May 6, 2022
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) filed today (May 6, 2022) a P410 wage increase petition for minimum waged workers in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). The P410 is on top of the existing P350 minimum wage rate in the region. The petition was filed at the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board […]
May 5, 2022
BAGUIO CITY (May 5, 2022) – A safe haven for sexually abused women will be among the priorities of Benguet caretaker Eric Go Yap, in a bid, he said, “to help the victims overcome the harrowing experience”. The construction of these facilities will be a welcome respite, according to Yap, particularly to victims of sexual abuse who will be given free psychological and other interventions to help […]
May 5, 2022
BAGUIO CITY(May 5, 2022)—An 11 year old girl who drowned along the Balas-iyan River that straddles along Mabalite, Tadian town and Besao town in Mountain Province was retrieved early Thursday morning downstream at sitio Bab-asig, Barangay Patiacan, Quirino, Ilocos Sur. The victim —Adelfa Ayomen — was reported missing moments after she was swept by the […]
May 5, 2022
BAGUIO CITY (May 5, 2022)—Political rivalry in the northernmost province— Ilocos Norte—has heated up to the homestretch of the campaign for Monday’s elections. Even incumbent Ilocos Norte District lawmaker and deputy majority floor leader Ria Fariñas is crying foul over harassments on their supporters all over the province peaking into actual violence in the past […]
May 4, 2022
BAGUIO CITY (May 4, 2022) – Despite the new methodology used in this year’s World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released on May 4, 2022, the Philippine press remains freer and “extremely vibrant” under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte compared to the previous administrations of former Presidents Noynoy Aquino and Gloria […]
May 4, 2022
BAGUIO CITY(May 4, 2022) – The Cordillera Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) said it will tightly monitor the situation in the Region especially Abra noting recent incidents of election-related violence that occured as the 2022 National and Local Election Day nears. This as Pilar, Abra was placed under the control of the Commission on […]
April 30, 2022
BAGUIO CITY(April 30, 2022)— A woman was declared dead-on-arrival moments after the SUV she was riding with six others dived into a ravine after smashing another vehicle along the national road in Barangay Bayyo, Bontoc, Mountain Province capital, Friday afternoon. Charity Vicente, 54, from Silang, Cavite, died at the hospital while her companions riding at […]
April 29, 2022
San Fernando City, La Union (April 28, 2022) — The Commission on Human Rights found there was a human rights violation in the 2018 killing of La Union Rep. Eufranio Eriguel and three of his aides. In CHR resolution dated February 15, 2022 by CHR-Region 1 Regional Director Atty. Harold Kub-aron, it said “human rights […]
April 28, 2022
BAGUIO CITY (April 28, 2022)— Strengthening the promotion of government accountability and transparency, the Office of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has formally launched Thursday its Northern Luzon regional offices in at the National Food Authority (NFA) Compound, Loakan Road, Baguio City. Chief of Staff and Deputy Director General for Administration , Finance and Special […]
April 26, 2022
BAGUIO CITY (April 26, 2022) – Authorities on Monday afternoon found the lifeless body of a medical health worker at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) inside her apartment in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. The victim was identified as Ma. Jennifer Suzette Racadio Oñate, 27, married and a native of Gattaran, Cagayan. She was renting […]