Statement on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 9, 2020 The women and men of the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) join the rest of the indigenous peoples and their advocates worldwide in commemorating the 26th year of the International Day of the World's Indigenous...
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...
Solidarity Message for the 36th Cordillera Day From SOLIDAGRO
On the occasion of the 36th Cordillera Day celebration, organized as a one-week long online activity with the theme “Strengthen our unity and courageously defend our ancestral land and life! ", Solidagro expresses its solidarity with our local...
Cordillera Day 2020: A solidarity message from the Province of East Flanders (Belgium)
The People’s Cordillera Day is a day of international solidarity, a day of hope and belief in social justice, genuine development, peace, freedom and democracy. The current corona crisis calls upon us to turn this international...
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...
𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗦
We strongly condemn Philippine National Police Regional Director Brigadier General Rwin Pagkalinawan for echoing President Rodrigo Duterte’s highly deplorable and inhuman marching orders to shoot dead anyone "who creates trouble". Pagkalinawan...
On the Occasion of the 71st Adoption of the International Declaration of Human Rights
The exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in every State. Democracy, good governance, respect for human rights and the rule of law are...
Statement of the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera on the Tribute to Judge Anacleto Marero Bañez by People’s Organizations from the Ilocos and Cordillera regions
November 11, 2019, San Fernando, La Union The women and men of the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera express our deepest respect to Judge Mario Anacleto Marero Bañez whom we strongly suspect to have been assassinated for standing by...
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...