This is for the little geek in you crying out for facts and statistics. The data is from the 2003 Benguet Socio-Economic Profile which we downloaded from the Benguet provincial website. The files appear to have been removed from said site so email us if you want a copy [in PDF].
Please note that these figures may have changed since four years have passed after the Profile was written. But then again, considering the slow pace of change in the Philippines, maybe these figures have remained basically the same. 17%– Percentage of highland vegetables bound for Baguio/La-Trinidad which come from the town of Buguias. Other vegetable sources are: Atok and Mankayan (12% each), Mt. Province (11%), Kibungan (10%), Bakun (8%), Kabayan (7%), Kapangan (7%), Tublay (7%), La-Trinidad (4%), Tuba and Itogon (2% each) and Bokod (1%).
Here’s a music video, Ti Daga, produced by the Dap-ayan ti Kultura ti Kordilyera (DKK). The song talks about how our lives are very much connected to our land.
Our thanks to Ellen Tordesillas who sent us these photos of our kailiyans, Capt. Ruben Guinolbay and Capt. Dante Langkit, two gallant military officers who are on trial for their alleged participation in the aborted withdrawal of support from Gloria Arroyo in February 2006. [Edited: We originally stated that they are under trial for the Oakwood mutiny which is not correct. Thanks Ellen.]
We have been blogging about Captain Guinolbay, so we’re sure you already know him. In case you missed our previous posts, you can read them here, here, and here. We initially didn’t know about Captain Langkit so we haven’t done much blogging about him. In fact we only heard of him during the past elections when his twin brother ran for Congress in Kalinga. Thankfully, Ellen has some information for us: Continue reading Our "Mutineers": Captain Langkit and Captain Guinolbay→
Vicky Tauli Corpuz, chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples, on how multinational companies are blocking the passage of a U.N. document that would recognize the rights of indigenous peoples:
“[These firms] were against the declaration because they would like [to keep] their business interests in countries where indigenous peoples wanted to assert sovereign rights on their territories. They were afraid that the declaration would stop them from extracting the resources in indigenous peoples’ communities,” she said.
“Shall we wait for more lives to be lost? Shall we wait for another mayor again to be ambushed?” — Tabuk City Mayor Camilo Lammawinasking national agencies and President Arroyo to resolve the Rizal land dispute after the convoy of Rizal Mayor Chris Marc de la Cruz was ambushed. Lammawin heads the Kalinga chapter of the League of Municipalities in the Philippines. Full story here.
“Ito ay pagganti kay mayor (de la Cruz) dahil sa demolition./This is revenge on the mayor because of the demolition. We don’t see any other motive.” — Cordillera Police Regional Director Raul Gonzales.
This is for the little geek in you crying out for facts and statistics. The data is from the 2003 Benguet Socio-Economic Profile which we downloaded from the Benguet provincial website. The files appear to have been removed from said site so email us if you want a copy [in PDF].
