A group of local residents clarified that it is not opposing a mining exploration in Kalinga province, explaining that what they are pushing for is responsible mining that includes assurance of a sustainable support system to the indigenous people in the area. Victor Gumisa, head of the Balatoc...
BAGUIO CITY – Police recently arrested a New People’s Army rebel wanted in Kalinga province. The suspect was nabbed in Barangay Camp 7 here. He was a member of the Executive Committee and official of the Finance Committee of the weakened Kilusang Larangang Guerilla Baggas operating in...
A congressman from a renewable energy (RE) hub in the Philippines has expressed high hopes for the House-passed KALINGA bill--a crisis response measure that stemmed from the fuel price crisis. Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte said that House Bill (HB) No. 9305, or the...
The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading an all-encompassing measure that seeks to establish a permanent national emergency response framework to protect Filipinos from fuel-driven inflation, energy shocks, supply disruptions and future global crises....
PINUKPUK, Kalinga — The first Gimpong Festival in this town was action-packed as barangay officials faced off in an exhibition boxing match for a chance to win P500,000 worth of projects from the municipal government. Residents packed the municipal gymnasium and cheered as officials from Barangay...
TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – Police destroyed marijuana valued at P162 million during an eradication operation in Mount Whatong in Barangay Loccong here on Wednesday, May 27. Discovered in the operation supervised by Police Col. Ledon D. Monte, Police Regional Office-Cordillera deputy regional director...
Murang Kuryente Party-list Rep. Arthur Yap played a key role in strengthening the proposed KALINGA Act on Wednesday, May 20 by ensuring the inclusion of concrete, consumer-focused interventions aimed at delivering immediate relief to Filipinos. The KALINGA Act--a pet measure of the House...
The proposed national emergency response and resiliency framework dubbed as the KALINGA Actwhich members of the House of Representatives crafted amid the fuel price crisis--has been approved on second reading. Deputy Speaker Misamis Oriental 2nd district Rep. Yevgeny Vincente Emano, the presiding...
The Police Regional Office-Cordillera destroyed marijuana valued at more than P228 million in what was called the largest eradication operation so far in Mount Chumanchil, Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, Kalinga, from May 17 to 18. Police said 1.14 million fully grown marijuana plants were uprooted...
Camarines Sur 5th district Rep. Migz Villafuerte is optimistic of the swift plenary passage of the proposed “Komprehensibong Alalay sa Livelihood, Inflation, Negosyo, at Goods Assistance (KALINGA) Act”, which the House of Representatives has positioned as an all-encompassing solution to the...
Help is on the way. House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos gave this assurance to Filipinos after the Ad Hoc Committee on Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) approve on Tuesday, May 12 the consolidated KALINGA Bill. House Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep....
The House of Representatives ' proposed KALINGA Act received a big boost on Tuesday afternoon, May 5 after the country’s economic managers threw their support behind the fuel price crisis response measure. The expressions of support were made during the first hearing of the House Ad Hoc...
