Not all classes have four walls
"My mother is no longer going to buy DOLE or Del Monte pineapples." Lisa tells when we met again after our exposure program in the Philippines. Lisa is one of the twelve students who came to the Philippines for four weeks from 11 March to 8 April....
Urgent Appeal for Solidarity and Action
Stop the attacks against human rights defenders and development workers in the Philippines! Dear friends, We would like to seek your support to demand from the Duterte government to stop its terrorist-tagging of and smear campaigns against various...
Convergence to protect Cordillera Rice Terraces
Baguio City—a conference on the conservation and rehabilitation of Cordillera rice terraces organized by the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) was held last November 20 to 22, 2018 at the Banaue Hotel, Banaue, Ifugao province. The conference...
Submission of human rights situation of Indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera to the UNSRRIP
The Center for Development Programs (CDPC) supported the submission of the human rights situation of indigenous Peoples in the Cordillera by the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) and the Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) to Ms. Victoria...
Submission of Rachel Mariano to court and detention in Ilocos Sur to face trumped-up charges
Rachel Mariano (right) and her daughter Aisa (left) Rachel Mariano, the health program coordinator of the Community Health, Education, Services and Training in the Cordillera Region (CHESTCORE) which is the health unit of the Center for Development...
CDPC Engaged in Community-Based Dialogue on Human Rights Issues in Mountain Province
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera participated in a community based dialogue on human rights among the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Local Government Units, Civil Society Organizations...
Towards Rice sufficiency, System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Trial Farm in Lamag
Womenmembers of the Lamag Farmers’ Association (LFA) in barangay Lamag of QuirinoIlocos Sur has started to test the use of the System of Rice Intensification(SRI) in their rice production. SRI is an agro-ecological practice for managingrice plants,...
Kalinga Peasants Hold Assembly
With the theme “Patibkeren, Palawaen ken Konsolidaen ti Timpuyog dagiti mannalon para iti pangkabiagan ken karbengan kas tao”, at least 150 participants from the different peoples organizations from the province attended the 7th General Assembly of...
Water for the People
“Yes! Addan naan-anay a danum para kanya mi nga umili. Masolbaren ti umanay a pagririan mi nga partuaten ti kinakurang ti danum”. (Yes! Finally there is adequate water for us in the community. As well as solving whatever misunderstandings amongst...
Organic Agriculture Advocates, Conducts the 1st National Organic Agriculture Scientific Conference
Organic agriculture is bbwsdatewebsites.com slowly making headway, an indication that farmers are going back to the old and traditional way of farming: the organic way. Despite the heavy rains caused by typhoons Egay and Falcon, organic agriculture...
Speech of Deputy Eddy Couckuyt during the Independence Day celebration.
"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...
Farmers learn basic development principles in managing community projects
“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...