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Lawin victims get P135.2-M shelter aidThe Department of Social Welfare and Development has provided P135.2 million in assistance to over 27,000 families whose homes were destroyed by Typhoon...
View ArticleDalog wants ‘Igorots are not Filipinos’ tag in Romulo book checked
By Wabilyn Lomong-oy and Roger SacyatenBONTOC, Mountain Province – Igorots are not Filipinos!That was the ascription of a once venerable Filipino for the tribal people of the Cordillera in a book that...
View ArticleX’mas bazaar for Miss Universe visit approved
By Dexter A. See BAGUIO CITY – The city council approved the request of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Baguio (HRAB) for a month-long Christmas bazaar from Dec. 1 to Jan.1 to generate funds...
View Article8 non-voting gov’t agencies included in Cordillera RDC
By Dexter A. SeeLA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Cordillera Regional Development Council approved a resolution confirming eight special non-voting members in the region’s policy-making body for 2016-2019...
View ArticleBatac City takes tourism dip after Marcos burial
By Jennifer T. PambidBATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte -- New tourism developments are being planned by the provincial and city governments to make Batac a ‘city of parks’ in Ilocos Norte.This, after this city...
View ArticleMan shot dead in Tabuk; slays up
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Shootings have alarmingly risen in this city latest of whom was a man who was shot Nov. 30 around 10 p.m. here at Dagupan West. Police identified the victim as Roberto Quejada...
View ArticleCity council signifies support to Baguio IPMR
By March L. FianzaBAGUIO CITY – City councilors of this summer capital indicated last week their support to the position of the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) in the legislative...
View ArticleSolon slams Ched of bias in CAR director’s appointment
By Erlindo Agwilang Jr.MOUNTAIN PROVINCE Rep. Maximo B. Dalog slammed the Commission on Higher Education for not appointing a full-time regional director for its regional office in the Cordillera...
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Tabuk gov’t employee arrested for illegal gunTABUK CITY, Kalinga – An employee of Tabuk City government identified as Christopher Caldingon Bongabong, 29, resident of Purok-6, Bulanao here was arrested...
View Article2 slain for ‘drawing guns’ against cops
PULILAN, Bulacan -- Roy Ramos, with aliases of Taroy and Talugo, and his partner, identified only as Rarat, residents of Barangay Cristo here were killed when they allegedly drew their guns during a...
View Article1 dead, 32 hurt in Ilocos accidents
A woman died and 32 others were injured in separate road accidents Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur on Nov. 27.Mylene de Vera died while 25 others were injured when their jeepney rammed a concrete fence and...
View ArticleEx-Ecija mayor, 11 others charged over P102-M deal
By Manny GalvezSAN ANTONIO, Nueva Ecija – This town’s former mayor has been charged along with 11 others in connection with the allegedly anomalous government projects amounting to P102 million.Former...
View Article‘Mismanaged’ Abra power cooperative seeks NEA aid
BANGUED, Abra — The Abra Electric Cooperative’s financial problems are hampering efforts to rehabilitate power lines recently damaged by super-typhoon Lawin.Loreto Seares Jr., Abreco general manager,...
View ArticleBaguio b’gays to get taxes from businesses
By Dexter A. SeeBAGUIO CITY – The City Council approved on first reading a proposed ordinance authorizing barangays to issue business permits to sari-sari stores and to collect business taxes for their...
View ArticleDuterte wants Clark airport terminal completed by 2019
By Ding CervantesCLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga — President Duterte wants the construction of a new airport passenger terminal here completed during his term.Bases Conversion Development Authority president...
View ArticleCarabao Mountain to be painted green and white by DOT
By Gaby KeithBAGUIO CITY – The Summer Capital may soon have another popular tourist attraction, “selfie” background and climate change mitigator.The city government and the Department of Tourism...
View ArticleBaguio peace talks sets January 25 Rome meet
BAGUIO CITY -- A seven-day session on peace issues is slated on Jan. 18-25, 2017 in Rome, to be attended by Filipinos including chief peace negotiator Silvestre Bello III.Bello III, a lawyer who was in...
View ArticleWhy punish poor for govt’s inefficiency?
ON DISTANT SHOREBy Val G. Abelgas I just came from a brief trip to the Philippines with my wife to be with her mother on the latter’s 89th birthday, and like most who have recently been to the...
View ArticleJHMC conducts outreach mission in Banaue, Ifugao
COMMUNITY BILLBOARDZyrelle A. Del PradoBANAUE, Ifugao -- The John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC), a subsidiary of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), through its corporate social...
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SSS offers loan restructuringBANGUED, Abra -- Worried of penalties on delinquent loans and nothing left from your retirement benefits from the Social Security System?Here's the solution SSS is offering...
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