Cordi leaders boost campaign for autonomy

TABUK, Kalinga – Autonomy will not diminish the powers, functions and benefits already being exercised and enjoyed by the Cordillera region and its local government units under the present administrative set-up.

Instead, autonomy will give the Cordillera greater control of its remaining resources. It will give the national government legal basis to provide greater development support to a naturally rich yet poverty-stricken mountain region, the resources of which were exploited at its expense for the sake of national development. Read more