” (I hope the inheritance of the next generations will not only be tales and...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY – Public school teachers demand a higher budget allocation for education as they joined here the nationally coordinated action that coincided with the budget deliberations in Congress. Some 300 mentors...
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CTIY—Activists and progressive organizations urged media practitioners to join them in the campaign to put an end to vilification due to political beliefs through fair and responsible reporting. In a...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch MANILA – A study on the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) reveals the need for total reform of the commission. At the start of the four-day gathering of indigenous peoples (IP) to observe the International IP day...
By Alma B. Sinumlag Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera People's Alliance is preparing to de battle againt more mining applications, among them a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) by Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC). The...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – In a statement sent to the media, the spokesperson of the Cordillera People's Democratic Front (CPDF) said the miserable situation in the regions of Ilocos and the Cordillera mirrors the dismal state of the country...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – Anakbayan-Cordillera slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) because of its continuing red-baiting of progressive youth organizations in the region. “They continue attacking the progressive organizations...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Main Story: Aquino’s Sona, all form, no substance – Bayan Sidebar: “Wang-wang Sona: too much noise, too little substance” – KMU Sona 2011 has little to report, less to look forward to – Ibon BAGUIO CITY – Aside from his total...
By MARY LOU MARIGZA Northern Dispatch BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The people of Nueva Vizcaya, particularly the people of Kasibu and Quezon, are determined to oppose three mining giants exploring for gold and other minerals in their areas. This was the finding of...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- “Entayo agpabuya, paypayew kalkalsada, salidummay salidummay ay ay. Minas ken kabakiran, teatro pay ti babaknang, salidummay salidummay ay ay. Bannog, pudot ken bisin, tudo pudot ken lammin, salidummay salidummay...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – Kilusang Mayo Uno-Cordillera (KMU-Cordillera) gave President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III a failing mark on his administration's handling of labor issues. Michael Cabangon, spokesperson of KMU-Cordillera, said the...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- Standing firm on the community's united decision and indigenous political systems in protecting their homeland, members of the Sadanga tribe of Mountain Province opposed the latest move of a mining company to...
By LUCHIE MARANAN Northern Dispatch MANILA -- For this year at least, this would have to be the most colorful, interesting gathering, incendiary even as the liberal atmosphere of Plaridel Hall was rife with the energy of delegates to the International Conference on...
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