Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan:
“Napocor paid P2 million in real estate taxes but that is only a drop in the bucket compared to what the government corporation actually owed the province.”
Continue reading Quote of the Day: Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan
PHOTO CREDIT: Susan Russel at Seasite.niu.edu.
The town of Kibungan is conducting a contest to change its current tagline, “The Switzerland of Benguet” into something more appropriate. Apparently some tourist was disappointed when s/he went to Kibungan to ski and found no ice on the mountain slopes. Read the story by Jane Cadalig here.
Duh! I’m not sure whether to sympathize with that disappointed tourist because if s/he’s not smart enough to know that there’s no snow in the tropics then it is her/his problem. Although in fairness to said tourist, I read somewhere that there’s some kind of ice/snow in one of the highest mountains of Malaysia (or Indonesia).
Hopefully this incident will teach us to stop defining ourselves by comparing ourselves to the West.
Wagering the Land is a book on the town of Buguias, Benguet written by Martin Lewis. You can read an online version of the book here.
It is an interesting read on the history of the town and its people, traditional land management practices, the rise of the town’s vegetable industy, and many others.
Wow. Are Cordillera congressional representatives on a roll or what?
We don’t usually agree with their politics but we must admit that we are impressed that four of them are heading four committees in Congress.
Continue reading Congress Watch: Apayao Rep. Elias Bulut Heads Committee on Agrarian Reform