Sagada officials hit NPA attack; death of soldier
SAGADA, Mountain Province – Officials of this tourist town denounced members of the New People’s Army (NPA) following the ambush of government soldiers and policemen here at a mountain ridge of...
View ArticleNCIP scholars plant trees To celebrate IP Month
By Rocky NgalobBAGUIO CITY – In celebration for the 22nd Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month with the theme; IPs as partners in attaining inclusive peace and sustainable development, NCIP-CAR taps its very...
View ArticleIfugao farm roads boost heirloom rice production
By Elvy S. TaquioBANAUE, Ifugao -- Three farm-to-market roads are now being constructed to boost heirloom rice production areas in Ifugao.The roads are being built under the Dept. of Agriculture’s...
View ArticleMeet Charlie, online travel assistant of Cebu Pacific
Last-minute arrangements for flights, or an urgent concern regarding travel plans can become a worry for travelers. Often, airline passengers want immediate answers to give them some peace of mind or...
View ArticleBaguio City Council probes Bonifacio St. footbridge
By Jordan G. HabbilingBAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Council is now probing a footbridge without stairs on both ends that made the rounds on social media recently which drew flak from Baguio residents...
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Laugh dengue out with tawa-tawa
HAPPY WEEKENDGina DizonSAGADA, Mountain Province -- I had this feeling I was hit with dengue three days ago. A biting, hot pricking, nagging fever, numbness with no appetite to eat but to drink and...
View ArticleThe Biblical Jesus
TRUTH FOR TODAYJun Malazo "When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John...
View ArticleA discovery almost lost in time: Kalinga's archeological treasure
BEHIND THE SCENESAlfred P. Dizon(Hereunder is an article by the Philippine Information Agency for this column this week):RIZAL, Kalinga -- A plain, open grassland in a remote provincial town. Who...
View ArticleResetting barangay, SK elections
EDITORIALIncumbent barangay officials must be grinning from ear to ear after the Senate approved on third and final reading Tuesday a bill postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK)...
View ArticleCable cars from Baguio to La Union eyed to ease travel
BAGUIO CITY -- The city government and Dept. of Transportation (DOTr) are eying a cable car system to ease traffic congestion in the summer capital. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade “offered for the city...
View Article22 charged in ambush of ex-Pangasinan governor
By Liezle Basa-Inigo LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Twenty-two suspects including 10 John Does, were charged last Monday at the city prosecutor’s office in San Carlos City, Pangasinan, in the ambush of former...
View ArticleMan slain in Sablan gunfight with cops
SABLAN, Benguet – A drug suspect was slain here in an alleged shoot-out with cops . Killed was Arturo Apolinario Bullo, 46, of km 4, Asin Road, Baguio City when he allegedly engaged police in a...
View ArticleCharges set vs Ifugao PNP officer for slay of 2 Bauko, Kibungan cops
Finger-wrestling row turns fatal BANAUE, Ifugao – Charges for murder are set to be filed against a police officer for allegedly shooting to death two fellow officers over a finger-wrestling match here...
View ArticleSandiganbayan denies motions of convicted ex-Kalinga mayor, wife
QUEZON CITY -- The Sandiganbayan Seventh Division has denied the motions filed by former Tabuk Mayor Camilo T. Lammawin Jr. of Kalinga and his wife Salud Imatong Lammawin seeking to overturn their...
View ArticleMagalong warns ‘hell will break loose’ after getting death threats
By Aileen P. RefuerzoBAGUIO CITY —Mayor Benjamin Magalong warned Thursday “hell will break loose” on those who want to silence him as he revealed he was receiving death threats following his...
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7 PMA cadets, 2 doctors face charges over killingBAGUIO CITY – Seven upper-class cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) and two doctors of the military institution have been tagged as...
View Article133 Baguio roads cleared / P2.2 billion city budget
CITY HALL BEAT Aileen P. RefuerzoBAGUIO CITY – This summer capital is hastening ways to ease traffic. For one, the city government through the City Engineering Office reported that a total of 133 roads...
View ArticleMaximizing role of IPMRs on IPs education
INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVESDionie Chungalan BARLIG, Mt. Province – To maximize the role of indigenous peoples mandatory representatives (IPMRs), the indigenous cultural community (ICC) or indigenous...
View ArticleDrug suspect slain in Bulacan town
By Ramon Efren LazaroMALOLOS, Bulacan — A suspected drug dealer was killed in an alleged shootout with police officers in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan Tuesday.Michael Kristan Dandan drew his gun when he...
View ArticleCauayan farmers enter digital arena
By Leander DomingoCAUAYAN, Isabela -- Farmers here are set to go digital through a collaboration between Smart Communications Inc. and the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) of the Dept. of...
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