Rappler's latest stories on Kalinga
Kalinga town 'welcomes home' hero who was among soldiers slain in Sulu
Major Marvin Indammog, the commanding officer of the Army soldiers killed by policemen in Jolo, Sulu, is honored as a 'full-blooded Igorot warrior'
Kalinga capital closes churches again after 2nd COVID-19 case in 2 days
The Tabuk City mayor puts on lockdown the home barangay of the second COVID-19 patient, a 51-year-old overseas Filipino worker returning from Abu Dhabi
Kalinga records first coronavirus case
Tabuk City Mayor Darwin Estranero says the province's first coronavirus case arrived from Manila on June 6
Drug courier leaps into a ravine in Kalinga to elude arrest
When cops discover loaves of marijuana in his bag, the suspect panics and jump off a nearby ravine
Tabuk City government in Kalinga allows churches to reopen
Tabuk City has no confirmed coronavirus cases to date. Churches in the city can hold public masses at 50% seating capacity and mass attendees should observe social distancing and other precautionary measures.
'BeVolts': From street dwellers to aid workers
They are used being vagrants – until helping each other to survive the coronavirus pandemic turned them into 'house parents' in homeless shelters
Cops stop homeless shelter services again in Manila
Fr. Flavie Villanueva of the Kalinga Center decides to discontinue his operations. Instead, he plans to go around and personally deliver food packs to the homeless.
Shelters kept unlocked for the homeless during coronavirus outbreak
(UPDATED) Homeless people can seek refuge in these centers
Former Kalinga mayor, wife convicted of graft, bribery
Former mayor Camilo Lammawin Jr of Tabuk, Kalinga, and his wife are found guilty of extorting money from a private contractor
8 killed after passenger-loaded dump truck falls in ravine in Kalinga
Authorities say 40 passengers were on an Isuzu Elf dump truck to attend a thanksgiving ritual in a nearby village when the incident happened
DOH records 508% increase in measles cases in Cordillera
(UPDATED) The regional health office has monitored 79 measles cases in the region from January 1 to February 2 – more than 5 times what it recorded in the same period last year
The week in photos: October 27-November 2, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
Girl dies in Kalinga landslide
More than 800 residents are evacuated in the town of Lubuagan due to the heavy rains and landslide brought by Typhoon Rosita (Yutu)
At least 59 dead in Philippines due to Typhoon Ompong
(5th UPDATE) Most of the fatalities are in the Cordillera Administrative Region, which was badly hit by landslides
14 dead after overloaded truck falls into ravine in Kalinga
(3rd UPDATE) The 14 people who died in the incident are all senior citizens returning home after getting their monthly stipend from the DSWD's Social Pension Program
Rappler Talk: Why this Frenchman is farming in Bulacan
Why ditch a life of glamor for farming in Bulacan?
Theater therapy heals widows, orphans of drug war victims
Theater 'is a viable means' to help heal the widows and orphans of drug war victims, says Father Flavie Villanueva, who created Program Paghilom for them
How groups are bringing the fight against hunger to schools
The first 'Kusina ng Kalinga' project in Batangas boasts of being able to reduce the malnutrition rate from 11% to zero among beneficiary schools
IN PHOTOS: Robredo watches play by drug war orphans, widows
The orphans and widows themselves create the play as part of the art therapy program offered by the St Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center
Slaughtered rhino from Kalinga just changed world history
The rhinoceros was butchered 709,000 years ago in Kalinga, a time when humans were supposedly not yet present in the Philippines
Theater therapy for widows, orphans of Duterte drug campaign
The participants in the workshop are asked to narrate how their loved ones were killed over and over again until they can tell their stories without stuttering or wailing
Senate nominates Whang-od for National Living Treasures Award
Also known as the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan, the award is the highest honor given by the state to traditional folk artists
Christmas morning fire hits historic cathedral in Kalinga
(UPDATED) Hours before the fire, mass during Christmas Eve was already interrupted twice because power conked out inside the Saint Joseph Parish Church in Tabuk City
Why are feeding programs important in the fight vs hunger?
