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Forest Destruction in Philippines Due to Mining ? Cordillera NGO

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) blames the expansion of agricultural lands for the decrease of forest cover while the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) points to large-scale mining as the major cause of forest destruction in the region.

BY MA. LEONEZA B. RIGONAN
Northern Dispatch
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BAGUIO CITY ? Who is telling the truth?

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) blames the expansion of agricultural lands for the decrease of forest cover while the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) points to large-scale mining as the major cause of forest destruction in the region.

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Philippines: Cordillera Day 2007 to Uphold People?s Rights, Politics of Change

This year?s Cordillera Day is not only the commemoration of the death of Dulag and other martyrs. It is also a call to strengthen the indigenous peoples? unity against development aggression in the Cordillera region

BY ROBERT A. PAMBID
Northern Dispatch
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BAGUIO CITY ? This year?s Cordillera Day activities, to be hosted by the Tongtongan ti Umili (TTU, People?s Forum) and the Organisasyon dagiti Nakurapay nga Umili ti (ORNUS, Organization of the Poor from the Sitios of Abra) in this city, will focus on the themes of people?s rights and the ?politics of change.?

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Philippines: New Baguio Lawyer Shares Secrets in Topping Bar Exams

Topping the bar is ?doable? even for reviewees from outside Metro Manila as proven by Noel Neil Q. Malimban, the 2006 bar topnotcher, who hails from the University of the Cordilleras (UC) in Baguio. In the presence of journalists, he shared his secrets of how he topped the bar: ?good grasp (of the subjects), good English, good penmanship, and prayer.?

BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
Northern Dispatch
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Topping the bar is ?doable? even for reviewees from outside Metro Manila as proven by Noel Neil Q. Malimban, the 2006 bar topnotcher, who hails from the University of the Cordilleras (UC) in Baguio.

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