Author: Bony A. Bengwayan

On rare occasions when Ah Kong has time to spare, he’d make a beeline to that little but very nice

Last Sunday evening, March 1, Ah Kong, aboard a motorcycle and having left Pugo, La Union after attending formal talks

Dreaming of raising mushrooms for food? Can’t blame you. For mushrooms, indeed are the food of the gods. Dreaming of

The mission of Valentine’s is one of the very few old customs not on the wane as many people in

Last Saturday, Ah Kong found himself mid noon at Ambalite Bridge in  Pugo, La Union where he attended to some

There’s this popular rhyming song you often sang during your kiddie days and goes this way: “Here we go round

Almost anywhere in highland Cordillera, when someone is known to be nearing his/her natal day, friends expectantly and cheerily say,

“Hope springs eternal,” after all, for human beings, who often run afoul with the ways of Mother Nature, as indigenous

Ubiquitous on dining tables of Cordillerans, lowlanders and mainstream Filipinos, pandesal (salt bread) also serves as the country’s another economic

Foreign domestic work is one of the most important sources of employment for Filipino women as changing labor markets resulting

There’s an attitude and behavior gap for many residents in Baguio City, and others from nearby areas as well, when

New Year’s 2020 approach is an ongoing topic to the young and old, in close-knit Cordilleran and lowland families, whenever

A Happy Christmas! Christmas, has the gentlest of voice, but it speaks most authoritatively. All it needs are for us

Highlanders and lowlanders alike in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Region 1 glow with enthusiasm of seasons that come and

Department of Agriculture’s (DA) recent step-up to protect Cordilleran heritage rice varieties brings to the fore a hidden threat of

Betel-nut chewing, which is old as the hills and mountains, has become popular to many Cordilleran males, becoming an alternative

Of many years working with Herald Express, Ah Kong hears beguiling tales in the highlands, during campfire nights when the

What is autonomy? In the most simplified way that Ah Kong can explain, it means the right to self-direction, self-determination

Three events happened last Saturday that can likewise happen to you ordinarily. ****** Absorbed in walking early last Saturday, for

Don’t blink! It’s not farfetched for members of the Roman Catholic faithful in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Region 1