John Hay businesses generate 6,078 jobs
BUSINESS TRENDSBAGUIO CITY – The John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC) reported its existing locators within the John Hay Special Economic Zone (JHSEZ) generated some 6,078 jobs for local residents as...
View ArticleYoung Abrenians into loom weaving to keep culture alive
INDIGENOUS ARTLA PAZ, Abra -- Still hands, focused mindset, hard work and patience. These are needed to achieve a pure art to a loom weaving technique that many do not have. It is a laborious process...
View ArticleDA: Cordillera heirloom rice has strong market potential
AGGIE UPDATEBAGUIO CITY -- The Department of Agriculture is promoting the continuing production of heirloom or traditional rice in the region, not only for its cultural/historical value but also given...
View ArticleSecret to life is in our stars
EASTWINDBernie LopezSeventy-year-old Kevin was so bored with life that he started thinking of death. He started getting sick with imagined diseases. In total depression, wanting to die but not knowing...
View ArticleBaguio lists 3 firecracker injuries / Mayor revs up program momentum
CITY HALL BEATAileen P. RefuerzoBAGUIO CITY – The city failed to duplicate its zero-firecracker-injury feat last year as it chalked up three casualties, two of whom “passive” meaning the injuries were...
View ArticleEven New Year resolutions are recycled
LETTERS FROM THE AGNOMarch L. FianzaIn these times when the environment needs to be sustained, recycling anything from paper, metal and plastics into reusable forms is what environmentalists want us to...
View ArticleThe Secret of Success
TRUTH FOR TODAYJun MalazoIf you are like most people, chances are you’ve probably made some sort of a New Year’s resolution in the years gone by. Perhaps you set a goal to accomplish something new or...
View ArticleSergei Magnitsky did not die in vain
PERRYSCOPEPerry DiazLast December 11, 2019, a U.S. Senate committee passed Senate Resolution 142, invoking the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. It put a lot of officials in foreign...
View ArticleFacing 2020 / Keeping new year resolutions
BEHIND THE SCENESAlfred P. DizonThe Philippines faces 2020 with great hope according to a Social Weather Stations survey basing from 96 percent of people polled in the fourth-quarter. The SWS said this...
View ArticleDelinquent employers liable for non-remittance
EDITORIAL With the start of the new year, beware employers who fail to remit Social Security System (SSS) remittances. The SSS, in partnership with the Philippine National Police (PNP), recently...
View ArticleBridge opened in Ilocos, travel time to Abra cut
NUEVA ERA, Ilocos Norte -- A new two-lane bridge has been opened here, the Department of Public Works and Highways said last week.The newly constructed Centennial Bongo Bridge replaced the old Bongo...
View Article'Build, Build, Build' creates over 6K jobs in CAR in 2019
BAGUIO CITY-- The massive infrastructure development agenda of the Duterte administration is benefiting thousands of families with over 6,000 jobs created in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)...
View ArticleWorld’s largest residential yacht docks in Ilocos port
By Freddie LazaroCURRIMAO, Ilocos Norte — The world’s largest privately-owned residential yacht carrying at least 200 tourists had docked here at Port of Currimao on Monday to explore the various...
View ArticleLandslide at Apayao road blocks access to 4 villages
LUNA, Apayao -- A landslide at a national road in Marag Valley has blocked access to four villages of this town.Jomar Bragas, Luna disaster risk reduction management officer bared this saying...
View ArticleTwo Benguet towns to host hydroelectric plant for Luzon
By Liza AgootLA TRINIDAD, Benguet-- This capital town of Benguet and Sablan town will jointly host a 20-megawatt hydroelectric power plant expected to be operational 20 months after it starts...
View ArticleTeachers licensure exam application on until Jan 29
BAGUIO CITY – Application for the March 2020 licensure exam for professional teachers ongoing until Jan. 29.Professional Regulatory Commission officer in charge Juanita Domogen bared this saying...
View ArticleLa Trinidad workers told: Walk to work
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet-- The mayor here is asking employees of the municipal government to leave their cars at home to ensure that clients renewing permits and paying taxes will have parking spaces....
View ArticleBila potters show traditional firing of earthen clay pots
By Francis B. DegayBAUKO, Mountain Province – Officials and folks and visitors witnessed geba, an indigenous cooking of clay pots here in Bila recently.Bila is one of the barangays of the famous...
View Article'Crazy’ Baguio arts exhibit ‘Ibagtit’ scheduled Feb 8
By Pigeon Lobien BAGUIO CITY – Some 30 artists from at least five mediums will hold a one-of-a-kind exhibit at what is called the media center of Baguio and the Cordilleras – the Luisas Café on...
View ArticleLa Trinidad’s Highland Phl’s top boxing promoter
By Pigeon Lobien LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Highland Boxing Promotions based in La Trinidad, Benguet has been named by BoxRec as the Philippines’ top promoter of professional boxing for the year 2019....
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