Igorota articles from July 2002

Igorota archives from July 2002

IGOROTA Foundation Inc.: the IGOROTA Foundation, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit organization established in recognition of the right and responsibility of women to fully develop their God-given potentials.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Program Components We take inspiration from three core forces in our organization which we embody and share in all our programs and activities. 1. A continually evolving Spirituality/ies affirmed and nurtured by life-giving values...

Editor's note.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 1, 2002... It seems media has nothing else to report except bad news: wars and rumors of wars, violence, poverty, environmental degradation, corruption, abuses and crimes against women and children...the list goes on and on. And this issue of the...

Heroes all: women making a difference in government. (Politics).
July 1, 2002... Early in 1995, Jessie Marie Alos, dared to set foot in the male-dominated political arena of the municipality of Tuba. In a typical community where people believed women were fit only for the home or the farm, where affairs of the State were...

To die a natural death due to unnatural causes. (Cover Story: Cordillera Greens).(Cover Story)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... My childhood memories are full of life at Ambuklao. It was in this peaceful community where I had first witnessed the injustices destruction wrought on the people and their environment by development. I remember seeing the pain and the...

The fight to save the Buasao and Mount Poswey watershed. (Cordillera NGOs Race Against Time to Save the Earth).(non-governmental organizations)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The worsening environmental crisis in the Cordilleras, especially in resource-rich areas like Abra, has raised the need to protect particularly vulnerable areas and create interventions for its conservation. The spotlight has mostly been...

Towards a pro-active advocacy. (The Cordillera Green Network).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The alarming ecological problems such as deforestation, waste pollution, forest fires, water shortage call for environmental education and other initiatives promoting a green Cordillera. The Cordillera Green Network (CGN), a Baguio-based...

The natural world in crisis.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 1. THE WATER CRISIS- Commercial logging activities, mining, energy extraction and similar activities have decimated our sources of drinking water and polluted our rivers. 2. THE FOOD CRISIS. Decades of monoculture and corporate seed...

Withering heights: conflicting national and indigenous laws are slowly destroying Mt. Pulag. (Cover Story: Cordillera Greens).(Mt Pulag, Philippines)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... As mysterious and sacred as it is breathtaking and beautiful, Mt. Pulag, is home not only to a diverse range of animal and plant species, but is also home to a culture of gods and spirits. For generations, Mt. Pulag has fascinated millions...

The valley of the damned. (Cover Story: Cordillera Greens).(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
July 1, 2002... Perhaps the most controversial dam ever to be built to date is the San Roque Dam located at San Manuel, Pangasinan. Measuring 200 meters high and 1.13 km. across, it is expected to have a storage capacity of 850 million cubic meters. It...

Hiketivism in Tinoc. (Cover Story).(Philippines)(Column)
July 1, 2002... Lowering the windows, I did not expect the blast of sweet cool air. The windows had remained closed throughout the more than four hour trip from Baguio City to Tinoc, Ifugao, to shut off the thick swirling dust from the unpaved roads. It was a...

The woman as the ricewinner: the increasing feminization of labor. (Economy).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... It is an all too familiar story you may have heard before: One Filipina domestic helper in Hong Kong sleeps in a kitchen cupboard. At night, she takes out the plates and climbs in, in the morning, she replaces the plates. Other domestic...

The big shift: a new curriculum has sparked fresh debates on the role of education in national development. (Education).
July 1, 2002... Thousands of grade school pupils and high school students came back to school last June expecting the same curriculum that have determined their school life for the past years. To their surprise, a new curriculum awaited them. Curiously,...

Single a woman at large: everytime my older brother and I argue about relationships and why I have chosen to be single, he taunts me with, "Sige, magiging old maid ka," just to ruffle my feathers.(Brief Article)(Column)
July 1, 2002... It's becoming to sound more like a wish than a tease. It's grating my nerves. He doesn't seem to realize that I'm not that old. Duh! My brother is not the only one I have to contend with. Many people often ask me how come I'm still...

A paintbrush telltale. (The Arts).(Brief Article)(Column)
July 1, 2002... For years I had entombed the soul of the painter inside me. Along with the anamnesis of a childhood intention of becoming an artist, it died the day my father axed my Fine Arts dream to kindlings But the shadow of the Muse must have lied...

Foundation Day April 27, 2002.(Philippines)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Something old, something new As a new member of the IGOROTA family, I was excited to witness IFI's Foundation Day. We had a sent a lot of letters and hoped that all of IFI's members would attend and I wondered if they all would come. I...

The state of the nation.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... This is an overview of the situation of women in the Philippines. Experiences may vary from one region to the next. As such, we encourage readers (male or female) to give specific examples based on their regional realities. We likewise...

Understanding the role of the Barangay.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Barangay residents may have grudgingly gone to their election precincts this July thinking that the barangay elections is just another mundane exercise of their right to vote, but studying barangay experiences in the city shows that the...

Kudos to friendship.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... During the Foundation Day, we held a ritual honoring friendships. As the tapuy coursed through my parched esophagus, I remembered my long-forgotten friends...those who once became a part of my life. For a moment, I wondered what became of...