One of those feel good stories that can reverse a bad day. It raises a question about health care in the Philippines but, in honor of Willie Nelson, let’s accentuate the positive 
. Go, Jingle!
From the Associated Press via Inquirer:
Entries Tagged 'Apayao' ↓
Apayao Girl Takes First Steps in New York
July 5th, 2008 — Apayao, Outside Cordi
Our Town: Flora, Apayao
December 9th, 2007 — Apayao, Government
How did the town of Flora, Apayao got it’s name? If it’s your typical Cordillera town it’s naming story would go like this:
“Once upon a time, a foreigner got lost in town. He met a fair maiden and asked, ‘What is the name of this place?’ The fair maiden thought that the foreigner was asking who she was and so she said, ‘Flora’. And so the foreigner took his book and wrote Flora as the name of the place.”
Roundup: Around the Boondocks
October 8th, 2007 — Apayao, Baguio, Benguet, Bontoc, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province
We haven’t been doing any roundup for sometime now so we think it’s high time to do it again. Here goes:
More Chris and Charlie: Remember our kailiyans who are in contention to become the “King of Filipino Migrant Workers in Korea? We blogged about them here. We hope that you followed Layad’s example and voted for either of the two here.
Apayao’s Fruit For the Gods
September 27th, 2007 — Apayao
Who says you can’t grow durian, the best-tasting but worst-smelling fruit ever, in Apayao? The above photo courtesy of the Philippine Information Agency/Cordillera is proof that you can. Delmar Carino has a related story at the Inquirer.
PHOTO CREDIT: Redgie Cawis/PIA-CAR.
Quote of the Day
August 29th, 2007 — Apayao, Kalinga
“This means that Kaelco (Kalinga-Apayao Electric Cooperative) lost 249,350.55 kilowatt/hour (kwh) to pilferers or roughly P1.9 million. The monthly subsidy should have been used to maintain power lines and electrify off-grid barangays.” — Kaelco Member Service Division Chief Cliford Alunday
Read the story at Sunstar Baguio.
Trivia: Head-Shaped Apayao
August 2nd, 2007 — Apayao, History, Kalinga
Ever wondered why, when you look at a map, the province of Apayao is shaped like a man’s head? Si Marcos daw ang may kagagawan niyan.
Picture of the Day: Church Ruins in Pudtol, Apayao
June 25th, 2007 — Apayao
Pudtol Church ruins in Pudtol, Apayao. Photo courtesy of My Visita Iglesia.
Congress Watch: It’s Your Money, Folks
June 4th, 2007 — Abra, Apayao, Baguio, Benguet, Government, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Politics
Of course we all know that some people want to become Congressman/Congresswoman because they want to serve their constituents. And, of course, we also know that public service is not its own reward because congressional representatives have this thing called pork barrel (or Priority Development Assistance Fund) which they are allowed to disburse according to their heart’s content.
In Tagalog, bahala sila kung ano ang kanilang gagawin sa pera. We should bear in mind though that a Congressman’s or Congresswoman’s pork barrel is not really his/her own money but our money. So there should be no reason for us to be indebted to our congressional representatives mainly because they brought a project to our area. It’s not as if they used their own personal funds. Right?
List of Winners: Cordillera Region
May 18th, 2007 — Abra, Apayao, Baguio, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Politics
Something weird is going on with Blogger/Blogspot because it no longer allows changes in previous posts, thus we can no longer add updates to the provincial results. Because of this, we are putting the most recent results from the Cordilleras here in a common post. These updates are courtesy of the bibaknets-yahoogroup forwarded to us by one of its members.
Apayao Election Results
May 15th, 2007 — Apayao, Politics
Note: We will continue to update the results as soon as we get new data. In the meantime, you might want to share your thoughts on the lighter side of Cordillera politics.
UPDATE 2: Now that the election canvass in Apayao is over, we’d like to thank you for visiting this blog. We hope you continue to visit us in the future. Meanwhile, you might want to join us in our playful attempt to put words in the mouths of our Cordillera politicians here. In case you are interested in more election-related news from the Cordilleras, we have some links for you here. Lastly, you might want to read our post in honor of our kailiyans who died working for a peaceful election here.
