By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Main Story: A first hand experience with Oplan Bayanihan Sidebar: For two Igorot women, a constant struggle to survive SAN JOSE CITY, Nueva Ecija – Igorot farmer Ernesto Bubod was all smiles when he saw his visitors, May 3. With his wife Lita were leaders of farmers’ groups and human…
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Igorot Leader Arrested in N. Ecija, Groups Decry Political Harassment
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Various groups called for the immediate release of a leader of indigenous peoples who was recently arrested in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. Ernesto Bubod, 54, a Kalanguya-Igorot and vice chieftain of Sitio Maluyon, Brgy. Villarica, Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, was taken by five armed men in plainclothes who posed as…