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Cordillera, Bulacan report 6 PUIs for coronavirus

February 11, 2020 admin Bulacan, Cordillera, Regions

Credit to Author: Frederick Silverio| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:16:47 +0000

Seven persons under investigation (PUIs) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and three in Bulacan province and eight persons under monitoring (PUMs) for the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) in Zamboanga City had been reported as of Tuesday. Regional health authorities, however, said the Cordillera remains free of the dreaded coronavirus despite […]

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Task force to probe attack on human rights worker Brandon Lee

August 9, 2019 admin brandon lee, Cordillera, Headlines, Human rights, Regions

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 21:00:02 +0000

The Cordillera police have formed a task force to investigate the attack on Brandon Lee, a human rights advocate who was been tagged by the military as a supporter of the communist rebels.

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Ceza chief tells execs: Profit from hemp not hallucination

August 8, 2019 admin addictive, Cagayan, cannabis, Cordillera, economic zone, hemp, Latest News Stories, MARIJUANA, plantation, Regions

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 11:09:29 +0000

BAGUIO CITY — Instead of burning marijuana plantations in the Cordillera, authorities should consider developing hemp farms to benefit upland farmers, according to the head of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza) on Thursday (Aug. 8). Hemp is the less addictive strain of the cannabis plant which can be used to produce conventional products like […]

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7 youngsters, 4 of them minors, foiled in attempt to transport weed

July 29, 2019 admin Baguio City, Bus Terminal, Cordillera, Latest News Stories, MARIJUANA, PDEA, police, Regions, young

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:03:02 +0000

Seven people were arrested at a bus terminal here on Sunday (July 28) after they were caught transporting nearly P3 million worth of marijuana.

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Esperon: Peace zones up for review

July 25, 2019 admin Cordillera, esperon, Headlines, Latest News Stories, NPA, Regions, sagada

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:25:46 +0000

Peace zones invoked by Cordillera elders will be honored as the government brings public services to interior communities whose poverty has been exploited by communist rebels, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., said here on Thursday.

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In Cordillera, forests offer alternative cures

May 3, 2019 admin alternative, Baguio, Benguet, Cordillera, cures, DOST, forests, Headlines, Latest News Stories, medicinal, medicine, plants, Regions, Schools, slu, tuklas lunas development consortium, university of the philippines (up) baguio, woodlands

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 21:19:33 +0000

BAGUIO CITY — The search for a cure to growing antibiotic resistance as well as ailments like diabetes is being spearheaded by top universities here and in Benguet province which have banded together to harness the medicinal qualities of Cordillera plants. The Tuklas Lunas Development Consortium of the University of the Philippines (UP) Baguio, the […]

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2 IS supporters arrested in Cordillera

March 31, 2019 admin Cagayan Valley, CIDG, Cordillera, IS, Islamic State, latest stories, police, Terrorism, Today's Breaking News

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:27:24 +0000

TWO alleged members of an Islamic State (IS)-inspired group were arrested and their firearms and other paraphernalia seized during operations by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in the…READ

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