200 photographers pick up shovels for rice terraces
Charlie, a farmer, stepped out of his house early Thursday in G-string to await visitors who may hold the future of the rice terraces in their hands.
Wanted Weekend Warriors
Photo by Mon Corpuz MANILA, Philippines — If to see the Banaue Rice Terraces is on your bucket list, you may need to hurry up to see them and be awed by their beauty and majesty before it’s too late.
P30M allocated to repair Ifugao rice terraces
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has set aside P20 million to repair the damaged rice terraces in four Ifugao towns, which were eroded through years of abnormally high rainfall, a top agency official said on Sunday.
Voluntourists to rebuild the Batad Rice Terraces
A group has started a project which aims to save a living heritage by restoring Ifugao’s Batad Rice Terraces, a World Heritage Site, which were damaged by a series of typhoons.
Road to save terraces leads to Ifugao homes
Residents of the village of Batad in Banaue, Ifugao, will open their doors on Feb. 3 to tourists, as well as the country’s top businessmen, who have been invited to help rebuild centuries-old rice terraces that collapsed due to strong monsoon rains.
Ifugao lawmaker: Fix roads to rice terraces to make trip more fun
"Getting upstairs" might be more fun in the Philippines. But what if the roads to known tourist attractions like the Ifugao rice terraces are pot-holed and few?
‘More fun’ campaign not enough - lawmaker
CAMPAIGNS by the government to attract more tourists into the country are not complete without featuring the grandeur of the Ifugao Rice Terraces. The latest campaign of the Department of Tourism with the slogan: “It’s More Fun in the Philippines” is no different.
In Banaue, water system seen solution to feud
BAGUIO CITY—The tourist town of Banaue in Ifugao is developing a water distribution system amid complaints that the water supply of a village there is being controlled by a government-run hotel. Banaue Mayor Jerry Dalipog said potable spring water in Ifugao is being shared and rationed among villages because water pressure falls during the dry [...]
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