Bontoc woman is a human rights icon
By DESIREE CALUZA BAGUIO CITY— She is a mother to every Cordilleran. To many she is “Mother Petra.” With clenched fists, hers were the hands that nurtured the indigenous peoples’ aspiration to fight for their rights over their land. It is a battle she has been waging in Bontoc, Mt. Province since the dark days