Education in the New Normal: Modular Learning in Sagada
One of the sectors most shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic is education, affecting the lives of students in the country since March. Schools have closed and face-to-face classes have been suspended in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus....
Forced off the road: Drivers and traditional jeepneys
by Organisasyon dagiti Nakurapay nga Umili iti Siyudad The public transportation sector is one of the hardest hit sectors by the Covid-19 outbreak. The Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) implemented during the lockdown’s early phase limited...
Lost livelihoods: ambulant vending banned
“Ti epekto na daytoy pandemya ket krisis. Haan kami nga makalako, awan panggatang mi ti kanen mi. Adda man inted ti gobyerno ket kurang. (The effect of this pandemic is crisis. We cannot sell, we have no source of income to buy food. The government...
Farmers battered by quarantine controls
by APIT TAKO The Cordillera continues to dominate the country’s production of temperate-clime vegetables, accounting for about 65% of national production. Around 300,000 people in the Cordillera region depend on the income derived from...
A tourist town in the time of Covid-19
By Kris Alya Tucked in the Cordillera mountains, Sagada is the so-called Shangri La of the North because of its breathtaking and extraordinary natural beauty. For several decades now, this town of Mountain Province in the Cordillera region has been...
Protecting the Last Line of Defense
by Community Health Education, Services, and Training in the Cordillera Region (CHESTCORE) The first coronavirus (Covid-19) case in the Philippines was recorded on January 30, 2020, and three days later the first death on February 2. On March 7,...
Human Rights In The Philippines During COVID-19
Human Rights In The Philippines During COVID-19 Joanna K. Cariño 2019 Gwangju Human Rights Laureate April 30, 2020 Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations has said: The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency —...
CDPC participates at the 7th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) participated in the 7th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APSFD) under the coordination of the Asia Pacific Regional CSO Engagement Mechanism (APRCEM). The APRCEM is a civil...
Ucab’s resilience: from open pit mining to Covid-19
“The mountains are still here, because of the people’s struggle.” This was the statement of an elder in Keystone, Ucab, Itogon, Benguet during the celebration of Cordillera Day on April 24, 2015. Ucab is a barangay (village)...
Relief Activity in Sitio Piripin Bato
Sitio Piripin Bato, a sitio of barangay Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet adjoining Baguio City, is one of the beneficiaries for food relief of the Serve The People Brigade-Cordillera Disaster Response (STPB-CDR). First organized during the onslaught of...
Farmers are the frontliners in ensuring food security! Statement by APIT TAKO
3 April 2020 The enhanced community quarantine, imposed without first instituting proper mitigation measures, has further aggravated the misery of the Cordillera peasantry. In the temperate vegetable producing provinces of Benguet, Ifugao, and...
CDPC participates in a multi-stakeholder consultation workshop on the Apayao-Abulug River Basin
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) was invited by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to participate in a multi-stakeholder consultation workshop as part of a process of preparation for the Flood Risk...