PHOTO CREDIT: E Murray Bruner.
CordiViews: Baguio Industrial School, circa 1910
Category Archives: Baguio
The Week. 03.11-17.07
The Peeing Statue: A Post Script, II
If you blog, maybe there’s no such thing as saying one’s piece for the last time. If you remember, we stated earlier that we believe we said the last things we were going to say about the peeing statue. It turns out we have more things to say but it’s only because we want to clarify the news report published last March 8 in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The Week. 03.04-10.07
JAILED ABROAD. Several Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from the Cordilleras were jailed in Saudi Arabia for 11 months because one of their companions allegedly tried to ship 2.3 kilos of gold owned by the Saudi Arabia Mining Co. Our kailians are now back home but they have not received their wages, overtime pay, and other benefits. [Source: Manila Times]. More information from the Northern Dispatch: some of the OFWs were tortured while others are still languishing in jail.
The Week. 25 Feb – 03 March 07
ELECTION FEVER. Gabriela Women’s Party names Igorot activist and former Overseas Filipino Worker as its third nominee to Congress. Flora Baniaga-Belinan (photo above) used to work as a domestic helper in Hongkong but is now doing advocacy work in Baguio. Northern Dispatch: “Flora was at the forefront of various major advocacies for the rights and welfare of migrants in Hongkong. She also promoted indigenous peoples’ rights to land, life, and resources, firmly opposing policies and projects in the homefront that particularly cause the destruction of the environment and exploitation of women indigenous peoples and children.” Read more here. Go Gabriela! Go Flora! [Source: Northern Dispatch]