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RegionsPoverty Stalks Sugarlandia’s Capital CityBacolod City has recently been cited as the country’s “most livable” city, based on the cost of living, accessibility of basic services, and the peace and order situation. It also boasts of numerous awards including business-friendliness. But behind the accolades lies poverty for the majority of its residents. BY KARL G. OMBION ( categories: )
Elders Seal Pact vs Large and Destructive Mines“We the elders, leaders and peace pact holders of the tribe of Binongan, bind and reaffirm as a matter of life and death very important agreements to oppose large and destructive mines...and its ill effects on the future of the people of Licuan-Baay, the tribes of Binongan and all stakeholders.” BY AT BENGWAYAN ( categories: )
Ilocos IPs Reject Mining ApplicationIndigenous peoples of Brgy. Lamag, in Quirino, Ilocos Sur have rejected an application for mining exploration, asserting their preference for traditional resource utilization. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW ( categories: )
Now Showing: Isko PalabanA YouTube video entitled “The Adventures of Isko Palaban” was posted in the internet. It shows the problems being faced by the Tandem and the students of the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) from the increase in tuition and other fees to the closure of the student publication. BY JOAN GARCIA ( categories: )
Northern, Central Luzon Midwifery Grads ‘Duped’ By Review Center’s ‘Agent’Close to a hundred midwifery licensure examinees from Northern and Central Luzon hoped they would be able to take the examinations after spending tens of thousands of pesos for the review. ( categories: )
In Negros, Alert Raised on Entry of ‘GE Rice,’ ‘Franken Food’The public and local government units should be alerted on the possible entry into the local market of some genetically-engineered rice and similar other “Franken food.” BY KARL G. OMBION ( categories: )
Mining Applications Cover 66% of Cordillera RegionIn the Cordillera region, there are already 149 barrios (sub-villages) with mining applications that are under process. Even the grounds of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) are covered by an application for mining exploration. Mining applications cover 66 percent of the region. BY ZOFIA LEAL ( categories: )
Sagada Scores Hit with Squash Canton NoodlesLast week, the Montañosa Research and Development Center (MRDC), a non-government organization based in this town, launched the Sagada Squash Canton Noodles, the very first variety of squash canton to hit the market in Mountain Province and the Cordillera region. BY ROBERT PANGOD ( categories: )
Mining and Protest Actions from the Eyes of ChildrenThe children were playing as the adults were discussing about the ill effects of mining on their ancestral land and in their lives. But their games were more than just games. These were the children’s way of expressing their views on the life and death issue of mining. BY ANGIE DE LARA ( categories: )
Abrenians Fear Losing Their Rice to the Mines“Awanen! Uray adda pay koma’t magapas... nu alaen amin ti minas dagiti taltalon, anya ngay ti mabalin dagiti mannalon?” (It is all gone. Although there are yet palay to harvest... if the fields would be eaten up by the mines, what is there left for the farmers?) BY LYN V. RAMO ( categories: )
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