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* It is a sad day indeed when artists stop doing what they’re doing because of piracy. Dexter See reports that “artists in the Cordillera have stopped production of original compositions due to the rampant piracy which has resulted in bankruptcy among the local producers.” More at the NPT Blog.

* Check out the Sagada Guides’ photos of men in G-String, er, loin cloth. Maybe this will answer the question on whether Igorots wear underwear which we posted about here, eh?

* Our new sibling in the blogosphere, The Mountains of Kalinga, has a post on some common Kalinga words as well as some common Taloctoc sentences. Interestingly, some are like Kankanaey. For instance the Taloctoc “Ingkayon ot” for “Go ahead!” would be “Engka yo et” in our language.

* Watson has a review of the Cordillera Coffee in SM Baguio. The long and short of it: Nice looking cafe, service needs improvement. [Baguio-Quezon]

* Via A Raconteur’s Attempt, we discover a kailiyan who is a flight nurse. Wow. That would be a glamorous job, no? Not really according to iTadian Ruthie Bilagot. Read her post here.

* If setting up sidewalk cafes along Session Road will make Baguio a more livable city, then we should be all for it, right? They should do something about vehicle traffic though. I’m not sure you’d want to go sidewalk-cafe-drinking if you’ll end up ingesting all those gas exhaust. [Sunstar]

* Seems like the question of whether or not Tabuk City and the other cities created last year are qualified to become a city is going all the way to the Supreme Court. [Inquirer]

* Ibaloi families displaced from Binga and Ambuklao renew claims against the National Power Corporation. [Inquirer]

* The peace and order situation in Abra is improving according to Governor Eustaquio Bersamin. [Bulletin]

* Lisa has a must read on how future Panagbenga celebrations can be improved. [Baguio Insider]

* Benguet board member proposes the creation of an OFW desk in all Benguet municipalities. [Sunstar]

* In observance of Women’s Month, the Digital Chain has some facts about women. Like, if Barbie is real she’d be walking on all fours. [Digital Chain]

* I suppose this is investigative journalism? I admire PCIJ but that post was quite underwhelming. Like it’s news that we fight the cold by “wearing several layers of clothes”? In fairness, the pictures look great. [PCIJ]

* A tragic accident cost the life of Canadian Otto Unsinn who fell down when walking en route to his wife’s village in Balbalan, Kalinga. [Voice of Kalinga]

* Pukengkeng has a “haynaku” poem about homecomings which you should read. [PLF]

* Belated happy women’s day especially to Lovelyn who explains what Italians mean when they say “Peste le donne”. [Raconteur]

* Does your pastor love your money more than your soul? This man believes that they do. [W Todcor]

* Gerry Alanguilan has a post on an Ifugao story serialized in Hiwaga komiks back in the 1950s. Read it here. [Komikero]