May 5th, 2008 — Banaue
I wanted to use, “How The West Gets Information From Us and Deny Us Access to the Information” as the title for this post but it’s very long so let’s make do with the title above.
Anyways, this topic came to mind when I came across a story about Banaue earthworms at the Wall Street Journal. I wanted to read the whole article but it says:
December 12th, 2007 — Banaue, Ifugao
Merry Christmas from Banaue, Ifugao. Photo courtesy of Luis at webshots.com.
November 26th, 2007 — Banaue, Ifugao
We’re posting this general invitation letter to the International Igorot Consultation scheduled in Banaue, Ifugao next year. Thanks to Art Tibaldo for forwarding it to us.
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To: All Igorots, like minded peoples,
friends, supporters and their families
where so ever dispersed around the world:
Greetings from IGO Philippines!
September 3rd, 2007 — Banaue, Government, Sagada, Tourism
If there is one thing that online communications taught us, it is that you can do things cheaply. So why is the Department of Science and Technology proposing to spend P97.1 million (that’s a little over US$ 2 million) to build a tourism online database?
Granted we do not know the details of this project, but if the goal is to “build an online tourism database for Sagada and Banaue” and to “provide the medium for digital (travel) transactions directly from consumers to service providers” surely they can do it for much much less, say P500,000. Maybe P1 million to be a bit more generous. Boy, do we smell a fish?
From Sunstar Baguio:
Internet link for Sagada, Banaue proposed
August 11th, 2007 — Art/Entertainment, Banaue, Ifugao, Outside Cordi
Yo! Is this blog becoming US-centric or what? May Kabunian forbid! Anyway, those of you based in the U.S. might want to check out the Ifugao Music and Dance Ensemble of Banaue if, by any chance, they will perform in a place near you. They will be in the U.S. from Sept 24 to October 30, 2007.
We will post the group’s sked when we get a copy. But here’s a description of the group and what they do:
The seven virtuoso tribal artists, ages 24 to 62, invited to participate in the US tour, have committed themselves to the stewardship of the Ifugao people’s dance, music, tribal arts, and indigenous cultural practices as a dynamic relevant part of contemporary life.
June 26th, 2007 — Banaue, Culture and Tradition, Government, Ifugao
By Gina Dizon
KIANGAN, IFUGAO – Governor-elect Teddy Baguilat Jr lives and breathes home. Home is the rice producing province of Ifugao which boasts of its stairway terraces to the skies, the famous 8th wonder of the world. (Ed’s note: Officially, there’s no such thing as an 8th wonder of the world, see our earlier post here.)
Rice being the top product of the province, the young governor sees rice culture as a vital source of livelihood and a potential source of income to be developed too.
May 11th, 2007 — Art/Entertainment, Banaue, Ifugao, Tourism
The movie is about an Ifugao boy and his all-consuming desire to own a pair of shoes. Honestly, I find it a bit hard to be drawn into the story and to sympathize with the boy mainly because I kept thinking, “Hey kid, it’s 2006. You are from the Cordilleras where there are ukay-ukay/wagwag stores in every corner. Surely you can buy a used pair of shoes for P50.”
So I must admit that for most of the movie, my mindset was like, “What is the fuss about? Take the kid to an ukay ukay store and be done with it. It’s not like he is dreaming of a pair of shoes worth P5,000.” I might have been willing to suspend my disbelief if the movie was set in the ’80s where owning a pair of shoes was more of a financial challenge. Or if the boy was dreaming of something that is harder to buy now, say a cellphone or a computer.
Having said that, I would still say that the movie is good and is much much better than the mindless crap that local movie producers are making these days. However, I might have been better off if I just bought a VCD copy of the film since digital movies like Batad really do not project well in movie screens. [Based on experience, much of the color in digital movies gets lost in in the big screen so they sadly end up looking lifeless and grayish.]
April 28th, 2007 — Banaue, Ifugao
Now that our kailiyan Juan Dontogan (or Duntugan) has confessed to and apologized for killing Julia Campbell, should we now end our coverage on this case?
Well, not yet. We will continue to cover the case but we won’t be posting as many updates as in the past. Also, our updates will be focused more on the forthcoming trial of our kailiyan since authorities will reportedly file a homicide case against him. Why he did what he did and the consequences of his crime are some questions which we hope will be clarified in the coming days.
April 18th, 2007 — Banaue, Ifugao
All videos are courtesy of GMA Network.
For non-video updates, visit our first post on Julia by clicking here. It is updated regularly. Thanks.
VIDEO UPDATE 6
Juan Duntugan apologizes for killing Campbell.
April 13th, 2007 — Banaue, Ifugao
Read Julia’s blog here.
Watch video updates here.
Read updates on the case against Juan Duntugan (People vs. Duntugan) here.
UPDATE 18: The Philippine Star has a report on the memorial held for Julia in
