Youth partylist hits latest red tagging
Kabataan Partylist challenged those who try to discredit them to show themselves in public and engage them in a healthy discussions.
Youth partylist hits latest red tagging
No birthing at home not answer to maternal death
No birthing at home not answer to maternal death
"Health facilities should be brought nearer to the mothers and children, not the other way around. This will only happen if government will construct enough health facilities."
Cordillera women set agenda
Cordillera women set agenda
The Cordillera Women's Agenda contains the key points in advancing the women's struggles for land, food and rights in their vision of good governance and politics of change.
Kalinga folk want soldiers out of their village
Kalinga folk want soldiers out of their village
By ALMA SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch LUBUAGAN, Kalinga -- Residents of sitio Ag-agama, Western Uma in this town are calling for the immediate pull out of military troops deployed there. Elements of the Alpha Company of the Army’s 21st Infantry Brigade have encamped...
Mining firm operating in Ilocos Sur ignores MGB order
Mining firm operating in Ilocos Sur ignores MGB order
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – A Taiwanese company reportedly continues its magnetite mining activities along the seashores of Caparacadan, Caoayan, San Sebastian and San Vicente in Ilocos Sur, ignoring the cease and desist orde issued by the...
Rebel group hits military’s ‘bounty-hunting activities’
Rebel group hits military’s ‘bounty-hunting activities’
By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY—The Cordillera People's Democratic Front (CPDF) criticized the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for making a fortune out of bounty for the capture of New People's Army (NPA) members. In a statement...
Soldiers disrupt towns in Mt. Province
Soldiers disrupt towns in Mt. Province
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY— Sagada residents of Mountain Province as well as local and foreign tourists were surprised when soldiers belonging to the 54th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army (IBPA) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
Baguio shakes in One Billion Rising
Baguio shakes in One Billion Rising
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — On Valentines Day, more than 800 women, men and children shook Upper Session Road as they joined one billion people around the world rising to end violence against women and children. Members of different sectoral...
Soldiers detain charcoal maker in Abra
Soldiers detain charcoal maker in Abra
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- A 25-year-old charcoal maker in Lagangilang, Abra was taken and held by soldiers for nearly three days. According to the Abra Human Rights Movement (AHRM), Meymar Alcantara, a charcoal maker, went to a nearby...
Church leads prayer rally vs. magnetite mining in Ilocos Sur
Church leads prayer rally vs. magnetite mining in Ilocos Sur
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- The Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia which covers the province of Ilocos Sur led the Catholic faithful, other religious denominations, environmentalist groups and other organizations in a prayer rally against...
‘Legalizing sex trade will not end exploitation’
‘Legalizing sex trade will not end exploitation’
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY -- Legalization of prostitution will not ensure the protection of women and children from sex trade and other exploitation, Innabuyog-Gabriela said. This is the reaction to the statement of an...
Philex, progressive group agree tailings dam collapse spells disaster
Philex, progressive group agree tailings dam collapse spells disaster
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — A top official of the Philex Mining Corporation admitted that a greater disaster would happen if tailings pond 3 (TP3) collapses. Earlier, leaders of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) called for...
Tribe members celebrate first year of barricade against mining
Tribe members celebrate first year of barricade against mining
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — On January 23, 2012, residents of sitio (subvillage) Madaymen, Tabio Mankayan set up their barricade against the drilling activities of Far Southeast Gold resources Inc. (FSGRI) and Lepanto Consolidated Mining...
Tribal folk struggle to continue indigenous agriculture production
Tribal folk struggle to continue indigenous agriculture production
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch LUBUAGAN, KALINGA – Women, men and young people of Western Uma in this town struggle to preserve the indigenous practice of agricultural production in order to survive the threats and impacts of commercial agriculture. It was...
Counterinsurgency blamed for rights violations in Cordillera
Counterinsurgency blamed for rights violations in Cordillera
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — “It is true. Oplan Bayanihan has succeeded; it has succeeded in violating human rights.” This was the statement of Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) secretary general Jude Baggo during a press...
Ifugao folk want military out of their village
Ifugao folk want military out of their village
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Residents of Gumhang village, Tinoc, Ifugao called for the withdrawal of the Philippine Army’s 86th Infantry Battalion (IB) stationed in their community. In a petition, the residents decried that the...
NLRC sequesters Dominion buses in favor of workers
NLRC sequesters Dominion buses in favor of workers
By ROD TAJON and KYLE EDWARD FRANCISCO Northern Dispatch VIGAN CITY — Times Employees Union (TEU) scores yet another victory as the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) sequestered four buses of the Dominion Bus Lines after serving the Writ of Execution for a...
58th mine safety week met with protests
58th mine safety week met with protests
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY— Environment and indigenous peoples groups from Northern Luzon and other parts of the country greeted the 58th Mines and Safety Week celebrations with protests. They pointed to the environmental...
MGB inutile against illegal mining
MGB inutile against illegal mining
By KYLE EDWARD FRANCISCO Northern Dispatch VIGAN City, ILocos Sur -- Defend Ilocos Against Mining Plunder (DEFEND Ilocos) assailed the inaction of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) against illegal sand and gravel (ISAG) and mineral processing operations for...
TEU long march ends at NLRC picket
TEU long march ends at NLRC picket
By KYLE EDWARD FRANCISCO Northern Dispatch MANILA - Times Employees Union (TEU) concluded their 400 km march-caravan in a picket and a program in front of the National Labor Relations Commission-National Capital Region (NLRC-NCR) office Monday, November 5, 2012....
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