‘To allow a person, who is found by the Comelec not to be a natural-born Filipino citizen, to run for President of the Philippines constitutes a mockery of the election process,’ says the senior associate justice MANILA, Philippines – “The framers of the Constitution, and the Filipino people who ratified the Constitution, could not have […]
Day: March 12, 2016
Mayor seeks talks with Tuba dads anew
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan appealed to the Tuba municipality council to “reconsider their stand against the city” on the operation of the city’s Asin mini-hydroelectric plants and suggested the rescheduling of their earlier botched dialogue to thresh out the issues. In a letter to the Tuba sanggunian members headed by Vice Mayor Clarita […]
Punong Barangays’ meeting
BAGUIO CITY – Village heads from the city’s 128 barangays during their regular meeting last week tackled various issues with the Anti-Graffiti body, personnel from the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) and Commission of Elections-Baguio. P/Supt Alexis Marinas, deputy to BCPO Officer-in-Charge George Daskeo gave a briefing as to police programs against crimes. Lambat-Sibat, as […]
City approves anti-poverty projects
BAGUIO CITY – Priority projects intended to reduce poverty incidence in the city of Baguio were recently approved by the city council for funding and implementation by the line agencies in 2017. Topping the five priority poverty reduction projects to be funded by the city government here for bottom-up budgeting (BuB) include the maintenance of […]
City puts up own stations of the cross for Lenten season
BAGUIO CITY – If you can’t go to Holy Land, then let Holy Land go to you. In keeping with the spirit of the Lenten Season, the city government created its own version of the spiritual trail of the 15 Stations of the Cross or Via Crucis Exercitium at the Dominican Hill and Retreat House […]
CHIZ TO GOV’T: PROTECT, EQUIP FIREFIGHTERS
Vice-presidential frontrunner Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the government should match the bravery and courage of close to 19,000 firefighters in the country with protective gears and firefighting equipment to ensure their safety while they protect people’s lives and properties from the hazards of fire and other emergencies. Unfortunately, he said, many of these firefighters […]
SUMVAC festival highlights Baguio as city of prayer
BAGUIO CITY – Baguio City highlights its status as a city of prayer and retreat when “Summer Vacation (SUMVAC) in Baguio,” a calendar of activities for the Holy Week and the rest of the long vacation unfolds here starting this month. Various religious activities to be mounted by ecumenical and inter-faith groups in the city […]
Poe should be ashamed of herself
GRACE Poe-Llamanzares, indeed, should be. Her consuming greed for power, her vaulting personal ambition to be President has yoked even the highest court of our land to her will, dragging its justices to the level of her and her patron President Aquino’s legal manservants. One can argue that the question of whether Llamanzares is natural-born […]
>Impeachment para sa 9 na SC Justices!!! >Nakasisiguro ba si Tong Aliping?!?!
Impeachment para sa 9 na SC Justices – Kung saka-sakali Poe na mamalasin ang ating bansa ay sa unang pagkakataon magkakaroon tayo ng isang pangulo na hindi pa kuwalipikadong tumakbo para sa pinakamataas na posisyon ng bansa at pati na rin ang first gentleman ay isang US citizen at ang mga anak Poe nila ay […]
SEIZING SUSPECTED NOKOR SHIP RECKLESS & PROVOCATIVE
I almost fell off from my seat when I read the Sunday newspapers reporting that a SUSPECTED (caps to highlight) North Korean cargo vessel “Jin Teng” docked in Subic port delivering palm kernel for farm animal feeds was impounded as part of the United Nations asset freeze sanction against volatile North Korea for its missile […]