The government's pandemic task force has escalated four provinces in Luzon and Visayas to the relatively restrictive Alert Level 4, while 15 others will be placed under Alert level 3 from Jan. 21 to 31, 2022. Maligcong Rice Terraces, Bontoc, Mountain Province (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a...
After presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo was seen wearing a pink poncho with traditional Kalinga tapestry designs during her last week’s visit to Baguio City, a deluge of orders came the way of the traditional dressmaker who has been using Kalinga backstrap loom weaving to create...
Cordillera's weaving industry was given again the spotlight as the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched an exhibit and bazaar of handwoven textiles from local weavers in the region to help them bounce back amid the pandemic. INTRICATE AND VIBRANT – Cordillera master weavers congregate at the...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has inaugurated its new office building in Kalinga province. NCIP Chairperson Allen Capuyan led the turnover of the NCIP’s P35-million Provincial Office building in Tabuk City, Kalinga. (NCIP) “Kalinga is among the provinces blessed with its...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged Congress to look into the reported removal of books, pamphlets, research work or any reading material considered by the government as “subversive” from the libraries of state universities. In filing Senate Resolution No. 933, De Lima emphasized the...
"An attack on the library is an attack on the very heart of the University itself." This was the response of the Academics Unite for Democracy and Human Rights (AUDHR) as it decried the removal of books and documents published by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in at least...
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has announced the suspension of admission of female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Bahay-Kalinga to abide by health protocols set by the Kingdom. (Philippine Overseas Labor Office - Jeddah Facebook...
An educator lamented the removal of books and documents published by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in at least three state university libraries. (Photo courtesy of ISU-ECHAGUE) The Kalinga State University (KSU), Isabela State University (ISU), and Aklan State University...
Four illegal loggers have been apprehended in Tabuk, Kalinga after they were caught in possession of acacia logs and a chainsaw.​ In a belated report, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the arrested individuals—identified as Vincent Dalanao, Archie...
Joint teams of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) destroyed a total of P20.23 million worth of marijuana plants in a raid on eight plantation sites during their August 24 to 25 operation in Tinglayan Kalinga. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold...
An anthropology professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman offered an explanation regarding the controversy involving Apo Whang-od of Kalinga and Palestinian-Israeli content creator Nuseir Yassin of Nas Daily. Tattoo master Apo Whang-od and vlogger Nuseir Yassin of Nas Daily...
Police have destroyed more than P21 million worth of marijuana plants in a series of raids in Kalinga on Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee, director of the Cordillera Administrative Region police, said a total of 107,500 fully-grown marijuana plants were seized from more than 6,000 square meter...
