Tags: Northern Dispatch

The House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture chair Abraham Mitra, during the committee’s regional consultation here, said that the budget for the agriculture sector should be increased and that it should even be larger budget than the military’s. BY CYE REYES Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 LA TRINIDAD,…

For a month, the military conducted intensive military operations in their village. Fields were bombed; soldiers encamped in the heart of the village; the people were prohibited from leaving their homes; and their farm animals were stolen. Elders of Tubo, Abra have had enough. They announced that they would file cases of human rights violation…

Even the church is not safe from the recent military occupation of the tri-boundary of Abra, Mountain Province and Ilocos Sur provinces. BY JOHN ERIC B. ESCALANTE Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – Even the church is not…