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Vergara – “I didn’t quit, I will fight to the finish!”

Few days before the election and some candidates are now subject to black propaganda, concocted obviously by parties who would benefit from them. A week ago, Bobby “Bungo” Ortega was the subject of a very bad rumour that he died unexpectedly. This was immediately belied by the Councillor’s camp saying Bungo is alive, well, and […]

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No bail allowed in Aliping’s forest destruction case at Sandiganbayan

No bail may be allowed by the Sandiganbayanin the forest destruction case filed by the DENR against incumbent Baguio Representative Nicasio Aliping, Jr. and 3 contractors once their trial commences. This was stated in a manifestation with motion addressed to Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Gerard Mosquera, concurrent environmental ombudsman, by the DENR-CAR dated April 27 […]

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Abra under ‘Comelec control’

BAGUIO CITY – Six day before the May 9 elections, the province of Abra is placed under ‘Commission on Election (Comelec) control’. This was announced during the Cordillera Regional Joint Security Coordinating Center Final Command Conference on Tuesday, (May 3) here. Places under COMELEC control fall under “the immediate and direct control and supervision” of […]

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DepEd Baguio assures readiness for senior high school

BAGUIO CITY – – Enrolment in public schools is now officially open and the Department of Education – Cordillera, Division of Baguio assures readiness for the implementation of the grade 11 of the Senior High School under the country’s K to 12 basic education system. Dr. Francis Caesar Bringas, DepEd – CAR OIC Asst. Regional […]

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233 hectares of NGP areas in Kalinga affected by wild grass fires

TABUK CITY, Kalinga – At least 233 hectares of reforestation sites under the National Greening Program (NGP) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the province were burned in wild grassfires this season. Based on the report of Severino Dalutag, Tabuk City Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer (CENRO), the sites were […]

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More tourists visit Cordillera

BAGUIO CITY – More tourists visited the Cordillera region last year than in 2014. The Department of Tourism (DOT) reported that a total of 1,491,867 domestic tourists, 1,402,582 foreign tourists and 88,626 balikbayan visited the Cordillera last year. This registered a 29 percent growth rate compared to the 3.77 percent growth rate in 2014. Cordillera […]

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Fellow Detainee Says Trillanes Received Money from Politicians

A former officer of the Philippine Marines who was among the ring leaders of the infamous Oakwood Mutiny in 2003 said he suspects that Sen. Antonio Trillanes is acting as an attack dog of a political group out to destroy leading presidential candidate Rody Duterte. Former Marines Cpt Nick Faeldon, who was one of the […]

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Markang Bungo: Bobby Ortega

Retired Col. Roberto “Bobby” C. Ortega (a.k.a. Markang Bungo whose relentless pursuit of criminal elements was showcased in films titled Markang Bungo [1992] and its sequel Iligpit si Bobby Ortega [1994], starring Rudy Fernandez), is an incumbent councilor in Baguio City. Bungo has a colorful and be-medaled career as a law enforcer (80’s) which inspired […]

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Edgar Avila, ang Agila ng Masa

Here is man, who is more than ready to become a City Councilor. Edgar “Ed” Avila, a true-blue blooded Baguio Boy is born of an accountant and a public school teacher. He is a person of qualification, competence, independence and integrity, coupled with youth, idealism and honesty, the mandate for which the office he is […]