The picture above was reportedly taken in a restaurant in Baguio. I don’t know the name of the restaurant but boy am I pissed with the owners for their really bad taste.
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Category Archives: Government
Cordillera Governance: Not Doing Bad At All
A study by an official of the government’s National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) which ranks the country’s 79 provinces in a Good Governance Index shows that our region is not doing bad at all. The Cordillera provinces are actually doing well but some provinces are doing better than others. Note that this study is based from data gathered in 2003. You can read the whole article here.
First, the study looks at Economic Governance which it measures with the following indicators: financial resources generated, tax and non-tax revenue, per capita bank deposits, expenditure on social services, unemployment and underemployment rates, poverty incidence, and poverty gap. It then ranks the country’s top thirty best performing provinces. Four of the six Cordillera provinces are in the top 30:
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The Week. 02.4-10.07
SO DID THE DAVIDS WIN OVER GOLIATH? Community folks stopped Benguet Corporation from resuming its mining operation in Barangay Virac, Itogon (photo above, courtesy of Nordis Blog). Former miner and resident Mariano Lango: “The only ore body left here are the mine pillars. We know this because we worked the mines for the company before the 1990 earthquake forced it to close and allow us to live and make a living on the surface. Mining the pillars, this close to the surface will make the ground collapse. We cannot allow that to happen.” We hope that the victory is not just a temporary one.[Nordis Blog]
Igorot Achievers, Part 14: Sabangan Mayor Jupiter Dominguez
Last November 2006, Sabangan, Mt. Province Mayor Jupiter Dominguez was named as the nation’s Most Outstanding Municipal Mayor beating other nominees from different parts of the country.
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The Week That Was
DARN THE COLD WEATHER: It’s been kinda cold here in Manila, so it must be VERY cold in the Cordilleras. Betelnut, a prolific commenter in this blog (thanks Betelnut), notes: “Isn’t it just too cold these days? Kunak nu global warming ken El Nino. Nakalamlammin met. I wonder how is it there in your place? Heard that the Benguet veggies are in bad condition due to the extreme cold weather in parts of the province where the elevation is higher.”
In Mt. Province, Freda Changat reports: “Used clothing (wagwag) retailers are having a heyday selling thick jackets and blankets as residents cope with the weather.. Farmers in Mt. Data claim to have recorded an extreme low temperature of negative 1.2 degrees centigrade. There is no way however to verify the data since the nearest weather station is four hours away in Baguio City [Source: mtprovince.net].