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.
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...