4 MIN READMuch of what the shops sell is not carved in the city. Many of the carvings displayed and sold along Asin Road are produced in Ifugao and transported to Baguio, while most pieces on display are old inventory that vendors are gradually selling off.
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4 MIN READAs Baguio prepares for its Ibagiw Creative Festival in November, 10 or fewer carvers remain on Asin Road. Buyers offer as little as ₱800 for pieces worth ₱5,000 to ₱6,000, and timber rules keep wood out of reach.
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3 MIN READ“Bloom Where You Are Planted” won four awards: Best Picture, Best Documentary, Best Direction, and Best Editing. It was also cited as Best Film in Cinemalaya.
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4 MIN READAs discussions about removing Baguio’s Creative City status continue, the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the arts has raised challenges, prompting city officials to review policies affecting the city’s creative sector.
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3 MIN READFilipino seafarers, musicians, and singers are world-renowned for delivering vibrant, top-tier musical entertainment in lounges, theaters, and dining rooms across nearly every major international cruise line.
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3 MIN READGrowing up, I held onto my family’s teachings like a promise: if I kept showing kindness, the world would be kind in return. It did not take long for me to learn the harsh reality and be proven wrong.
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2 MIN READThe 2025 film “Bloom Where You Are Planted,” documentary about activists in the Cagayan Valley region won four awards, including Best Picture, at the 49th Gawad Urian Awards.
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2 MIN READThis is not only about one piece of land being advertised for sale. It is about how Sagada protects its ancestral domains, respects customary law, and determines how land within the ili should be transferred and governed for generations to come.
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3 MIN READAn organization of Cordillera tribal elders said ceasefire agreements between warring tribes may bring lasting peace only if they address the roots of the conflict and follow traditional peace processes.
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3 MIN READContra the familiar colonial strategy of divide and conquer, then, a reestablishing of connections that have long been there—connections both historical, economic, and geographic, and environmental, ecological.
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