Learning from the Cordillera communities: Volunteers’ Experience
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...
Message by Ambassador of Belgium, H.E. Roland Van Remoortele, on the occasion of Cordillera Day
Belgium and the Philippines have a long standing and shared history of friendship and cooperation. No doubt the Cordillera Region is the one region in the Philippines which has the closest linkages with Belgium, thanks to the CICM Missionaries and...
Abra folk barred from services
Baguio City – Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera strongly condemns the vilification and harassment done to its interns and staff by members of the PNP and LGU of Daguioman, Abra during their press conference this May 23, 2014 at...
Close Encounters: The Defamation of Development Workers
"Sad to say you are members of the NPA"* We've heard a lot of 'red-tagging' and all sorts of political vilifications from the social media, news on television, and in the newspapers but usually we shrug it off, thinking of it as something we just...
The 30th Cordillera Day Celebration
The Continuing Struggle of the Cordillera Peoples Joshua Angelo Bata | Maria Sheena Betito | Paula Bianca Luna According to Mao Tse Tung, the people, and the people alone, are the motive force in making the world history. This was translated in the...
Solidarity message from Solidagro Belgium
Mercatorstraat 81 9100 Sint-Niklaas Belgium info@solidagro.be April 23, 2014 To the Cordillera People's Alliance and the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC), Inc. It is with great pleasure that Solidagro conveys...
Cordillera people’s organizations call for genuine people’s development
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC), together with the Cordillera Peoples Alliance and Ibon Foundation, organized the Cordillera People’s Development Conference last November 7-9, 2013 in Baguio City.More than 200...
Message of solidarity of Deputy Eddy Couckuyt during the HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERT
Good evening, I welcome specifically Mrs Bataclan, Ambassador of the Philippines, Albert De Smet, the provincial registrar, and the colleagues of the provincial council. When I bring a message of solidarity here tonight, then it is not out of duty,...
CORDILLERA PEOPLE’S DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
DECLARATION OF THE CORDILLERA PEOPLE’S DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE We, the 210 participants of the Cordillera People’s Development Conference held on November 7-9, 2013 in Baguio City, Philippines, representing indigenous peoples’ and community...
Translated Statement of the Barangay Officials of Bangilo District on the recent AFP Bombings in Malibcong Abra
We, the indigenous peoples of municipality of Malibcong, Abra, especially the people of Bangilo District (Barangays Umnap, Buanao and Lat-ey), strongly condemn the indiscriminate bombings that took place at the Pugo rice field in Barangay Lat-ey on...
Asia-Pacific Indigenous Youth Preparatory Meeting on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
For Immediate Press Release Weaving Perspectives: Converging the Indigenous Youth Initiatives and Capacities in Advancing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Asia-Pacific Indigenous Youth Preparatory Meeting on the World Conference on Indigenous...
May 7 – Araw ng mga Manggagawang Pangkalusugan, Pahigpitin ang Pagkakaisa! Ipaglaban ang ating Karapatan at Karapatan ng Mamamayan
Dear Friends, This May 7, 2013, Tuesday, we are commemorating the HEALTH WORKERS DAY, as per Republic Act No.10069 known as “An Act Declaring May 7 of Every Year as “HEALTH WORKERS DAY” to give due recognition to the important role and contribution...