Kalinga-Apayao remained a single province in 1987, when the late President Corazon Aquino created the Cordillera Administrative Region, after forging peace with slain rebel priest Conrado Balweg.

MANILA, Philippines – Apayao in the Cordillera Administrative Region was designated by UNESCO as one of the 11 new biosphere reserves for 2024 last July. The Philippines’ fourth biosphere ...