Author: Bony A. Bengwayan

Halsema National Highway, Cordillera Administrative Region—There stands apart, a breed of individuals in highland Cordillera who unobtrusively continue weaving a

Is the so-called “new normal” looming for Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)? Many would like to know what is so-called “new

ATOK, BUGUIAS, Benguet – The cabbage boom that transformed economy of the then famously called “Mountain Trail” of old, of

ATOK, Benguet — Farmers in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) two month earlier stamped their mark on the lives of many

Once in a while, you come to read simple words that will stick into the mind for a long time

Like a heavy-laden locomotive halted in its tracks by a diversion,  Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Region 1’s economies are

This mid-year of our troubles, there’s this pensive, melancholy feeling which overpowers the heart of most Cordillerans and lowlanders when

(American singer Bob Dylan composed and sang the song, “The Times They Are A-changin,” known by country-music loving Cordillerans, lowlanders

Many Cordillerans and lowlanders, at this time – to Ah Kong’s delight –  are severely afflicted by a new and

There’s this mysterious and implacable foe   of humankind that has taken over the world by storm, loves to see when

For the many days that Ah Kong followed government order to stay home, Ah came to form this new, exciting,

If you feel awkward or uncomfortable at the government’s new strategy of “community quarantine” imposed to restrict human movement in

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