Scared, anxious for 18 days: Reflections of a Covid-19 Patient
I was a close contact of a family member who was found positive for Covid-19 three days after being swabbed by a nurse. I was scared and anxious and cried a lot but I was full of fighting spirit! We survived! How it started My husband told me that...
Peasants of the Cordillera: Onward with the struggle for change!
The 21st of October is Philippine Peasant Day. On this day in 1972, exactly a month after declaring Martial Law, Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 27, the bogus land reform law by which the Dictator effected not the redistribution of...
Statement by the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera on the Anniversary of the Declaration of Marital Law
On the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines by then President Ferdinand Marcos, the women and men of the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) joins the widespread call Never Again...
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...
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...
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 Statement on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
On this historic occasion, the silver jubilee of the declaration by the United Nations of August 9 as International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) would like to highlight the...
CDPC Statement: On the Attempted Extrajudicial Killing of IP Rights Advocate Brandon Lee
The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera joins the outrage of the Ifugao and Cordillera people and advocates over the shooting attack against Brandon Lee on August 6, 2019 in Lagawe, Ifugao. Brandon survived the shooting. We pray...
Enhance traditional communal irrigation, no to CRPIP
4 July 2019 Enhance traditional communal irrigation, no to CRPIP The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC) calls on the government to channel its resources and efforts towards rehabilitating and enhancing the age-old, traditional...