BAGUIO CITY – Nutritionists-dieticians and other health advocates are looking at the buffet and unli rice restaurants as a factor in the increase of overweight individuals in Baguio City and Benguet. Restaurants offering eat-all-you-can buffet meals and eateries serving unlimited rice customers including children in the city and nearby areas of Benguet to have been […]
Day: July 30, 2016
Family in crisis appeals for help
BAGUIO CITY – A family in Irisan barangay facing a double crisis after two of its members fell seriously ill is in dire need of assistance. “I do not know what to do anymore so I am asking anyone, everyone to help us. Just help us please,” a distraught Maria Magdalena Combis appealed. Combis’ 26-year […]
City department heads to hold regular powwow
BAGUIO CITY – City government department heads Monday agreed to hold regular meetings also every Monday to forge a closer working relationship and facilitate action on concerns and issues. City budget officer Leticia Clemente and city administrator Carlos Canilao said the Monday assignation will enable the officials to interact more and discuss and face issues […]
Baguio dad orders fast tracking of drainage repair works
BAGUIO CITY – With the onset of the rainy season, Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan ordered the city engineering office to work double time in repairing the drainages around this mountain resort. During the Monday morning flag raising this week, the local chief executive said that it is a priority for the city government fix defective […]
Utility firms required to go underground in city
BAGUIO CITY – The City Council approved on first reading a proposed ordinance requiring all public utility companies utilizing wires and cables to install underground lines and obliging the firms to convert their overhead lines within the central business district into underground lines to lessen the eye sore and uninterrupted services to the public. The […]
Baguio dengue cases increase by 400%
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health services Office reported that dengue fever cases in the city increased by over four hundred percent from 239 cases from January 1 to July 20, 2015 to 1,875 cases during the same period this year. Dra. Rowena Galpo, City Health Services Officer, said 64 percent or 1,199 cases were […]
Council reiterates invitation to DPWH officials on diggings
BAGUIO CITY – The City Council reiterated its previous invitation for regional and district officials of the Department of Public works and Highways (DPWH) to appear before its regular session on August 1, 2016 to shed light on the snail-paced implementation of their projects and the unabated citywide diggings causing monstrous traffic congestions in the […]
Waste management update: technology selection, site negotiations on
BAGUIO CITY – The city is in the process of selecting the best waste technology while negotiating for the possible site for its Integrated Solid Waste Management System (ISWMS). City general services officer Romeo Concio said that of the 22 proposals for waste management schemes received by the city, ten have been shortlisted. This will […]
Court commends city for dumpsite rehab
BAGUIO CITY – The Court of Appeals has commended the city government for its efforts to rehabilitate the Irisan dumpsite. In a resolution dated June 27, 2016, Associate Justice Ricardo Rosario cited the monitoring re-port submitted by the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and of the city gov-ernment on the activities inside the […]
EMB to extend aid to LGUs for solid waste facilities
BAGUIO CITY – The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is willing to extend the appropriate assistance to all local government units for the establishment of the necessary sol-id waste disposal facilities to help address their respective garbage problems pursuant to the pro-visions of Republic Act (RA) 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. […]