BAGUIO CITY – The city government gave renters of city-owned lots who refused to sign the renewal of their contracts after objecting to the city’s conditions until Dec. 31 this year to remove their buildings and improvements from the city’s properties. This is to give the city a free hand to draw a development plan […]
Day: November 26, 2016
RDC approves draft bill for an Autonomous Region of the Cordillera
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC-CAR) recently approved for endorsement to the CAR Congressmen a new draft House Bill (HB) for an Autonomous Region of the Cordillera. The draft bill was presented by former DENR-CAR Director Clarence L. Baguilat, member of the Technical Working Group for the drafting of the Regional Autonomy […]
Pro-Cor turns over 110 new motorbikes for intensified operations
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Philippine National Police turned over more than a hundred motorcycles to various police offices in the Cordillera region to be used in intensified police operations. Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PRO-Cor) Regional Director Elmo Francis Sarona distributed 110 motorcycles to its provincial and city offices in the region following the blessing ceremonies […]
DSWD, partners heighten advocacy on women and children’s welfare and protection
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development, in partnership with the Regional Inter – Agency Committee on Anti – Trafficking and Violence Against Women and Children (RIACAT – VAWC) member agencies, hosted the weekly Kapihan sa Baguio media forum to promote the advocacy on women and children’s welfare and protection. Primary on […]
DTI, DA enjoin coffee stakeholders in pushing the industry forward
BAGUIO CITY – The Philippine Coffee industry has a strong potential to be a key player in bringing in sustainable and inclusive growth to the country and the Filipino people given the strong and continuously increasing market demand locally and abroad. This was the message conveyed by Department of Trade and Industry and Department of […]
Peace talks in Baguio
BAGUIO CITY – A seven-day session as to peace issues is slated on Jan. 18-25, 2017 in Rome, to be participated in by Filipinos including chief peace negotiator Atty. Silvestre Bello III. Bello III, who was in the city for a speech on “the efforts of the Government of the Philippines (GPh) on the peace […]
City has 91,000 learners
BAGUIO CITY – The city has a total of 91,246 enrollees in the different public and private elementary and high schools this schoolyear. The Department of Education Baguio city schools division headed by officer-in-charge Office of the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Augustin Laban III said these students are enrolled in the city’s 66 public and […]
City to take over asin hot spring
BAGUIO CITY – The city government has begun taking steps to take over the Asin Hot Spring Resort in Nangalisan, Tuba, Benguet. Assistant city general services officer Eugene Buyucan on Monday reported before department heads that they have secured the city’s multi-purpose building and conducted an inventory and assessment of all the facilities in the […]
Surrenderees partake recovery walk
BAGUIO CITY – About 300 drug surrenderees in the city of Baguio joined in the Recovery Walk from Dontogan to La Presa, Friday, Nov. 25. The said endeavor aims to encourage persons with substance use disorder together with their family to be physically fit and to have a healthy living. The Recovery Walk is part […]
City Government in Phase 2 of National Greening Program
BAGUIO CITY – After the planting of pine tree seedlings comes clearing and weeding to ensure their steady growth. This was emphasized by Beatriz Gajete, City Environment and Parks Management Office-Forestry Division’s supervising environmental management officer, in Monday’s flag-raising ceremony. “Just as our planted seedlings are gaining ground to stabilize, the rapid and fast pace […]