By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net First of two parts BAGUIO CITY—From the usual church services, Bible verses, and parish reminders, the Facebook page of Our Lady of Hope Parish in Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, has for months now featured photos and videos of massive dredging vessels and barges, and...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOL www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Funds for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response, and economic recovery programs will be given priority for La Trinidad’s 2021 budget. Vice Mayor Roderick Awingan said they still have to deliberate of...
By SHERWIN DE VERA www.nordis.net SECOND PART The 1990 Build-Operate-Transfer Law (RA 6957) opened opportunities for corporations to invest in projects that used to be reserved for government. It also allowed foreign capital infusion to government priority projects....
On May 30, Mayor Victorio Palangdan ordered the total lockdown of Barangay Ucab, Itogon in Benguet province. The measure came after a 40-year-old male from Ucab Proper tested positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “The initial report is that he is a Jail Officer...
Gov. Ryan Singson said that since the matter is about the life, safety and welfare of his constituents, the province cannot afford to consult, ask and wait for the PNP. According to him, the reason why the provincial director of the Interior and Local Government is...
To augment the limited supply, Baguio City Hall employees make improvised protective gears for health workers
Vegetable traders and a farmer’s group expressed their worries on the long queue of vehicles in checkpoints and vague guidelines on the passage of trucks
By KHIM ABALOS www.nordis.net SAGADA, Mountain Province — The municipal police chief of this tourist town admitted they were "following orders" when they distributed flyers and posted on Facebook that red-tagged various people’s organizations in the municipality. “We...
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...