NEDA holds mapping workshop for Cordi regional development
BAGUIO CITY – The regional land use committee (RLUC) technical working group (TWG) members learned mapping techniques through a 3-day workshop for the enhancement of the Cordillera regional spatial...
View ArticleConstruction of Sagada town building above cave stopped
By Gina DizonSAGADA, Mountain Province -- Opposition of people from Barangay Taccong here on construction of a multipurpose building due to questionable issues led to stoppage of work on a P40 million...
View ArticleLow Pag-ibig Fund interest luring house loan borrowers
BAGUIO CITY – The low interest rate for Pag-ibig Fund loans is now enticing members to borrow from the government agency. Records from the Pag-Ibig Fund reveal that one in every four who have availed...
View ArticleBontoc b’gay health workers cited, paid
By Alpine L. KillaBONTOC, Mountain Province – Barangay health workers in this capital town received P7, 500 each as an honorarium for this year during the BHW Congress here Thursday at the Bontoc...
View ArticleDOT- CAR recognizes LGU, partners in tourism industry
BAGUIO CITY -- The Dept. of Tourism - Cordillera Regional Office honored regional tourism stakeholders particularly local government units and private sector for their contributions to advancement of...
View ArticleWHO cites Baguio for no-smoking program
By Gaby KeithBAGUIO CITY -- World Health Organization (WHO) representative to the Philippines Dr. Gundo Weiler cited the city government headed by Mayor Mauricio Domogan for passage of its smoke-free...
View ArticleLand Bank Kalinga serves more farmers
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga --Small farmers are now served by one of the government’s lending institutions giving low interest for agriculture production, equipment and machine loans.Albert Galut of Land...
View Article257 elected officials, 600 gov’t workers nabbed for drugs during Du30 term
BAGUIO CITY – The Duterte administration does not tolerate or condone, even people in government violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Law of 2002, Presidential Communications Operations Office...
View Article136 NPA rebels, supporters surrender to army’s 54th IB
KIANGAN, Ifugao – A new People’s Army rebel, 25 Militia ng Bayan members and three supporters of the communist group surrendered to the 54th Infantry (Magilas) Battalion here last week bringing total...
View ArticleFamily of 6 hacked dead in Cagayan
By Raymund Catindig TUGUEGARAO CITY -- — Six members of a family including three minors were hacked dead by an unidentified suspect in Gonzaga, Cagayan Tuesday.Chief Insp. Elpidio Zingapan, town police...
View Article4 Cordillera rape suspects arrested
CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Four rape suspects were arrested in a separate operations in Benguet and Kalinga, the Police Regional Office –Cordillera, reported last week. Supt....
View ArticleBaguio mayor pushes PUV modernization on case basis
By Dexter A. See BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan said implementation of the government’s public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization should be on a case-to-case basis with road worthiness of the...
View ArticleBaguio cites Carling for UN Earth Award
By Gaby KeithBAGUIO CITY – For winning the 2018 United Nations Champions of the Earth Award for Lifetime Achievement, the city congratulated and commended Joan Carling for her work as one of the...
View ArticleGunman in slay of P’sinan vice mayoralty bet nabbed
By Liezle Basa-IñigoSTO. TOMAS, Pangasinan – The gunman in the killing of a municipal councilor who is making a run for the position of vice mayor in the 2019 midterm polls was arrested here while his...
View ArticleIPs push amendments to Cordillera autonomy bill
BAGUIO CITY– Representatives from indigenous groups in the Cordillera pushed amendments to House Bill 5305 to make the region autonomous.Heated debates and passionate discussions were concluded through...
View ArticleFirst responders network
BANTAY GOBYERNOIke SeñeresI would not usually want to compare what a first world country with what a third world country is doing or not doing, but I also think that there are basic actions that all...
View ArticleCity wants buyers out from GSIS lot over pine stand
BENCHWARMERRamon DacawiNo business enterprise would have its name smeared for having destroyed Baguio’s pine forest beside the Baguio Convention Center for the sake of profit.This emerging view may yet...
View Article8 inspirational principles to be successful in the New Year
BEHIND THE SCENESAlfred P. Dizon(This space is by Jeff Boss,a principal and senior advisor at N2 Growth, author of Navigating Chaos: How To Find Certainty in Uncertain Situations and former Navy...
View ArticleIs Big Brother Xi watching us?
PERRYSCOPEPerry DiazRecently, a news report said that the Philippines and state-owned China International Telecommunications and Construction Corp. (CITCC) entered into a loan agreement to fund the...
View ArticlePigs living with humans in Baguio
EDITORIAL The downtown metropolis of this summer capital may pass as above average in terms of tourist come-ons, amenities and yes, maybe cleanliness, but unknown to many, barangays right at the town...
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