Naming of Baguio road after school icon pushed
By Pigeon Lobien BAGUIO CITY – A city councilor has proposed the naming of a street after a founder of one of the three bastions of education here.In a proposed ordinance to the city council this...
View ArticleFemale who sneaks in shabu in Benguet jail 1 in 5 nabbed in drug ops
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Five drug suspects were arrested in buy-bust operations in Benguet recently, one of them, a female visitor at the Benguet provincial jail who tried to sneak in shabu inside the...
View ArticleCourt wants Chavit Singson's 'trolls' nabbed
NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur — A court hearing cyber libel complaints in Abra and Ilocos provinces wants two alleged “trolls” of a well-known influential politician caught to answer a defamation complaint of a...
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Bontoc, Sagada execs claim tourism sites in their towns
Blue Soil/Kaman OtekBy Gina DizonSAGADA, Mountain Province – Officials of the adjacent municipalities of Sagada and Bontoc are both claiming popular sites frequented by tourists particularly Blue Soil,...
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Manila mayor lets Benguet veggie traders in Divisoria
VEGGIE TRUCKERS WELCOMED. Manila Mayor Francisco ‘Isko Moreno’ Domagoso (3rd from left) pose for a photo with leaders of the vegetable farmer and traders association led by Benguet Gov. Melchor Diclas...
View ArticleNew ‘Bago’ NCIP Cordi director assumes office
By Rocky NgalobBAGUIO CITY – The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples – Cordillera Administrative Region (NCIP – CAR) has a new director -- Dr. Manuel Jaramilla who assumed office Monday.In his...
View ArticleBaguio City legal office: Irisan lot deals bogus
By Aileeen P. RefuerzoBAGUIO CITY – The City Legal Office has affirmed the questionable transactions over lands in Irisan barangay as divulged by Mayor Benjamin Magalong in August last year.In a legal...
View ArticleAmbulance falls Bontoc ravine; two dead, 3 hurt
BONTOC, Mountain Province -- Two persons died while three others were injured when an ambulance fell into a ravine here in Sitio Doddo, Barangay Talubin Tuesday. Police said Earole Kurt Akiate, 21, and...
View ArticleMass wedding set Feb 14 / Upping Baguio revenue
CITY HALL BEATAileen P. RefuerzoBAGUIO CITY - The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-IBIG Fund Baguio Branch in partnership with the city government of Baguio will conduct its annual mass...
View Article‘No talk, no mistake’
LETTERS FROM THE AGNOMarch L. Fianza It is a failure mark itself. It is either that one is a genius or the opposite if any person can make an honest to goodness report about the situation of the war...
View ArticleThe Amazing Book
TRUTH FOR TODAYJun MalazoIt is the best selling book in the entire world with over 100 million copies printed every single year. It has been translated into 698 languages. According to statistics,...
View ArticleFallout from Soleimani assassination
PERRYSCOPEPerry DiazThe assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani sparked a turbulence that would definitely lead to a regional – or international – conflict the world has never seen since the end...
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Strawberry-picking in LT completes tourists’ thrill
STRAWBERRY PICKING. A local enjoys picking strawberries at the La Trinidad strawberry farms which has gained a status as among the favorite activity of tourists going to Baguio City. Strawberry picking...
View ArticleRed-tagging
EDITORIALGovernment and non-government representatives met at the Baguio City Hall on Jan. 8 to tackle what militant groups said was red-tagging being done on them by armed agencies of...
View ArticleNPA head, radioman surrender to Army
By Freddie LazaroSAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Two New People’s Army rebels have yielded separately to elements of the Army’s 91st Infantry Battalion at Barangay Antipolo, Bongabon, Nueva Ecija and in...
View ArticleSuspects in ex-Pangasinan PNP exec’s murder known
By Eva VisperasLINGAYEN, Pangasinan— Police have identified two persons of interest who could shed light on the murder of former Pangasinan police director Marlo Chan in Calasiao on Jan. 9.Edwin...
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Sagada’s Bucks second place in international baseball tilt
The Ganduyan Bucks junior baseball team of Sagada together with the coaches and trainers pose for a pictorial after landing in second place during the 2020 Pacific Super Game held at The Village Clark...
View Article11 ex-NPA rebels, supporters take oath; tell underground life
By Liza Agoot BONTOC, Mountain Province-- Eleven more former rebels and “Militia ng Bayan” members committed on Wednesday to serve the country, taking their oath of allegiance during a ceremony...
View ArticleCSC searches for Cordillera servant-heroes
BAGUIO CITY -- The Civil Service Commission-CAR announced the 2020 Search for Outstanding Government Workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region.Lawyer Marilyn E. Taldo, Cordillera regional...
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Mayor to groups: Help Banaue farmers maintain rice terraces
DIALOGUE -- Banaue, Ifugao mayor Wes Dulawan said they welcome discussions with a United Nations body, national and provincial government agencies to map out plans to improve the Ifugao rice terraces...
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