Fires, logging, population, threaten Benguet forests
BUGUIAS, Benguet – Pine forests in northern Benguet particularly the towns of Atok, Bakun, Buguias, Kapangan, Kibungan, Mankayan and Tublay are threatened by growing population, increasing economic...
View ArticleIlocano weaver creates shroud for Marcos burial
LAOAG CITY -- Ilocos Norte’s pride and master weaver of inabel Magdalena Gamayo gets a rare opportunity to create a special death shroud as pabaon (keepsake) for the burial of former President...
View ArticleNBI files raps against Nueva Vizcaya lawmaker, 6 others
By Manny GalvezBAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed graft charges against a congresswoman and six other former and incumbent officials of the Nueva Vizcaya...
View Article‘Narco-mayor’ vows to clear name, reveal mastermind of ‘shabu’ lab
By Erwin Beleo NAGUILLAN, La Union — Mayor Reynaldo “Bobot” Flores of this town, who is one of the four alleged narco-politicians previously named by President Duterte in La Union, vowed during a rally...
View ArticleGroup formed to assess BC mine site for Baguio trash
BAGUIO CITY - Mayor Mauricio Domogan formally signed Administrative Order No. 083, series of 2016; creating the Technical Working Group (TWG) to evaluate Benguet Corporation’s Antamok open pit site...
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Five cops awarded; seven druggies slain in Cordillera CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet -- Five deserving Philippine National Police personnel were awarded here Monday with Andres Mencio Gondayao,...
View ArticleBaguio mayor to PNP: Validate drug reports
‘Trial by publicity’ By Dexter A. SeeBAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan urged police operatives, intelligence agents and anti-narcotics personnel to verify and validate inclusion of politicians,...
View ArticleMore drug suspects slain in Central, North Luzon
MORE drug suspects have been killed in separate incidents in Luzon last week. The seven fatalities were recorded in Bulacan with three; Pangasinan, two, and one in Isabela.Two of the fatalities in...
View ArticleP5K for tipsters of drug pushers
By Eva VisperasDAGUPAN CITY – The Pangasinan police will give a cash incentive of P5,000 for information leading to the arrest of drug pushers in the province.Supt. Jackie Candelario, Pangasinan police...
View ArticleSolgen urged: Oppose lower sentence against ‘protector narco-cop’
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Office of the Solicitor General has been urged to appeal the downgrading of a sentence against a former police officer tagged as the protector of a shabu laboratory in...
View ArticleKalinga groups cited for illegal drugs drive
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Police authorities in the province cited vital role of community-based organizations through the Barangay Anti Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) in anti-illegal drugs drive.Police...
View ArticleCordillera dengue cases increase by 31 percent
DOH places more b’gays on nationwide alert BAGUIO CITY -- More barangays have been placed under dengue alert, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Tuesday even as regional DOH-Cordillera office...
View ArticleBringing back career government officials
BANTAY GOBYERNO Ike SeñeresAs it is supposed to be, all positions in the Executive Branch starting from the position of Undersecretary all the way down to the Division Chiefs are supposed to be...
View ArticleKarateka fulfills annual humanitarian outreach
BENCHWARMER Ramon S. DacawiBAGUIO CITY -- Coming home from Germany where he has been based for years now has become an annual humanitarian pilgrimage of sorts for former world karate champion Julian...
View ArticleRep. Baguilat on House probe on De Lima /Endo
BEHIND THE SCENESAlfred P. DizonIFUGAO Rep. and contender for minority floor leadership Teddy Brawner Baguilat Jr. questioned the logic and propriety of House Resolution No. 105 calling for an...
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Vizcaya declares dengue holiday BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – It was a special non-working holiday in Isabela Thursday as the provincial government launched “all-out war” against dengue.Nueva Vizcaya Gov....
View ArticleBurying Marcos
EDITORIALIt would seem that the controversy over whether the late president Ferdinand Marcos should be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani would be solved – if protagonists would agree to just let the...
View ArticleLopez urged: Let Benguet town manage local forests
By Aldwin QuitasolLA TRINIDAD--The council of this capital town of the province of Benguet urged Environment Sec. Gina Lopez to turn over management of communal forests to the municipal...
View ArticleBaguio council wants to buy Tiong San, BPI, Plaza bldgs
Malcolm Square heritage zone BAGUIO CITY – The city council aired intention to buy Tiong San, BPI, Plaza Theatre, PS Bank buildings here as the legislative body approved on first reading a proposed...
View ArticleCordillera politicians join majority party PDP-Laban
SAGADA, Mountain Province – Political leaders from the Cordillera region took their oath as members of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) last Saturday after attending a day-long...
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