New World and Partners in the Philippines Holds its Annual Meeting in the Cordillera
New World, a Flemish NGO in Belgium, has been convening an annual meeting with its partners in the Philippines namely ALCADEV in Mindanao, EVRAP and OFFERS-PANAY in the Visayas, and TABI-Masbate, PNFSP, and CDPC in Luzon. Started in 2010, the...
“Manang Jean You Will Always Be Remembered”
Para Kay Manang Jean Noong pumanaw si Manang Jean ay kaagad dumagsa sa East Avenue Medical Center ang kulang kulang na 30 katao. Kasabay noon ay mga 50 mga kabaataan ang labas, masok naman sa kanyang bahay. Lahat ay hindi makapaniwalang di na nila...
Tribute to a Pioneer on Activist NGO Development Work
I first met Jean in Bontoc -the colegiala, during semestral break in 1974, as Development Officer of Episcopal Diocese of Northern Philippines (EDNP).The Bontoc based Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP), then had a strong ministry on social...
The International Conference on IP Rights, Alternatives and Solutions to the Climate Crisis
The CPA-CDPC network spearheaded the holding of The International Conference on Indigenous Peoples Rights, Alternatives and Solutions o the Climate Crisis at Ridgewood Residence Hotel in Baguio City, Cordillera-Philippines on November 4-9, 2010....
Community Participatory Video Training of Facilitators
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) participated in a Participatory Video Training of Facilitators held in Hungduan Ifugao on November 10-20, 2010. Fifteen (15) Indigenous people’s representatives coming from eight...
Traditional Knowledge and the militant Cordillera Mass Movement: For Advancing People’s Development
Land is life…ancestral land and indigenous socio political systems…self-determination…bodong/peace pact..ayew..tapis. These concepts and slogans, seen especially during October being Indigenous Peoples’ month, embody our indigenous peoples’...
Tribal Filipino Week
This year’s celebration of the Tribal Filipino Week held at the Maryknoll Ecological Sanctuary in Baguio City on October 9-10, 2010 with the theme- “ Ipannakkel Kultura a Nakabigbigan, Padur-asen, Aywanan ken Salakniban!” (Take pride in our...