TABUK CITY, Kalinga-- Joint operatives of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PROCOR) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) raided eight marijuana plantation Brgy. Bugnay in Tinglayan, Kalinga on Friday, resulting in to the discovery and destruction of P15 million worth of marijuana...
In recognition of his works and contributions in the Philippine higher education, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Popoy De Vera was adopted as a son of the Province of Kalinga and was dubbed as “Alingag” which means “to re-echo.” (Photo from CHED) The adoption of De Vera,...
Local officials of Abra province on Wednesday assured the tandem of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and aspiring vice president Sara Duterte of their constituents’ votes to prove that there is a "Solid North." This came after Gov. Ma. Jocelyn Valero...
Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. wooed residents of Abra and Kalinga provinces on Wednesday, March 9 but his running mate, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, was conspicuously absent. During his campaign speech in Abra's capital, Bangued, Marcos Jr. explained the reason why...
TINGALAYAN, Kalinga -- Residents of barangay Tulgao East here which is known as the source of marijuana are asking the government to construct roads and set up vegetable farms to rid their place of the drug menace. Miguel Guyang, village chairman of Tulgao East, Tinglayan, Kalinga, said this in a...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Three suspected marijuana cultivators were arrested after they were caught in the act of uprooting and collecting marijuana plants in the mountainous area of Tinglayan, Kalinga on Sunday, Feb. 27. (Photo courtesy of Zaldy Comanda / MANILA BULLETIN) Kalinga Provincial...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga — Two local tourist were nabbed for transporting P13 million worth of marijuana bricks at a checkpoint by the joint operatives of the Kalinga Provincial Police Office and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Cordillera in Barangay Dinakan,Lubuagan, Kalinga, Friday morning...
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...
