By SHERWIN DE VERANorthern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Kathleen Okubo, a veteran journalist from the Cordillera region, passed away on April 7, leaving the Cordillera press community mourning her loss. She battled several illnesses before her passing at the age of 71, having celebrated her birthday...
Marivic Bugasto of Lower Brookside in Baguio City was surprised to discover that someone removed the posters of Vice President and presidential bet Leni Robredo on her gate on February 19.
A Twitter storm has forced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Health (DOH) to investigate the presence of barangay health workers (BHW) wearing shirts with the department’s initials in the Ilocos Sur campaign rally of presidential bet Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
A dam project, promising royalties and ‘development’ caused a crack in the Isnag community in Kabugao in Apayao. However, the project also closed the gap between the young and the old ones in the tribe.
Tobacco farmers in the Ilocos Region have urged local governments to provide immediate relief and livelihood support for affected farmers after off-season rain over the weekend flooded tobacco farms in Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, La Union, and Abra.
International rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Philippine government on January 17 to end red-tagging activists, saying the practice has reduced the country’s democratic space.
A multibillion dam project in Northern Philippines has broken the peace and harmony in Kabugao, the capital town of Apayao. The promised development has divided the once united communities.
Multi-sectoral alliance Tongtongan ti Umili (TTU) turned down the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) invitation to a dialogue with the police and military as part of the government’s counterinsurgency program.
As they commemorated International Human Rights Day on December 10, various groups urged the Filipino people to block the late dictator’s son, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., and presidential daughter, Sara Duterte, from taking the helm in 2022 as they belie claims of a Solid North.
To restore the people’s confidence in the media and reclaim the space for truthful, credible, and responsible dissemination of information, several media groups and civil society organizations (CSO) formed the Kordilyera Media-Citizen Council (KMCC).
The Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club Incorporated (BCBC) been at the forefront in helping media members badly hit by the worldwide pandemic.
Baguio-based activists commemorated the 5th year of Ferdinand Marcos’ burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani with a protest at the remnants of his defaced bust located in Ibaloi lands in Taloy Sur, Tuba in Benguet, which the government land grabbed for the dictatorship’s dream of a Mount Rushmore-like park and golf course.
Members of the Benguet Provincial Board who declared former Presidential Communications Operations Office Atty. Ana Marie Rafael and National Electrification Administration (NEA) lawyer Omar Mayo unwelcome in the province, are anticipating retaliation from their camp.