By ARTEMIO DUMLAOwww.nordis.net BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—On January 23, tension gripped Bitnong, Dupax del Norte, as government authorities dispersed a human barricade in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, against a mining firm’s exploration project, arresting seven residents. Residents estimated...
Over 1,800 members of the League of Association at the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post Area. Inc. signed a manifesto calling on President Rodrigo Duterte to recall the National Electrification Administration’s (NEA) appointment of Atty. Ana Maria Rafael.
Youth leaders and a prominent Baguio educator criticized the recent memorandum released by the Commission on Higher Education-Cordillera Administrative Region (CHED-CAR) urging colleges and universities in the region to remove “subversive” materials from their libraries and online repositories.
Typhoon Maring (Kompasu) has left Baguio City and Benguet with eight dead, one missing, and one injured.
Despite the recorded damages on vegetable farms in the region after the onslaught of Typhoon Maring (Kompasu), the prices of temperate vegetables dropped according to the price monitoring of the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR).
Mayor Benjamin Magalong expressed dismay over a manipulated photo circulating on social media dragging him into the ongoing power struggle in the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco).
As the country braces for the onslaught of Typhoon Kiko, Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) employees lamented the displacement of linemen from Dumol Hall, where they regularly held their tailgate meetings since the pandemic started.
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Family, friends, church groups, private riders club, and other civic organizations in Conner, Apayao province staged a motorcade on July 31 to demand justice for the murder of Prosecutor Victor Begtang, Jr. More than...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY—Following the unrelenting demand of the people of Bakun, the National Commission on Indigenous People-Cordillera Administrative Region (NCIP-CAR) ordered Hedcor, Inc., to shut down its three hydroelectric power plants...
By IVAN EMIL LABAYNE www.nordis.net To begin, I digress—here already, a puzzle, for how can you digress at the beginning when there is nothing yet to digress from? —for this shall be the flavor of this piece. Digressions. In my head, without Google’s aid, I have to...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — After repeated demands from the people of Bakun, the National Commission on Indigenous People-Cordillera Administrative Region (NCIP-CAR) finally issued a notice of violation (NOV) to Hedcor, Inc. for the...
By SHERWIN DE VERA BAGUIO CITY—Youth leaders in the city scored a legal victory against the government’s practice of tagging activists as recruiters and their organizations as fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (NPA) after the...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOL www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — Another leader of the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) is poised to face a court battle against the Cordillera region’s top cop, Brigadier General R’Win Pagkalinawan, for a cyberlibel case. CPA...