Campaigners of Councilor aspirant Bummy Bumanglag were seen posing with a Claravall sign (right), while Bumanglag himself was presumed to have been endorsed by the A-1 Team when they raised his hands in a campaign sortie. If what the pics say is true, then Bumanglag, a Timpuyog member is “namamangka sa tatlong ilog.” Siya nga […]
Day: April 23, 2016
Vergara to Rivals: Disclose Your Med-Health Records
BAGUIO CITY – Front-running congressional candidate Bernardo M. Vergara is challenging his rivals for the Lone District of Baguio to disclose before the people their respective health and medical records to prove how physically, mentally and psychologically fit to serve as the city’s congressman in the next three years. Dismissing what he termed as black […]
War veterans should get more benefits – Vergara
“Our World War II veterans should be afforded more appreciation and more material benefits for the sacrifices they have done and for their unparalleled acts of valour which resulted in the freedom and liberty we are enjoying today.” Thus stressed former Baguio Representative Bernardo Vergarato a group of Baguio residents in a caucus over the […]
Enrolment for senior high school underway
BAGUIO CITY – The Division of City Schools of the Department of Education announced that enrolment for upcoming senior high school students in the eight public secondary institutions offering senior high school strands in the city already started Monday. Dep Ed assistant regional director and concurrent City Schools Superintendent Francis Cesar B. Bringas urged parents […]
“My properties were legally acquired” – Domogan
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan said that all his existing properties were legally acquired through his practice of his legal profession even before joining politics, saying that not one among his properties were acquired illegally. The local chief executive underscored that when he was lawyering for some Ibaloi families in Baguio and Benguet, […]
City’s CCTV project implementation in full swing
BAGUIO CITY – The city is in the thick of implementing the first phase of its closed-circuit television (CCTV) technology system, a project envisioned to provide a “pro-active, aggressive and immediate” response to situations of public concern. Mayor Mauricio Domogan approved the project as part of the city’s thrust to come up with a unified […]
Comelec reminds proper size and posting of campaign materials
BAGUIO CITY – – The Commission on Election reminds candidates of the proper size and posting of election campaign materials as it intensifies the conduct of “Oplan Baklas”. Attorney John Paul Martin, Baguio City Election Officer, said that even if supporters are the ones who placed the prohibited campaign paraphernalia outside of designated common posting […]
DOLE’s TUPAD to help protect in communal forests in Benguet
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – – A community-based employment generation project to address environmental concerns is underway under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Displaced/ Disadvantaged Workers or TUPAD program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in partnership with the local government. Seeing the need to focus on the environment, Governor Nestor Fongwan proposed the […]
Hope still springs in the rehabilitation of rivers
BAGUIO CITY – – There is still hope in improving the water quality of the river systems in the city with the decreasing trend of mixed wastes collected yearly from the river catchments and the improvement of water quality sampled, according to the City Environment and Parks Management Office- Waste Water and Ambient Management Division […]
PDEA-CAR Cuffs 2 Drug Group Members
Two members of a notorious local drug group operating within Baguio City and Benguet were arrested during a buy-bust operation along Buhagan Road corner P. Burgos, Baguio City. Duane Castillejo Aluyen, 27 years old, jobless and a resident of Ambiong, Baguio City was arrested when he sold a heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing 5.4796 grams […]