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...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY —A New People’s Army (NPA) unit and an underground women’s organization in separate statements condemned the 54th Infantry Battalion for condoning one of its soldiers who raped a minor twice. The Nona del Rosario...
By SHERWIN DE VERA www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Youth and student groups lambasted the Police Regional Office Cordillera (PRO-Cor) for its "shameless" denial of red-tagging cases perpetrated by the police against activist groups in the region. "Rather than apologizing...
By MONICA CUTIN www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Ilocos Human Rights Alliance (IHRA) said the series of harassments perpetrated by the military in January serves as a warning for people to prepare for a more trying year under the Duterte government. The call came...
www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — A Benguet court found the City of Baguio and a private contractor guilty of illegally occupying a portion of the Sinot Hotspring Resort in Nangalisan, Tuba. Acting Presiding Judge Modesto D. Bahul, Jr. of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court...
www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, through the Mines and Geosciences Bureau is set to declare the first Minahang Bayan to be located in Itogon, Benguet. This was announced by Engr. Alfredo Genetiano of MGB Cordillera...