Dan Peckley Jr., an iFontok/iKalinga working with the University of Tokyo, sent us this article on the First Cordillera Day in Japan held last April 22. The event appears to have been a success. Dan writes: “Despite busy schedules (Palalo nan kinagaget nan kaka-ilyan takos na/Our kailiyans are really hard workers here) and the fact that no formal organizing committee was set up to prepare and coordinate the Cordillera Day, it was a success. Now that Cordillerans know each other better, one ka-ilyan suggested that we hold the next Cordillera Day at the Tokyo Dome.”
Thanks Dan! Congratulations on your successful event and we hope you continue to have more Cordillera Day celebrations. Wow, Tokyo Dome ha? That must be as large as the Araneta Coliseum. Go for it kailiyans in Japan!
Lots of things have been happening in our section of the blogosphere so it’s about time to do another blog roundup.
LET’S WELCOME OUR NEW BLOGGERS. My good friend Gina Dizon, a columnist and writer for Northern Philippine Times, started a blog version of their weekly newspaper here. If you are looking for news and opinion about Northern Luzon (The Cordilleras, Ilocos, Cagayan, and even Central Luzon), this is the blog to visit. Another new blogger is our kailiyan from Kalinga who studies at UP and who blogs about his school in Peyups Corner. These two blogs are fairly new, let’s send them some traffic and nurture them in the same way that you have nurtured this blog. Belated thanks to everyone 
LET’S THANK THOSE WHO NOTICED US. Our blogging on the Campbell case got some links from other bloggers [quezon.ph; mikeinmanila; and johncutter] and from a news website, lucianne.com [but the article is no longer available]. Thanks very much! To our readers: We will continue to cover the case for as long as necessary so visit this every now and then.
BACK TO THE BLOGOSPHERE. After some hiatus, Jocelyn Noe is once again posting at her blog. Some of you, of course, already know that we are a fan of Jocelyn’s poems so we are thrilled to find out that she reads our blog [see the last paragraph]. Thanks Jocelyn, you are an inspiration to other Igorot poet-wannabes.
BEST SMILE CONTEST. Images of Sagunto is running a best smile contest and “whoever gets the most votes will win two jars of blueberry jam to improve eyesight”. You might want to visit Images of Sagunto to cast your vote. [My pick is #7 hehe.] In case you don’t know yet, Sagunto is an upland barangay in Sison, Pangasinan populated by Bago Igorots. Vic Buaquen has an excellent article about the Bagos here. Thanks Omom for the tip.
WHERE SERVICE BEGINS. Dr. Marcos Ayangwa, the Municipal Health Officer of Paracelis, Mt. Province writes about bringing reproductive health services to the remote barangays of Paracelis. Quote: “Through ‘roadless rivers’ (the cobbled riverbeds as the road itself), ‘slippery-when-wet roads’ ( muddy ruts), riverine highways (silk-smooth banca ride during rainy season only) and rough and rugged roads (bumpy and dusty dirt roads in summer), CHOPP endeavors to deliver enhanced basic health services at the doorsteps of the villages, literally.” Read more at the Philmade Blog.
KAYNI VISITS CORDI. And writes a summary of her visit here. Like most people, she expresses concern about the direction that Sagada appears to be going and has this message to the town’s authorities: “Please keep Sagada pollution free and not let tourism trample the preservation of its culture and people.” Our belated condolence to Kayni, by the way.
In case you are looking for the list of candidates in Mt. Province, here it is. Unfortunately, this list does not include those who are running for the provincial board or for the municipal council. This list is courtesy of Juliet Saley of the Philippine Information Agency in Bontoc. We hope to publish a similar list for the other provinces if we come across them in the future.
Provincial Positions
Congressional race:
Carlito Afadchay (Independent)
Jupiter Dominguez (Independent)
Victor Dominguez (KAMPI)
Efren Joseph Lingwa (Independent)
Sario Malinias (Liberal Party)
Arnulfo Pilando (Partido Liberal)
Francisco Siblawan (Independent)
Last 18 April, Baguio Options conducted a mock poll on the various electoral races in Baguio City. Before we give you the results, we first want to caution everyone that the mock poll is not a random survey and, therefore, we should not draw any general conclusion from the results.
In other words, the results are not representative of the will of Baguio’s voters. It only represents the electoral preferences of the 135 registered voters who participated in the mock poll.
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