April 8th, 2008
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04.08.08Bong Revilla’s Words of Wisdom
Friends, let’s not be too snotty thinking that wisdom does not spring forth from the mouth of artistas. Here’s the words of wisdom from artista/Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. during the recently held Lang-ay Festival where he was the guest speaker: “Lang-ay means oneness. Let us also practice this spirit not only during the festival.”
Oo nga naman. Oneness. Who would go against that, ano?
Bontoc folk urged to value Mt. Province road rehab
Bernadette E. Tamayo/Tempo
SEN. Ramon Revilla, Jr. has called on the people of Mountain Province to show appreciation of the rehabilitation of the multi-billion peso Halsema Highway by actively helping in its maintenance.Revilla made the appeal during the commemoration of the Lang-ay Festival, the annual cultural event commemorating the charter of the province.
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04.08.08Visiting Orlando?
Anyone out there planning to join the 2008 American Urological Association Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida? Well, my friend, in case you are one of them urologists going to this convention and you are looking for a place to stay, why not check out the Lake Buena Vista hotels.
Uhm, but why should you check out said hotel? Because it is near the convention center, my friend, so if the conference gets a bit boring you can sneak out and go take a nap in your room. Not that we’re telling you to do that but consider it an option. (Disclosure: We’re an expert in sneaking out of boring conferences. Yeah, we’re bad. But it’s not like sneaking out is one of those deadly sins as declared by the Pope so we’re sure Saint Peter and his rooster will understand and forgive our transgressions.)
Anyways, here are other reasons why you should consider staying at the the Orlando Vista Hotel: it is just a half-mile away from Downtown Disney® Pleasure Island and minutes to the Orlando Convention Center, SeaWorld®, Universal Studios®, and the Florida Mall; the hotel is geared towards conventioneers so they know the needs and wants of convention attendees like you; and they offer great rates.
There are other reasons too but you will think we are doing too much of a hard sell if we mention all of them. But once again, those of you looking for American Urological Association hotels, should check out the Orlando Vista Hotel.
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04.08.08Coming Up: IIC-8 in Banaue, Ifugao
Good luck to my good friend Philian Weygan and the rest of those organizing and joining the International Igorot Consultation this 12-15 April 2008 in Banaue, Ifugao. Visit Philian’s site for the schedule of activities or program overview as well as a backgrounder on the IIC.
Photo shamelessly stolen from Philian’s site.
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04.08.08Lang-ay 2008 Video
Here’s a photo collection (in video format) of the recently concluded Lang-ay 2008 festival in Bontoc. Video courtesy of Rafael Manuel Jr.
Since, you will be watching a lot of the peoples of Mt. Province in the video, maybe this is a good time to talk a little bit about them. According to the National Statistics Office the population of Mt. Province is broken down as follows:
Applai: 2,947
Balangao/Baliwon:18,886
Bontok/Binontok: 2,510
Ibontoc: 17,234
Ilocano: 6,968
Kalinga: 2,468
Kankanai/Kankaney/Kankanaey: 72,694
Other Local Ethnicity: 16,197
Other Foreign Ethnicity: 22
Not Reported: 413Total Mountain Province Population (Year 2000): 140,339
Apparently, because Kankanaeys compose a slight majority of the population, the NSO ridiculously dubbed Mt. Province as “Home of the Kankanais”. Hah, maybe we should encourage our Bontoc and Baliwon/Balangao activist-friends to make “sugod” the NSO to change their ill-advised title/description for Mt. Province. What you think, Layad?
Anyways, Applai is a Kankanaey sub-tribe so they should be included in the Kankanaey total. The Bontok/Binontok and Ibontoc are, of course, one group and should not have a separate count. Meanwhile, in case you are wondering, the Balangaos/Baliwons are from the eastern part of Mt. Province particularly Natonin and Paracelis.
I hope the NSO made a breakdown of the 16,197 who are listed as “other local ethnicity” but maybe they’re busy spending all their time coming up with trying-to-be-catchy-but-actually-silly titles like “Home of the Kankanais”.
Hala, let’s make sugod na the NSO so it will change that ridiculous title with an inclusive one.
