Day: September 30, 2017

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan admitted that more work is needed to realize the goals of Ordinance No. 34 series of 2017 or the “Smoke-Free Baguio Ordinance.” “A lot more has to be done and it will really take time because like gambling, smoking is a vice that cannot be kicked easily unless people […]

BAGUIO CITY – A barangay-based pay parking project, a first-of-its-kind in the city has been inaugurated at Pinsao Pilot barangay last week. Punong barangay Sotero Dulaycan said the pay parking area covers 190 square meters situated at Purok 7 of the barangay and can accommodate around 15 motor vehicles at a time. It was earlier […]

BAGUIO CITY – The representative of the hauler of the city’s residual waste to a sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac disclosed that the trucking and freight services has already identified two possible sites where to transfer its staging area in Lamtang, Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet after it will be closed by December 22, 2017 pursuant […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Fire Station (BCFS) has re-inspected for fire safety 19,243 business establishments here from January to August 2017 as compared to 17,150 for the same period last year or an increase of 12.20 percent. This was reported by Fire Safety Enforcement Section chief S/Insp. Katherine Albino in Monday’s flag-raising ceremonies […]

BAGUIO CITY – A summit on elderly concerns is slated on Oct. 4, 1p.m. at the Multi-purpose Hall, City Hall. City council secretary Brenner Bengwayan said the forum will be led by the city council committee on social services, women and urban poor chaired by Councilor Lilia Farinas. It aims to gather concerned sectors to […]

BAGUIO CITY – The local government is inclined to bid out the hauling of the city’s residual waste to the sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac to invite interested haulers to participate in the competitive bidding geared towards continuously lowering the hauling cost of the city’s residual waste. Eugene D. Buyucan, officer-in-charge of the City General […]

BAGUIO CITY – The City Council approved a resolution filing the city’s opposition to the application of Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation for the issuance of a certificate of public convenience to install, operate and maintain digital terrestrial television broadcast station in the city and the issuance of a provisional authority pending final determination of the merits […]

BAGUIO CITY – The City Council approved a resolution urgently reminding the City Solid Waste Management Bioard (CSWMB) through the General Services Office and the City Solid Waste Division and the garbage hauler to ensure that waste materials are treated with anti-odor agents before the same are transported or hauled out of the city. Further, […]

BAGUIO CITY – Six public elementary schools in the city were able to benefit from the Pailaw sa Paaralan program, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) intervention of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO), to guarantee a conducive learning for environment for the hundreds of pupils enrolled in the said institutions. In his letter to Mayor Mauricio […]

BAGUIO CITY – Photographs depicting dramatic Burnham lake scenes emerged as top winners in the recently concluded 108th Baguio Charter Day celebration “Beautiful Baguio” photography contest. A scene showing swan boats in perfect array amid a placid lake taken by Marc Jan D. Calub won first place in the conventional category while another vista of […]