BAGUIO CITY – the Office of the City Prosecutor this week cited its accomplishment for this year during Mondays Flag Raising ceremony here. Prosecutor Rolando Vergara said,” the office has received a total of 2,337 new complaints under normal preliminary investigation or summary procedure from January to September this year. Vergara said, “out of the […]
Day: December 14, 2015
Bicameral committee approved P3.002 trillion national budget
Baguio Representative Nicasio M. Aliping, Jr. announced the approval of the bi-cam report of the House and Senate bicameral conference committee on House Bill 6132 or the 2016 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which reconciled the amendments of both chambers. Aliping, a member of the Committee on Appropriation said the 2016 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) provides […]
CHIZ: SC HAS FINAL SAY ON POE’S PRESIDENTIAL RUN
Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the ultimate decision whether his running mate Sen. Grace Poe is qualified or not to run for the highest position in the land rests with the Supreme Court (SC) once it rules with finality on the legal questions surrounding her candidacy. Escudero, an independent vice-presidential candidate, is optimistic that Poe […]
Duterte-Cayetano tandem push for decentralization, spreading growth to other regions
In an effort to address the metro’s worsening traffic congestion and to achieve inclusive growth throughout the country, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano are pushing for the decentralization of government power to spur development in the countryside. “For the longest time, the drive for development is mainly focused […]
Contractor told to correct Christmas tree errors
BAGUIO CITY – The contractor of the Baguio Christmas Tree at Session Road has been told as early as Dec. 2 to rectify the errors and deficiencies found by the city buildings and architecture office (CBAO) after inspecting the structure on Dec. 1. In a letter dated Dec. 2, Arch. Homer Soriano of the CBAO […]
City prepares parking areas this peak season
BAGUIO CITY – The summer capital of the Philippines will be expecting voluminous influx of both domestic and foreign visitors this Christmas season. Along with the said voluminous visitors is the problem on parking space in the city. To address the parking problem, in his weekly forum, mayor Mauricio Domogan disclosed that the city has […]
Christmas traffic plan mapped out
BAGUIO CITY – A traffic plan has been mapped out for the expected influx of tourists in the city for the Christmas and New Year break. Mayor Mauricio Domogan on Wednesday said the Traffic and Transportation Management Committee (TTMC) has firmed up the road contingency measures with the hope of alleviating if not totally avoiding […]
City continues to regulate increase of HIV cases
BAGUIO CITY – The Health Services Office has recently recorded and average of nine Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases in the city every year starting 2011 to 2015, most of the new cases are MSM (men having sex with men). Mayor Mauricio stressed that the city has the Baguio AIDS Watch Council (AWAC) headed by […]
Mayor wants clarity on the implementation of infra projects
BAGUIO CITY – Some city officials are wondering why a number of infra projects in the city has not been implemented. Calendar year 2015 is about to end and yet there are identified priority projects in the city that has not yet been implemented. The causes of delay in the implementation of the said projects […]
Local human rights action team up for creation
BAGUIO CITY – A Baguio City Human Rights Action Team (BCHRAcT) will soon be formed here as part of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR)’s Human Rights Action Center and Rule of Law (HRAC and RoL) strategy to mainstream human rights principles at the grassroots level. The CHR-CAR headed by officer-in-charge regional director Romel Daguimol […]