Loakan Airport reopening set 2020
By Rithan Haize DullonaBAGUIO CITY -- The city government is mulling the reopening of the Loakan Airport, which ceased commercial operations in the 1990s, through a public-private partnership (PPP).In...
View ArticleCity gov’t moves to protect Busol watershed vs squatters
By Aileen P. RefuerzoBAGUIO CITY – The city government began its planned series of actions to protect the critical Busol watershed, the city’s biggest source of potable water, against further...
View ArticleSM, Megawide, Robinson’s to join Baguio terminal proj
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong said three Manila-based terminal operators have already signified their intention to participate in the city government’s plan to put up a south-bound terminal...
View ArticlePangasinan fuel retailers ‘violating safety standards’
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan — Several fuel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) retailers in Pangasinan have been found violating standards in fuel safety, the Dept. of Energy said last week.The DOE said its...
View ArticleDAR issues 654 CLOAS to Tabuk City farmers
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga -- The Dept. of Agrarian Reform provincial office distributed 654 Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in this city. The lands they...
View ArticleChild laborers in Ifugao to be profiled: DOLE
LAGAWE, Ifugao – Child laborers were reported to abound in this province, some working in farms or as house helpers. For this, the provincial Dept. of Labor and Employment hired 14 interns under the...
View ArticleSablan view deck tourist spot with local products
By Dionisio Dennis, Jr.SABLAN, Benguet-- The municipal government here is giving tourists and ordinary travelers, who come to Baguio through Ilocos and La Union provinces, an alternative attraction...
View ArticleNCIP pushes non-military means to Cordi insurgency
By Rocky Ngalob QUEZON CITY -- The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples – Cordillera Administrative Region urged non-military approach to stop insurgency in the Cordillera last week in response to...
View ArticleDOST scholarship applications open
By Julie G. FianzaBAGUIO CITY- Department of Science and Technology (DOST) scholarships are available for graduating senior high students in Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and...
View ArticleDPWH Cagayan upgrades regional Apayao linkage
By Liezle InigoLASAM, Cagayan -- The 180-km road section along Ayaga-Sta. Marcela- Flora-Lasam Road in this municipality is now fully-concreted.This was reported last week by Dept. of Public Works and...
View ArticleMayor pushes ‘win-win solution’ to transport woes
By Dexter A. See BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong said concerned government agencies and the city government will help the city’s transport sector look for ‘win-win solution’ with...
View ArticleSession Road heritage fest ordinance pushed
By Jordan G. HabbilingBAGUIO CITY -- The city council approved on first reading the proposed ordinance to institutionalize a “Session Road History and Heritage Festival” on the third Saturday of April...
View ArticleMagalong files suit vs firm for ‘poisoning’ pine trees
By Jessa Mardy SamidanBAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong filed an environmental complaint before the Office of the City Prosecutor against a private landowner for using “poisonous or toxic...
View ArticlePublic land titling applications now acceptable in barangays
BAGUIO CITY – Barangay local government units can now accept applications for titling of public lands.This, after Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Environment Sec. Roy A. Cimatu issued of...
View ArticlePUVMP to fix Phl transport system; 24-hour public rides
BAGUIO CITY-- Government transport and financing agencies on Wednesday briefed around 500 stakeholders in Baguio and Benguet on the government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP)...
View ArticlePOLICE ROUNDUP
43 wanted men nabbed P4-M marijuana bricks confiscated in BaguioBAGUIO CITY -- Some 43 wanted persons and law violators were arrested in this summer capital while over P4 million worth of marijuana...
View ArticleSaint Louis produces new breed of inventors
BAGUIO CITY-- The trend for future engineers is changing and Baguio’s biggest and oldest university, Saint Louis University (SLU), is adapting as it geared towards producing more scientists from the...
View ArticleBizman, 60 is architect, sculptor, painter rhymer
Pigeon M. LobienBAGUIO CITY -- Sixty-year-old architect Fredi Agunoy finds more time to pursue art, which means frequent exhibits for the group he practically founded, the Salonpas Group of Artists.“I...
View ArticleAgricultural rituals of Sabangan
Francis B. Degay SABANGAN, Mountain Province -- Like other communities in the Cordillera region, villagers of Sabangan annually perform their traditional beliefs and practices that make them healthy,...
View ArticleBaguio ‘distracted walking’ law set; Session Road area set for local folks
BAGUIO CITY -- The use of mobile devices such as cellphones, tablets, and other similar items while walking is now prohibited in the city, even as a portion Supper Session Road will now be closed This,...
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