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Know Your Officials: Mt. Province Governor Maximo Dalog
Governor Dalog (right) with Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno during the 2004 awarding ceremonies for the country’s Best Provincial Peace and Order Council where Mt. Province bagged the top award. Read the full story here.
PHOTO CREDIT: League of Provinces in the Philippines.
Outgoing Ifugao Governor Glenn Prudenciano Quotes Santayana
Here’s a very interesting speech by outgoing Ifugao Governor Glenn Prudenciano sent to us by a tipster. It is a bit long but we hope you will still read it. In case you don’t have the time to read the whole speech, make sure you read the most interesting part [7th paragraph onwards or the part preceded by “arrows”], where the governor talks about Ifugao’s version of blood politics.
It’s not deadly like Abra’s version but it can be just as dangerous. We’re with the governor on this one. In this day and age, why is pure bloodedness an issue? [We’re sure though that this became an issue not only in Ifugao but in other provinces of the country as well with politicians claiming that they are the only true son of such and such a place.]
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Know Your Officials: Abra Gov Eustaquio "Takit" Bersamin
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Anonymous and The Nashman on the Uglification of Baguio
An anonymous reader comments on the uglification of Baguio. Again, we do not necessarily agree with the comments but his/her ideas are worth mulling over.
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Anonymous:
Here’s an honest thought.
I hate how Baguio is growing multi cultural nowadays. Just look on how the real Baguio people are being disregarded in favor of the outsiders. Yes multiculturalism is an asset but we must be careful on really being multi-cultural. The pre-war Baguio was a true multicultual society…The Japanese, Cantonese, and Ilocano Immigrants along with the native Ibalois and American colonists created and contributed to the Baguio culture that came about which is now being disregarded by the new immigrants and the city government, whom mostly are immigrants to the city and fake “Baguio people”.
I worry about BLIST. I’m scared that what happened to Baguio would happen to these areas. Baguio once had farmlands but because the local government was so permissive of squatting and “development”, the farmlands are gone. Di malayong mangayari ito sa Benguet, especially La Trinidad.
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