5 MIN READUnderscoring the possible suppression of critical thinking and freedom of speech and assembly, the University of the Philippines Baguio community condemned Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s unilateral termination of the UP-Department of National Defense Accord.
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3 MIN READMayor Benjamin Magalong’s dismissal of the growing public concern over the security of personal and sensitive data, which the Baguio In My Pocket app gathers, as a mere “leftist” issue drew flak from Baguio citizen s and groups
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4 MIN READAs the negotiations starts for the Baguio Public Market’s corporate-led rehabilitation start, the city bares its plan to also develop the Kayang District and satellite markets in the city.
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3 MIN READThe Baguio City Council supported students’ demand for academic ease from the city’s universities, passing a resolution to help students rebuild their lives after Typhoon Ulysses. Student councils and organizations pressed their own schools for academic relief.
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4 MIN READYouth groups in Baguio City slammed the military for tagging individuals and organizations as “communist terrorists”, citing an incident at Cavite State University and a post by the Philippine Army’s 503rd Infantry Brigade on Facebook.
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3 MIN READChurch people, artists, academics, and historians joined the growing opposition to the DPWH’s plan to demolish the Cordillera Heroes’ Monument, a marker in Kalinga commemorating the heroes and martyrs of the Martial Law-Era Anti-Chico Dam Struggle.
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2 MIN READAn online petition to save the Cordillera Heroes’ Monument from demolition has amassed 1,411 signatures in two days. The monument, located in Tinglayan, bears the faces and names of heroes of the Martial Law-Era Anti-Chico Dam Resistance.
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9 MIN READThe sudden shift and the lack of services, equipment, and facilities made the transition from the traditional learning process to distant-learning modalities chaotic and difficult for teachers and students. Besides the health concerns, the government should address the long-standing issues of low funding, accessibility, and education quality in the country.
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3 MIN READThe mayors of Benguet towns neighboring Baguio City called for proper coordination for route and border protocols and guidelines, in light of the summer capital kickstarting its “tourism bubble” with the Ilocos Region amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2 MIN READPNA Cordillera said there is no compelling reason to prohibit medical workers to be deployed abroad, underscoring that the government’s insistence on the ban is a denial of their right.
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2 MIN READStudent groups in Northern Luzon, along with ACT, continued to call on DepEd for quality, accessible and safe education this school year. DepEd postponed this year’s class opening from August 24 to October 5 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2 MIN READUP Baguio asked the local government to investigate cases of harassment and red-tagging of student leaders and faculty, noting Mayor Magalong’s statement that activists are safe in Baguio City
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3 MIN READGroups led by the Cordillera Movement Against Tyranny urged the people to unite against the intensified repression and impending implementation of the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act while the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the country.
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4 MIN READAn alliance of filmmakers in Luzon say the RTVM production team headed by Director Joyce Bernal violated Cordillera IPs’ right to FPIC, among others, for having been in Sagada and Banaue to shoot for broadcast content in the upcoming SONA.
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3 MIN READThe NPA in Mt. Province bared that its forces respect the rights to freedom in gender preference of 16 percent of its troops identifying as members of the LGBTQ+ community, in a statement in solidarity with Pride Month and the LGBTQ+ movement.
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2 MIN READThe Philippine Nurses Association Cordillera, in statement, voiced their opposition against the controversial Anti-Terrorism Bill days before it lapses into law.
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2 MIN READA year after the OceanaGold’s FTAA expired, Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos Padilla called on his constituents to further strengthen fight against the company’s operation and renewal application. to renew its permit.
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2 MIN READUP Baguio with the Baguio Arts and Crafts Collective, Inc. launched an arts and crafts market in the campus to help local artists showcase and sell their works and products.
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3 MIN READOn May 29, Tongtongan ti Umili Secretary General Jeoff Larua received multiple death threats from five unregistered mobile numbers accusing him of membership to the New People’s Army.
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2 MIN READUP Baguio on Friday, May 29, launched “UP Ikot: Talipapa sa Oble”, an on campus community market, to help the local farmers sell their products amid the health crisis.
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2 MIN READYouth groups in Baguio City filed cases against the AFP and PNP before the Commission on Human Rights for online harassment, political vilification, and surveillance against their leader and members.
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3 MIN READNUSP Cordillera said the government should suspend online and offline classes pending the mass testing for COVID-19 and making the technical requirements for the flexible learning option accessible to all.
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2 MIN READThe Cordilleran Youth Center, a 15-year-old youth institution based in Baguio, condemned the spate of red-tagging and vilification against the office, its members and partners.
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2 MIN READMedia practitioners in Metro Baguio staged a protest and called on NTC to rescind its cease and desist order against ABS-CBN.
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2 MIN READAs part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ifugao State University launched the Muntanom Ta Waday Kanom (MTWK), a project anchored on the Ifugao practice of pooling resources and support to assist those who need help.
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2 MIN READBaguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong stressed the need to conduct mass testing to determine the extent of COVID-19 infection among its populace as the number of positive cases rises in the country’s Summer Capital.
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2 MIN READVolunteers from the Health for the People Brigade gave improvised PPEs to PNP units and barangay policing units in various checkpoints across the city, despite history of the groups being red-tagged and vilified by the very beneficiaries.
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3 MIN READFarmers in the Cordillera say that COVID-19’s Enhanced Community Quarantine worsened the state of agriculture in the province, adding that the kill orders from the regional police exacerbated their “worse than miserable” state of living.
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3 MIN READAmid the COVID-19 crisis placing Luzon in enhanced community quarantine, UP Baguio established intra-institutional task forces to address its constituents’ needs with regard to sustenance, transportation and mental health.
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3 MIN READBenguet group KAIABANG demanded concrete measures against COVID-19’s crippling of the economy from the government, who they say had failed to craft policies that protect the agricultural industry at the onset of the enhanced community quarantine.
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3 MIN READThe Cordillera Peoples Alliance announced the cancellation of the 36th Cordillera Day celebrations in Kalinga due to the Coronavirus threat. They also slammed the government’s campaigns against the organization and the activity.
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2 MIN READTongtongan ti Umili scoffed at PNP Chief Archie Gamboa’s plan to create a guideline on tagging activist groups and institutions, stressing that the only order the PNP should release is for its personnel to cease red-tagging.
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2 MIN READTongtongan ti Umili urged the public to oppose the rehabilitation of the Baguio City Market by private corporations, saying that the development of public facilities under the Public-Private Partnership has more consequences than positive effects.
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3 MIN READThe University of the Philippines Baguio presented the Second edition of the “CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art.” The activity coincided with the art exhibit titled “Kaledjo Shiyay 2,” featuring works by the alumni and current students of Certificate in Fine Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts.
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3 MIN READIn a dialogue, Sagada’s Police Chief admitted that the municipal police were following a directive to distribute flyers and post Facebook content red-tagging people’s organizations in this town.
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2 MIN READLeaders from the communities in Lamut and Lagawe towns in Ifugao affected by SN Aboitiz’s Alimit Hydropower Complex submitted a resolution affirming the earlier petitions they forwarded to the office strongly opposing the project.
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3 MIN READTo mitigate health concerns from COVID-19, the BFFFI and the city government moved the major events of Panagbenga 2020 to March, with the Grand Street Dance Parade and t Float Parade happening on March 28 and 29.
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3 MIN READStudents from UP Baguio protested the crackdown on progressive groups after the recent arrest against five activists, including a journalist, in Eastern Visayas.
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2 MIN READYouth organizations and survivors of the Martial Law era commemorate the 50th anniversary of the First Quarter Storm, recognizing the mass actions that challenged Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorial regime 50 years ago.
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