BAGUIO CITY – The City Government paid tribute to the late Councilor Roberto Ortega who died last July 30 due to a lingering illness. He was 78. Mayor Mauricio Domogan and Vice Mayor Edison Bilog led city officials and employees in paying their last respects to the deceased alderman during a necrological service last Wednesday […]
Day: August 5, 2017
City government bent on pursuing e-governance
BAGUIO CITY – The City Government is bent on pursuing programs to transform into an e-government through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and other web-based telecommunication technologies to improve the delivery of public service. Mayor Mauricio Domogan bared this in his state-of-the-city address (SOCA) last Monday (July 31). “We have joined the […]
BGH to put up 2 parking buildings
BAGUIO CITY – The administration of the State-run Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) will put up two parking structures within its compound to help ease the daily monstrous traffic jams around the hospital and provide adequate parking areas for its patients and visitors. Dr. Ricardo Ruñez, BGHMC medical center chief, said the short […]
RTC upholds right of Kabayan folks to seek information on hydro projects
Indigenous peoples (IPs) or indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) have all the right to seek all information regarding proposals to set up hydroelectric plants within their river resources. With that premise, Branch 63 of the Regional Trial Court in La Trinidad, Benguet dismissed a case filed by energy developer Hedcor Kabayan Inc. accusing the Benguet Electric […]
20 barangays ordered to liquidate livelihood funds
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan ordered some twenty punong barangays to liquidate more than P15 million livelihood funds that were downloaded to their barangays to prevent the non-release of future assistance to beneficiaries of the government’s livelihood assistance program in the future. The local chief executive informed the concerned punong barangays to submit […]
Baguio to host, heart, trauma, brain center
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) was identified by the health department as one of the expansion areas for the put up of state-of-the-art health facilities to help decongest the overcrowded hospitals in Metro Manila and allow the maximum use of existing tertiary hospitals for medical purposes. Dr. Ricardo Ruñeez, […]
Suntrust told to restore damaged private properties
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan ordered the management of the Suntrust Properties, Inc. to immediately address the complaint of the administration of a nearby condominium developer regarding the collapsed portion of their property that compromises the stability of some portions of their properties. In his letter to Suntrust president Harrison Paltongan, the local […]
City ready to release payment to Asin landowners
BAGUIO CITY – Mauricio G. Domogan said the local government has been ready to release the P2.7 million payment to affected landowners of Asin who were affected by the previous operation of the city-owned Asin minihydro power plants. The local chief executive pointed out that the city has been always ready to release the compensation […]
Parks, tourist spots personnel undergo CPR training
BAGUIO CITY – Some 1,000 personnel and service providers in the city’s various parks, city market and other tourist spots availed of the free training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) last July 28 to enable them to attend to heart disease-related emergencies in their places of work. Councilor Elmer Datuin said this is in line with […]
Melvin Jones grandstand perimeter to be designated as night market area
BAGUIO CITY – The City Council approved on first reading a proposed ordinance formally designating the area around the Melvin Jones grandstand as the permanent site for the night market, providing funds for its operating structure and for other purposes. The ordinance authored by Councilor Leandro B. Yangot, Jr. stated the amount of P25 million […]