BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan said the inter-agency committee will plan out the desired development of the 5,000-square meter Benguet-Ifugao-Bontoc-Apayao-Kalinga (BIBAK) property along Harrison Road once the demolition of the illegal structures erected over portions of the government property shall have been completed. The local chief executive claimed that he alone cannot decide […]
Day: October 21, 2017
Cultural center, museum to rise in BIBAK property
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP-CAR) announced that an eight-storey cultural center and museum is expected to rise within a 1,000-square meter portion of the more than 5,000-square meter property of the Benguet-Ifugao-Bontoc-Apayao-Kalinga (BIBAK) property along Harrison Road to highlight the rich culture and traditions of the […]
DENR to launch Carless Day on November 10
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-CAR) and its attached bureaus will be launching the Carless Day within the agency’s compound in Pacdal with the support of the Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan-Tuba-Tublay (BLISTT) Airshed Governing Board . The launching of the Carless Day in the DENR-CAR compound is one […]
Creation of local culture, arts councils backed
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC-CAR) is supportive of the plan of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to require local governments in the region to create their local culture and the arts councils to allow concerned officials to access the needed financial and technical assistance from the said […]
Data on tourist arrivals in Baguio still uncertain
BAGUIO CITY – The City Council Committee on Tourism, Parks, Playgrounds and Special Events admitted that the local government is having difficulty in ascertaining accurate data on the actual number of tourist arrivals in the city year-round, which will serve as basis for policy and decision makers in crafting appropriate programs to boost the local […]
MARKET STALL CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL HOUSE
Councilor Leandro Yangot shows dismay from reports of residents and barangay officials of Camp 8 that some satellite market stalls were converted into residential houses that run counter to the purpose. Councilor Yangot with city department representatives concerned found out during their inspection that many satellite market stall holders are selling their rights while some […]
City to fund put up of satellite markets
BAGUIO CITY – The local government will be funding the construction, upgrading and rehabilitation of satellite markets in the different parts of the city to help in efforts to decongest the influx of people to the city public market which is one of the major causes of monstrous traffic jams around the central business district […]
COMELEC junks election case versus local exec
BAGUIO CITY – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en banc dismissed the petition for disqualification filed by Atty. Jose M. Molintas, the losing mayoralty candidate in the May 2013 mid-term elections, against incumbent Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan for lack of merit. In a certificate of finality issued by Acting Clerk Atty. Abigail Justine M. Cuaresma-Lilagan […]
Porters tapped to implement local ordinances
BAGUIO CITY – The local government tapped the services of the hundreds of porters in the city public market to implement the various local ordinances that will help in maintaining the cleanliness and peace and order in the city’s premier public facility Councilor Leandro B. Yangot, Jr., chairman of the City Council Committee on Market, […]
North Luzon tourism forum and career fair successful
BAGUIO CITY – The Regional Tourism Department launched the 1st North Philippines Tourism Forum and Career Fair which aims to highlight the rise of the Cordillera region as a meeting, incentive travel, convention, and exhibition career hub for tourism. During its formal launching at the CAP Convention Center at Camp John Hay, DOT Cordillera Regional […]