By Northern Dispatch CPA Release Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- “Climate change is a matter of social justice,” said a report of the Ibon International, a non-profit economic research outfit based in the Philippines. “Two centuries of increasing...
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Benguet urges the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) to properly identify the indigenous peoples organizations (IPO) that...
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - During the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) session on November 3 here, provincial board member Juan Nazarro questioned the need to delineate titled lots within the Certificate of...
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Baguio City - The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) has officially issued its stand on the drafting of 3rd Organic Act being pushed by the Regional Development Council (RDC) and supported by some...
By KIMBERLIE OLIMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CTIY— Cordillera elders who performed the opening ritual of International Conference on Indigenous Peoples Rights, Alternatives and Solutions to Climate Change said the conference...
By KIMBERLIE OLIVAMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY—Indigenous youth under the banner of the Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN) asserts that addressing problems on climate change also means addressing indigenous...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — In a forum November 4, here on the theme “Reinvigorate our ranks, advance our cause”, government employees discussed present issues and concerns in their different lines of work. Government...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — At least three soldiers from the 41st Infantry Battalion Philippine Army of the Armed Forces of the Philippines were killed and three others were wounded in an ambush carried out by New...
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS and KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -Human rights groups and a peasant organization in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions said they are disappointed with the performance of President Benigno...
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY— The family of an Ilocos Sur peasant believed to have been murdered by elements of the 5th Division of the Philippine Army last September demanded justice for their kin as they...
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY- Another Ilocos Sur peasant was believed to have been abducted and killed by a special commando operations unit of the 5th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, who...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - Governor Nestor Fongwan questioned the automatic renewal of the exploration permit in phase 1 for the mining exploration of Royalco Philippines Inc. in Gambang, Bakun during the...
By MARS KAYAT Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY— Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr. has joined other legislators in challenging the Aquino administration to restore cuts on education budget, particularly on state universities and colleges. As a...
By ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - - Relatives of a victim of extrajudicial killing recently filed complaints of human rights abuses against the military before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Regional Office 1....
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS
Aquino failed to initiate policy and institutional reforms needed to uplift the dismal state of the indigenous peoples - Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance.
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — More than a hundred students from several universities here walked out of their classes to show their disappointment over the Aquino government’s budget cut to the education sector. In his...
By ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com STA. LUCIA, Ilocos Sur — Human rights advocates condemned the murder of an Ilocos peasant and the continuing violations of people’s rights as a result of joint military operations in the area by the 50th and 86th Infantry...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet -- The Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) owes its workers an accumulated amount of P254.37 million ($5.79 million) in unpaid wages and benefits. The total amount includes P12 million...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- Public school teachers led by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) were disappointed because President Benigno S. Aquino III did not show-up at a dialogue they requested to air their issues and...
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- How do you search for the disappeared? Where do you start? When do you stop? When James Moy Balao did not arrive at his destination on September 17, 2008, his family and friends...
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