"Good afternoon to everyone, and especially to the people of the Embassy and Mr. Balthazar of Ghent. A special welcome to our visitors from the Philippines, Cesar Toguba of the Cordillera People's Alliance (CPA). I'm happy to be here again today. I am very pleased...
“I was glad to know that the community project that addresses community development must be rooted in the basic needs of the majority and must be implemented through community cooperation and unity.” This was the assessment of Lita Alcalde, the chairperson of Palaquio...
Overview: Kalinga as one of the provinces in the Cordillera region is rich with natural resources in which throughout the years these had been preserved and protected by the Kalinga people. History has it that this peoples had shown their opposition in large...
“Cordillera Day itself is a struggle.” This sentence echoed inside me the way the gongs and chants reverberated in the vast mountains of Pasil, Kalinga. Even up to now, I can still feel how it was said during the 30thCordillera Day celebration in Brgy. Guinaang last...
Overview: The Local Government Units and Government Agencies and NGOs under the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) held a Consultation on alternative development and good governance with the theme “Salakniban ken Padur-asen ti Daga a Nagtaudan...
Last April 23-May 7, three (3) student volunteers from UP Manila conducted their one-month practicum in Pinukpuk, Kalinga and in Daguioman, Abra as part of their Development Studies course. Josh Bata, Paula Bianca Luna, and Sheena Marie Betito together with Juan Carlo...