The proposed National School Feeding Program bill aims to provide free and sustainable feeding programs in all public schools across the country
Duterte appoints 3 provincial board members
The President fills in vacancies in the provincial boards of Kalinga, Bukidnon, and Surigao del Norte
Robredo urges police, military, Church to support drug rehab programs
'Sa inyo po kami huhugot ng pag-asa. Alam po namin na mas marami iyong matitino,' Vice President Leni Robredo tells police and military officers
Whang-od as a brand name
'We can celebrate Apo Whang-od and her craft in a most honorable and respectable way, but not in a circus such as what we all have witnessed', a UP social anthropologist who studied Kalinga tattoos weighs in on the issue
What I can't understand about the Whang-od controversy
'The fact is that Whang Od came to Manila to do what she actually does every day – except during harvest time, as I was told – in Buscalan: commodifying her culture.'
Whang-od's family urges public: 'Stop the negativity'
'Ang masasabi ko lang, sana nandoon sila sa event para alam nila. Hindi tayo sana mapanghusga,' says Grace Palicas, Apo Whang-od's grandniece
Whang-od's nephew: 'She enjoyed the Manila visit but...'
Whang-od's nephew Jayvee Franz Paclay Sabawil says the centenarian tattoo artist should have been allowed to conduct the live sessions inside a private room instead of a platform in the exhibit area
Whang-od not 'exploited,' says Manila FAME organizers
Manila FAME organizers fly in Kalinga tattoo artist Apo Whang Od to Manila to endorse her nomination to the National Living Treasure Awards
#InspireCourage: Giving hope to the hopeless
'Try to see who is the most hopeless around you, and be that hope to that person,' Father Flavie Villanueva says at the Social Good Summit
Tribal war feared in Kalinga town over land dispute
UPDATED Kalinga Governor James Edduba declare Tabuk City the town of Rizal and the provinces of Cagayan and Isabela as matagoan or the zones of life where no retaliations are allowed
Providing medical services for relocated informal settlers
Only around three small operational medical facilities exist in Towerville San Jose Del Monte Bulacan
4 cops serving arrest warrant killed in Kalinga
The policemen die in a shootout with the group of alleged crime syndicate leader Willy Sagasag who is also killed in the firefight
3 injured as Montero falls into ravine in Kalinga
The injured are taken to Kalinga Provincial Hospital for treatment
Benguet Electric coop exec faces graft charges
Verzosa a private individual faces the graft case alone after his co accused died before the case was filed
Power restored in 94% of Lawin-hit areas
The National Electrification Administration says the rehabilitation of road networks is necessary for faster rehabilitation of energy distribution facilities
PH welcomes foreign aid without conditions – DSWD chief
DSWD Secretary Judy Taguiwalo clarifies that her Facebook post only wanted to highlight that the Philippines had been able to stand on its own in delivering immediate emergency relief
Regional officials: Lawin left 15 dead in Cordillera
Kalinga Apayao and Mountain Province are all under a state of calamity due to Super Typhoon Lawin Haima
Kalinga residents appeal for aid: 'Don't forget us'
Residents of Kalinga need water medicines and other relief goods
#LawinPH: Road to recovery begins
Typhoon Lawin left at least 9 dead and 3 missing with thousands more lives interrupted Now the process of rehabilitation and recovery begins
Kalinga under state of calamity due to Lawin
Provincial authorities say Super Typhoon Lawin Haima left at least 6 people dead in Kalinga while a total of 8 080 persons are affected
LGUs fighting students' hunger through 'central kitchen'
Under the central kitchen model food for public elementary students is prepared in one place and then distributed to different schools
Exploring Kalinga culture, tattoo artistry, tribal traditions
Writer and researcher Donna Bramhall talks to Lasoy one of the few surviving members of her generation with compulsory Kalinga tattoos about what it means to be a Kalinga woman and her complex relationship with her skin art
Protect Mother Earth, don't vote for Marcos – environmentalists
Activists recall the destructive projects of the late President Ferdinand Marcos but vice presidential bet Marcos Jr boasts of the climate change and green building bills he has filed in the Senate
Bayani Brew: Tea for everyday heroes
When business meets social good entrepreneurs can make a big difference
'Business of kindness': Solution to poverty?
Don t be afraid to love your people Love keeps on coming back says Human Nature s Dylan Wilk
Gawad Kalinga to hold 3rd Global Social Business Summit
Gawad Kalinga s 3rd Global Social Business Summit aims to bring together people from different sectors to collaborate on solutions to global problems
Lawyers share holiday spirit
The Philippine Bar Association brings Christmas cheer to children living in a Gk community
