Day: July 9, 2016

Some 23 drug suspects have been killed by cops since President Rodrigo Duterte took over the reins of the country last June 30, and this bothers Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat. As such, Baguilat filed House Resolution (HR) 61 which calls for an investigation on the “spate of extrajudicial killings and/or summary executions of suspected violators […]

BAGUIO CITY – The city government will bid out next week the hauling of its residual waste to the engineered sanitary landfill in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. City General Services Officer Romeo D. Concio said the conduct of the annual public bidding for the hauling of the city’s residual waste outside the city is part of […]

BAGUIO CITY – With the new set of officials holding key various positions who are responsible in the formulation and implementation of different anti-drug abuse programs and projects, mayor Mauricio Domogan recently issued Administrative Order No. 062, series of 2016 reconstituting the City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (CADAC). CADAC is a coordinating body that is mandated […]

BAGUIO CITY – The unrelenting and uncompromising campaign of the government against the proliferation of illegal drugs continuous to gain success in the Summer Capital following the surrender of a total of 381 drug suspects to the Baguio city Police Office (BCPO) over the past several weeks, Senior Superintendent George D. Daskeo, BCPO City Director, […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera office of the Environmental Management bureau (EMB-CAR) said the benchmark on the approval of the 10-year solid waste management plans of local government units by the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) is that the plans must be implementable in order to effectively and efficiently address the solid waste concerns […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Health Services Office (HSO) reiterated its call for residents to strictly practice the ‘4 o’clock habit’ to be able to control the spread of dengue. Dr. Donnabel Tubera, HSO chief epidemiologist, on Friday, aid that between January and June, they have already recorded 947 Ddengue cases compared to the […]

BAGUIO CITY– The common materials recovery facility (MRF) of Lualhati, Gibraltar, Pacdal and Mines View barangays is now fully operational upon the compliance of certain conditions agreed upon for the purpose, after the assessment conducted by the representatives of the Cordillera office of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-CAR). The MRF will initially be handled by […]

BAGUIO CITY – Senior Citizens may now avail of the 20% discount for over-the-counter medicines even without the doctor’s prescription but with other requirements. This is embodied in a resolution introduced by Councilor Betty Lourdes Tabanda and approved on June 20, which resolved to implement Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory 2014-054 which states…”the public […]

BAGUIO CITY – Advanced medical techno machine services, particularly for renal dialysis may now be availed of at the Benguet General Hospital (BeGh), along the La Trinidad highway. The Computed Radiography (CR) and Computerized Tomography (CT) scan machines, worth P17M may also be used as soon as its cable, which costs P1.3M is purchased and […]

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Police Chief Superintendent Elmo Francisco Oco Sarona assumed as the first chief of the Police Regional Office – Cordillera under the Duterte Administration. The new Acting Regional Director was welcomed with the traditional arrival honors led PRO-COR OIC Police Chief Superintendent Robert Quenery at the Camp Bado Dangwa here followed by […]