The Cordillera Regional Peace and Order Council (CRPOC) is seeking a ‘tokhang'-type of campaign against activists and persons believed to be connected with the alleged front organizations of the communist rebels. In its resolution, the CRPOC reportedly sought law enforcement agencies, including...
Three roads in Luzon remained impassable as of Saturday, July 24, due to damage caused by the heavy downpour that had been enhanced by typhoon Fabian. NO ACCESS-- Busa Bridge along Baguio-Bontoc Road in Sabangan, Mt. Province became impassable due to soil collapse triggered by typhoon Fabian....
Aside from being the country's "salad bowl," the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is also a model against climate change. (Photo courtesy of the DA) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar said the region up north is indeed a strategic region that serves as a model in averting...
The government has declared two Minahang Bayan (MB) areas in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) covering a combined mining area of 50 hectares. In two separate announcements, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in CAR said that the Provincial Mining and Regulatory Board of Abra (PMRB-Abra)...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is committed to ensure that the gong-making tradition in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), especially among the youth, will be preserved. Gongs, or locally known in Cordilleran communities as “gangsa” (DOST-CAR Facebook Page) DOST Secretary...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced that it will establish the first metals and engineering innovation hub in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña said the groundbreaking of the CAR’s first DOST-Metals and Engineering...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), commended on Wednesday, June 30, a policewoman who donated breastmilk for babies in need in Baguio City. Eleazar said the good deed of Police Corporal Aimarie Boadilla is another proof that the PNP has never run out of...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has launched two major research programs seeking to protect the mountains in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and ensure water security and climate resilience for indigenous communities in the region. Maligcong Rice Terraces, Bontoc,...
Farmers and fishers in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have been encouraged to sign up with the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) to facilitate access to any agriculture-related assistance program of the government. (Photo courtesy of the DA) The local Department...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) The utilization rate of the intensive care unit (ICU) beds in six regions of the country are now at the “high-risk” level due to the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday, May 29. These regions are Cordillera...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) raided four clandestine marijuana farms in Kalinga province and ended up destroying P13,464,000 worth of the grown cannabis plants on Friday, May 28. PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said the plantation was found in Barangay Loccong in Tinglayan town by...
The United States government is set to complete next month a research and documentation project on traditional tattooing among the seven major ethnolinguistic groups in the mountainous region of the Cordilleras. (Elderly tattooed women, on an afternoon tengao (rest day) in Bontoc, described their...
