July 15th, 2008 — Bontoc, Education, Mt. Province
Here’s an interesting story about a high school student from the Mt. Province General Comprehensive High School (MPGCHS). If her name sounds a little familiar, it may be because you read a blog post which included her name in our other blog.
Desiree of the Mountains
By Jenny Santiago/Inquirer
October 23rd, 2007 — Activism, Bontoc, Government, Mt. Province
PATALASTAS MUNA: Have you voted for our blog yet? No? Then vote for us by simply clicking here. You’ve already voted? Thank you very much, please vote again. (Sumusobra na yata itong Bill Bilig na ito ah, masyadong demanding hehe.)
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Now that that shameless, shameless plug from the Evil Bill Bilig is over and done with, let’s go back to one of one of our favorite blog topics, the Halsema Road. Because I’ve already yacked a lot about this much lamented (but nonetheless scenic) highway, I am stealing the ideas of our blogger friends (with their permission of course) and putting them here:
October 21st, 2007 — Bontoc, Culture and Tradition, History, Mt. Province, Tourism
Here’s an interesting video that you should watch. The first part contains footages taken at the Bontoc Museum and its artifacts of the past. The second part contains some footages of present-day Bontoc with its tricycles and all. It makes an interesting comparison between “then” and “now”. [UPDATE: Oops, as two of you pointed out, this really is not present-day Bontoc since the video must have been taken 20 to 25 years ago. Thanks for the correction Anonymouses 
Our mistake, we should have known better. Cheers.]
October 8th, 2007 — Art/Entertainment, Bontoc, Culture and Tradition
As we noted in an earlier post, one of our visitors found this blog by googling “Who is the singer of Layad, one of the greatest song in Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines?”
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.
September 7th, 2007 — Activism, Bontoc, Education, Government, Mt. Province, Politics
We don’t want to spend our time criticizing the Honorable Representative of Mt. Province, Congressman Victor Dominguez because 1) he is getting old in years and 2) to be honest, we also admit that we grudgingly respect his achievements as a politician.
To have maintained a long political career — spanning from the 70s (?) to the 2ks — speaks of his ability to harness whatever political tools there are that one needs to remain in power or to win in the game of politics.
August 17th, 2007 — Bontoc, Education, Mt. Province
“Our mission is to prepare the students to survive in the ever changing outside world, so that when they graduate from high school and pursue their studies in the cities, they will be at par with others in training. This is where the need to be connected is very important, where the information they need are just waiting at their fingertips, even while they live a great distance from the cities.”
The above statement is attributed to Evelyn Taguiba, principal of Mountain High School in Bontoc. She was recently recognized by the Civil Service Commission as Cordillera’s Most Outstanding Principal in 2006.
August 10th, 2007 — Abra, Bontoc, Culture and Tradition, Kalinga, Mt. Province
So I was googling my time away and found the picture above. He is identified as a man from Butbut, Tinglayan and is supposed to be modeling the indigenous weave of Kalinga. The picture is part of a book called Sinaunang Habi which was published by former Senator Nikki Coseteng.
Which of the following would best describe your reaction to the photo above:
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June 7th, 2007 — Bontoc, Culture and Tradition, Mt. Province
Aren’t you glad someone invented Youtube? Here’s a delightful Youtube video of two iFontok kids learning to dance the pattong and the Igorot boogie. Two thumbs up to the parents of these children and the adults who are directing them off camera.
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May 4th, 2007 — Bontoc, Politics
Our favorite Catholic bishop and kailiyan Bishop Francisco Claver has an interesting article on vote buying and selling which every Filipino voter should read before they go to the polls on May 14. Our good bishop gets a little bit snarky in this article which is why we are “stealing” it from the Inquirer. Way to go bishop.
Buy and sell
By Bishop Francisco F. Claver, S.J.
When our village philosopher, a wizened Bontoc Igorot of uncertain age, heard a few weeks ago that the government was going to shell out P40 per day to hungry people (according to a report in one of the papers), he remarked: “Is that the new way of buying votes?”
