Day: September 17, 2016

BAGUIO CITY – Some one hundred twelve attempted suicide cases were recorded by the Psychiatry Department of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) from October last year to August this year showing an alarming increase in the number of reported suicide cases in the city. Dr. Genna Hipolito, Medical Officer V of the […]

BAGUIO CITY – Rabies cases caused by animal bites in the Cordillera increased by over three hundred percent over the past eight years causing alarm among health experts on the need to seek early consultation after being bitten by alleged rabid animals. Roy Fiatching, Medical Technologist of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC), […]

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan criticized the officials of the Presidential Commission on the Urban Poor (PCUP) for their failure to consult the local government before coming out with a request to defer the demolition of the over fifty-eight illegal structures erected within the premises of the Baguio-Ifugao-Benguet-Apayao-Kalinga (BIBAK) property along Harrison Road. […]

BAGUIO CITY – The thrust of the new leadership of the State-owned Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to pursue the development of the 247-hectare John Hay Special Economic Zone (JHSEZ) by renegotiating the mutually resstituted 50-year development contract will be beneficial to the local government and the people of the city once realized, Mayor […]

BAGUIO CITY – The City Government will accredit legitimate market porters working in the public market to reduce the proliferation of bystanders to reduce petty crimes in the market. During a recent inter-agency meeting held at the City Council Session Hall, Councilor Leandro B. Yangot, Jr. informed stakeholders that Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan gave the […]

BAGUIO CITY – Concerned stakeholders in the city’s public market raised concern on the increase in the number of minors roaming around the public market and the night market areas and who had been identified culprits in pickpocket incidents in the said places. Representatives of several associations of market and night market vendors informed the […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Public Order and Safety Division of the City Mayor’s Office continues to intensify its anti-peddling campaign not only in the city public market but also in major streets and parks to significantly reduce the number of ambulant vendors that constrict the smooth flow of pedestrian traffic along sidewalks. POSD chief Policarpio […]

BAGUIO CITY – More than twelve thousand local and overseas jobs will be up for grabs during the conduct of the 107th Baguio Charter Day Jobs Fair at the Baguio Convention Center on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Jose Atanacio, Executive Assistant IV and concurrent Public Employment Services Office (PESO) Manager, said of the available jobs, […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is embarking on a two-pronged approach to help the hundreds of thousands of drugsurenderees go back to mainstream society and become responsible and productive citizens of the community where they belong. TESDA Deputy Director-General Diosdado Padilla said regional and provincial offices of the agency […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Police Regional Office – Cordillera (PRO-Cor) intensified its police operations including police visibility to ensure safety and security of the public following the pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte placing the whole country under “State of National Emergency on Account of Lawless Violence.” PRO-Cor Acting Regional Director PCSupt. Elmo Francis Sarona and […]