By KIMBERLIE NGABIT-QUITASOL www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Cut flower growers of Alno village in this capital town sought the intervention of the town council to curb the abusive extortion practice of some traffic enforcers along the national highways. Officers and members of the Alno Cut Flower Growers Association who were at the La Trinindad…
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Benguet officials wary of impending trash slide
By KIMBERLIE N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The chief executive of Benguet is wary of a possible trash slide at the Alno garbage dump after the municipal engineering office reported that the safety of the facility is now compromised. Engineer Benedict Pineda said the retaining wall of the functioning garbage dump facility…
Bamboo Bridge
Bamboo Bridge(Photo by Arthur L. Allad-iw)
Photo of the week: Loaded
A daily sight in Bontoc-Banaue Road– trucks of all sizes roll up and down the road groaning under the weight of their cargo. Photo by Noel D. Godinez (Bulatlat.com)
Due to opposition, copper plant pulls out of Benguet town
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch TUBLAY, Benguet – A proponent of a copper processing plant here decided to pull out their installed equipment from the area because of the municipality’s firm opposition to the project. As of press time, the installed facilities for a copper ore processing plant in Suyoc subvillage, Caponga village of…
Congress Validates Flaws in Securing Consent for Mining in Benguet
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAKUN, Benguet — The claims of the residents of village Gambang here regarding the irregularities in the free prior and informed consent (FPIC) process conducted by the National Commission on Indigenous People’s (NCIP) was validated in the recently concluded consultation conducted by the National Cultural Communities (NCC) of the…
The Hidden Lives of Bus Drivers, Wrongly Accused as Philippines’s ‘Road Monsters’
By MARYA SALAMAT
SPECIAL REPORT The public and government officials, among them President Aquino, always blame drivers each time a deadly bus accident happens. What they don’t know or chose to ignore is that bus drivers and conductors are working under severe conditions imposed by greedy operators and ignored by government regulators, thus allowing these mishaps to happen in the first place. Sidebar: For Provincial Buses, Physical Condition of Drivers — and Their Buses — Are Key to Safe Travel | More Motorcycles Mean More Mishaps
Photo of the Week: Danger Zone
Danger Zone
Another Questionable Geothermal Project in Benguet Being Opposed
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – In Bokod, the second largest municipality of Benguet, residents are opposing a looming geothermal project that, they say, is not only dangerous for them and the environment but has also run roughshod on their rights to due process. “To put another energy project…
Slideshow: Pepeng’s Fury
Pepeng Unleashes Fury
Residents of Benguet Town Stop Mining Firm’s Drilling, Sampling Activities
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAKUN, Benguet (336 kms north of Manila) ? Community members of Barangay (village) Gambang, Bakun reaffirmed their anti-mining stand and their vow to protect their homes from large-scale exploitation of their natural resources by stopping the drilling and mineral-sampling activities of Royalco Philippines Ernesto Soriben, secretary-general of…