By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Four years ago, William Bugatti, a Cordilleran human rights worker, was shot dead by suspected elements of the 86th Infantry Battalion after attending a hearing of political prisoners in Ifugao. Last March 2, another...
By JULIET SALEY Northern Dispatch BONTOC, Mt. Province – The provincial government here issued a resolution reflecting the people’s opposition large-scale mining exploration and operations within Mt. Province. In its resolution, the local government informs the...
BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Residents of San Carlos Heights, Irisan, Baguio City have prevented the Holy Family Housing Project Association, Inc. from holding a dialogue regarding a joint relocation survey with 12 affected residents on...
By Johann Hein B. Arpon Bulatlat.com A farming village in the Visayas disappeared from the map on February 17 due to a killer landslide. The tragedy left a long trail death and destruction. The ordeal that the residents there went through cannot be effectively put...
BY Abner Bolos GLNS/ Bulatlat.com Posted 6:39 p.m., Apr. 27, 2006 City of San Fernando—After almost a year of protest, workers in Hacienda Luisita have succeeded in pushing the government to declare as illegal quarrying operations for the Subic-Clark-Tarlac...
Only 2 of 6 CAR provinces not bald, environment official says Pine forests in Baguio City and the rest of the Cordillera mountains have thinned at alarming levels as the environment department here rang a bell to everyone to reclaim its lost grandeur. BY ACE ALEGRE...
In what is virtually a can of worms opened, millions of pesos in ghost reforestation projects stink along the San Roque Multipurpose Dam-associated projects in Itogon, Benguet. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor Bulatlat Itogon, Benguet (200 kilometers north of Manila) – In...
As the Quezon City Central Business District (QC-CBD) project pushes through, government employees fear possible dislocation. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat Volume VIII, Number 26, August 3 - 9, 2008 More than 100 employees of the Department of Agriculture (DA),...
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