Dengue cases up in Ifugao; drive on against the disease
By Marcelo B. LihgawonLAGAWE, Ifugao -- The Provincial Health Office has intensified its campaign against dengue with alarming increase of the dreaded disease in the province.In a radio interview,...
View ArticleCongress urged: Pass no parking, no register law
By Dexter A. See BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan urged Congress to pass a law that will include private vehicle owners in the government’s no parking, no registration policy to help reduce the...
View ArticleBackflow keeps 55 villages in CL under floodwater
By Freddie C. Velez and Franco G. RegalaCITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- — Despite sunny weather, backflow of floods in Nueva Ecija and Pampanga during super typhoon “Lawin” has now submerged 21...
View ArticleTour, events, hike held to promote Kalinga tourism
By Peter A. BalocnitLUBUAGAN, Kalinga- - The Provincial Tourism Office recently conducted a 3-day familiarization tour to promote Kalinga’s Village Hopping tour package. Lorraine Ngao-i of the PTO said...
View ArticleDiocese of Baguio starts radio program to tackle social issues
BAGUIO CITY -- The Diocese of Baguio, in partnership with The Baguio We Want Movement, recently launched a radio program for discussion and analysis of national and local issues affecting the...
View Article4th Ilocos bocap nabbed for drugs
By Bismarck BengwayanMALASIQUI, Pangasinan – A barangay chairman here was nabbed in a sting operation late Monday. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 1 director Jeoffrey C. Tacio disclosed a...
View ArticleMore drug suspects shot dead in Northern Luzon
MORE drug personalities were shot by police and suspected vigilantes in separate incidents in North and Central Luzon last week. Ilocos SurIn Ilocos Sur, Robert de la Cruz, an alleged...
View ArticleBaguio mayor hits PNP over selection of chiefs
By Dexter A. See BAGUIO CITY – The chief executive of this summer capital assailed the Philippine National Police over its practice of relieving and selecting police chiefs without consulting local...
View ArticleCircular economy and sustainable society
BANTAY GOBYERNO Ike SeñeresAccording to Wikipedia, circular economy is a “generic term for an industrial economy that promotes greater resource productivity aiming to reduce waste and avoid pollution...
View ArticleLooking for Halsema
LETTERS FROM THE AGNOMarch Fianza The road space fronting Cooyeesan and the strip along the opposite side have become private parking areas but for some reasons we do not know, the police...
View ArticleIs The Honeymoon Period Over?
By Erick San JuanThe first 100 days of the Duterte administration has shown several good and bad aspects in its governance. Those who voted for DU30 gradually find mistakes and a lot of blunders...
View ArticleDuterte’s flip- flop diplomacy
PERRYSCOPEPerry Diaz When President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte announced his “separation” from the United States during his state visit to China, it shook the world. Not that it would have changed the...
View ArticlePopulation and planning
By Gina Dizon Population increases. It does not decrease unless there is mass death. And so with increase of Philippine population from 76.5 million in year 2000 to 101 million in 2015, expect...
View ArticleInnocent child, casualty of gov’t war on drugs
BEHIND THE SCENESAlfred P. DizonParents and relatives of Danica Mae Garcia, an innocent casualty of the government’s war on drugs, are still gripped by the sorrow of her sudden and violent...
View ArticleDuterte rhetoric, policies could weaken peso: experts
EDITORIALFinancial experts and groups are saying the last time the Philippine peso neared 50 to the dollar, the global financial system was melting down and the central bank raised interest rates to...
View ArticleFive drug suspects slain; arrests lessen
FIVE DRUG SUSPECTS were slain in Bulacan last week even as the number of apprehensions lessened in North and Central Luzon.Miguel Santos, 52, was resting on his motorcycle along the road when he was...
View ArticleDengue fever cases in Ilocos down by 66%
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union — Dengue cases in the Ilocos region from January to date this year have decreased by 66.64 percent compared to the same period in 2015, the Department of Health (DOH)...
View ArticleP450-M school buildings being built in Mt Province
2 senior high inaugurated By Wabilyn M. Lomong-oy BONTOC, Mountain Province – Rep. Maximo Dalog said some P450 million worth of school buildings are now being constructed in the province. Latest to...
View ArticlePublic urged to chip in for giant Christmas tree
BAGUIO CITY – The city building and architecture office under engineer Nazita Banez is requesting the public to chip in for the giant Christmas tree project by donating household scraps.Architect Homer...
View ArticleBaguio sets rehab of drug ‘surrenderees’
By Aileen P. RefuerzoBAGUIO CITY – The city government adapted a process on management of illegal drug “surrenderees” or drug-related referrals for public and private entities.In Administrative Order...
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