Once again the Cordillera Region’s desire to be autonomous was brought to the national front. This time it is at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City with no less than former President Fidel V. Ramos leading national and regional officials in beating the Cordillera Unity Gong. This was during the Am-Among Di… Read more »

A symbol of unity in diversity – The Story of the Cordillera Unity Gong
The Cordillera Region is home to various groups with their own unique cultural practices, traditions, crafts, and dialects. In spite of this diversity, however, the Cordillerans are united as one people, with one goal and one aspiration: for the region to be autonomous. The Cordillera’s unrelenting pursuit of regional autonomy is best symbolized by the… Read more »

Cordillera joint regional bodies push for the updating of LGUs’ income classification
The Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC) and the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) agreed that there is a need to upgrade the income classification of provinces and cities and municipalities. During the joint RDC-RPOC meeting conducted on September 11 in Bokod, Benguet, the members of both regional bodies passed a joint RDC and RPOC… Read more »

The Cordillera Roads Improvement Project: Making the Cordillera dream a reality
L – The Cordillera Roads Improvement Project (CRIP). R – Cabetian Junction of the Kabugao-Solsona Road. When the Cordillera Administrative Region was created in 1987, only 20 percent of its national roads was paved. Its provinces were not linked with one another, such that going from one province to the other requires passing through the adjacent… Read more »