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 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 Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com CORDILLERA Region – The Katribu party list has been gaining the support of indigenous peoples from the Cordillera region. In the first two weeks of the month, the party list group held its conventions in Abra and Mountain...
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – From March 1 to 7, the Kaigorotan Youth Week (KYW) would be celebrated with the theme “Tawid Kaigorotan: Revitalization of Cordillera Culture and Heritage for the Defense of Land, Life and Resources." The KYW is an...
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch TADIAN, Mountain Province -- A play aiming to disseminate the declaration of the United Nations (UN) recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples over their land, life and resources was staged by the Dap-ayan ti Kultura iti...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- “It came unexpected, like a thief in the night. For a few minutes, a thick layer of landslide roaring down swept our village, and instantly claimed the lives of 35 residents.” That is how a...
Sixteen provincial officials, employees and a private lawyer in Mountain Province, including Gov. Maximo Dalog have been charged with 33 counts of estafa through falsification of public and commercial documents stemming from an alleged anomalous procurement of a...
Call for review of GMA’s labor export policy While residents of Sagada, Mountain Province (275 km north of Manila) mourn for the death of a community member in a suicide bombing incident in Afghanistan on Jan. 14, they condemn the bombing incident as inhuman and at...
Mountain Province abaca farmers and other producers of natural fibers like Kapangan's raw silk producers are the focus of the recently inaugurated regional office of the Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA), a government official said. BY LYN V. RAMO...
Communal watershed forests in Mountain Province, which serve as the water sources of main rivers, are threatened by various mine applications due to the government’s active campaigning to revitalize the mining industry. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch...
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