September 23rd, 2008 — Benguet
A really bad news from the boondocks. Let’s hope authorities will be able to rescue these trapped miners. Meanwhile, our condolences to the families of those who, because of Typhoon Nina, died in unrelated separate incidents.
Inquirer:
At least five people were killed as Typhoon “Nina” ripped through Northern Luzon on Sunday and Monday, reports from the Office of Civil Defense in the Cordillera and the Ilocos showed on Tuesday.
July 17th, 2008 — Benguet
Performed by Rod Danggol. Uploaded by bitoev. Appreciated by all of us especially the iBenguets who are homesick 
July 10th, 2008 — Benguet
Here’s something that I should have uploaded two months ago but haven’t because of my problematic internet connection. Well, it’s better late than never. Thanks to Imie Belanger who forwarded us this statement from the Benguet Federation of Hongkong. I must say that these are timely [and timeless] words of caution/advise/tips to those of us who are looking for jobs overseas.
To our beloved Cordillerans
BENGFED Hong Kong
May 20,2008
April 19th, 2008 — Benguet
Cross-posted at Kaigorotan.com: Our kailiyan Ignacio Canuto should not be ashamed for billing Gloria. Ket inala met ni Gloria diyay strawberry, di dapat lang nga bayadan na. That’s P6,000, pare. Malaking pera iyon. Dapat talaga nga mabayadan.
If anyone should be ashamed, it should be Gloria’s staff because this is something they should have handled smoothly. Isuda ti dapat nga maba-in. Otherwise, Gloria will be liable for stealing if this is what happens wherever she goes, i.e., that she and her people harvest the produce of others without paying. Sabagay, expert naman yata itong si Gloria sa pagnanakaw ng mga bagay na hindi sa kanya.
December 11th, 2007 — Benguet, Igorot Achievers
One of our new commenters, Thoroughbred (welcome to this blog and thank you for the tip), wrote about Eric Salvador in his/her comment here, so we went a-looking for information about Eric. But first, here’s what Thoroughbred wrote in case you missed it:
Another proud Igorot achiever I know, is Roderick “Eric” Salvador from Lomon, Kapangan, Benguet. He won Mr. Philippines (not the body building competition but the male version of BB. Pilipinas).
December 10th, 2007 — Baguio, Benguet, Tourism
Strawberries, as some of you noted here, don’t come from trees. However, in case you are clueless which I once was, kamias — that shiny sour thing which is good to chew during hot summer days — do come from trees.
RELATED: Vegetable Tourism. PHOTO CREDITS: Greekgod at stock.xchng and toptropicals.com.
December 3rd, 2007 — Benguet, Tourism
While we’re on the subject of farming, here’s a news video on how the vegetable farms in La-Trinidad, Benguet has become a tourist destination.
VIDEO CREDIT: GMA News.
December 3rd, 2007 — Benguet, Government
Let’s give props to Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan for doing something that should have been done 50 years ago. What did he do? Start a program that will “match the volume of production with the volume of demand”.
He calls it vegetable profiling. In other countries, it’s called a vegetable quota system. Whatever we call it, programs like these are made to ensure that farmers are not planting the same vegetables at the same time thus ensuring that they would have better income for their produce.
November 14th, 2007 — Benguet, Government, National Affairs
Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan:
“Napocor paid P2 million in real estate taxes but that is only a drop in the bucket compared to what the government corporation actually owed the province.”
November 7th, 2007 — Benguet
PHOTO CREDIT: Susan Russel at Seasite.niu.edu.
