By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Bulatlat.com Bangued, Abra (December 10, 2010) – Like shooting chickens or hunting ducks, violence continues to happen in Abra. Regaining its ugly tag as Cordillera’s “Killings Fields”, two more people were killed on Wednesday in Pidigan town, while gunmen exchanged shots with policemen in Bangued, Abra’s capital town on Thursday morning,…
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Cordillera Youth Resent Aquino Whitewash of Budget Cut
By Northern Dispatch ?Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera youth are disgusted with the Aquino administration’s efforts to white-wash the 1.9B budget cut on state universities and colleges in the 2011 national budget. Now, more and more students, teachers, non-teaching personnel and parents are expressing their support for the student protest actions against…
Four Small-Scale Miners Die of Suffocation
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — Three small-scale miners died of suffocation inside the mining tunnels in separate towns of Abra and here in Benguet. On June 11, in Mt. Bumurayok, Barangay Buneg, Lacub in Abra, miners identified as Junie Lingbaoan and Felix Rosario, both locals of Lacub and Federico…
In Cordillera, Election Money Provides Temporary Relief
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – While the Regional Development Council (RDC) head denies having seen a lot of money in circulation now that it is election year, the private-sector representative in the think-tank says otherwise. Economic planners in both the government and private sector in the region…
Cordillera Autonomous Region Aims to Become Arabica Center
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 “widely consumed prestigious beverage…and the second most traded commodity after petroleum,” the Cordillera…
Slideshow: Pepeng’s Fury
Pepeng Unleashes Fury
Cordillera Most Ravaged by Pepeng
By ARTHUR ALLAD-IW
The Cordillera region incurred most of the damages in Northern Luzon with 309 dead and P1.398 billion of damaged infrastructures and agriculture caused by typhoon Pepeng.
Cordillera Groups Rise Up Vs. Cha-cha
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Regions Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY ? Various progressive groups here in this city 246 kms. north of Manila held an indignation rally June 3 against the railroading of House Resolution 1109 that seeks to convene Congress into a Constituent Assembly (Con-ass). The House of Representatives voted on the resolution…
Bamboo Advocacy Gains Foothold in Cordillera
Advocacy work for the propagation of bamboo, both as a forest cover and ornamental foliage, is gaining a foothold nationwide with the creation of bamboo development councils. BY LYN V. RAMO REGIONS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (263 kms. North of Manila)– Advocacy work for the propagation of bamboo, both as a…
Book on Cordillera Land Issues Out
A new book on the Cordillera land question is just off the press. BY PIO VERZOLA JR. Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila)—A new book on the Cordillera land question is just off the press. The Cordillera Peoples Alliance announced on Dec. 20 the publication of Ti Daga Ket…
Militarization, Rights Violations Prevalent in Mining Areas
Heightened militarization in the boundaries of Kalinga, Mountain Province, Abra and Ilocos Sur led to various human rights violations of the collective rights of the residents in these areas, reported a human rights watchdog in the Cordillera region. These, according to residents, are also areas where mining applications have been approved. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW…