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More women in Baguio are smokers – CHSO

BAGUIO CITY – More women in the city are smokers compared to their male counterparts based on a recent study conducted by the City Health Services office (CHSO). Dra. Donnabel Tubera, CHSO Tobacco Control Officer, said of the 34% of local residents who are smokers, 35.8% are women while only 32.1% are men; 31.8% were […]

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City’s residual waste transferred to Urdaneta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan ordered the City General Services Office (GSO) to prepare the waste disposal contract for the transfer of the dumpsite of the city’s residual waste from the Metro Clark Management and Sanitary Services Corporation in Capas, Tarlac to the sanitary landfill owned by the local government of Urdaneta in […]

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Burnham bike area for updating

BAGUIO CITY – Structural improvements, repairs and lighting fixture including updating of bike rental fees were recommended through a status report on the legislative monitoring and evaluation of recreational vehicles at Burnham Park. The biking area was specifically pointed out in the status report by Legislative staff officers Michelle Dulay and Dan Ricky Ong, in […]

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200 electric poles need relocation – DPWH-BCDEO

BAGUIO CITY – More or less 200 electric poles that allegedly serve as obstructions along national roads have been identified by the Department of Public Works and Highways – Baguio City District Engineering Office (DPWH-BCDEO) to be relocated pursuant to a joint circular from the DPWH and the Department of Energy (DOE). DPWH-BCDEO District Engineer […]

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Jeepney operators, drivers okay night market extension

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan announced that the local government was able to effectively and efficiently address the issues and concerns of jeepney operators and drivers along Perfecto St. who will be affected by the proposed extension of the night market to the said area in the next few weeks. The local chief […]

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Public safety is our primordial concern – DPWH-BCDEO

BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways – Baguio City Engineering District (DPWH-BCDEO) underscored that the agency’s primordial concern in the demolition of illegal structures erected within the road-right-of-way of national roads is for the safety of the public. DPWH-BCDEO District Engineer Rene Zarate said the dismantling of the illegal structures within […]

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Crime is down, but rape cases up

BAGUIO CITY – The good news is that crime rate in the summer capital has substantially decreased. The bad news is that the number of rape cases is in uptick. According to the report of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), there were 2,966 crimes committed from January to October this year, 48% lower than […]

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City grateful for P180M Convention Center fund

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan expressed the local government’s gratitude to all those who were instrumental in facilitating the allocation of the P180 million from the annual budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) purposely for the initial rehabilitation of the city-owned Baguio Convention Center, the city’s premier convention facility. […]

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DOH urges partners to continue inspiring people to live healthy lifestyle

BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Health Cordillera Regional Office recognized its outstanding partners in implementing health programs and advocacy in the region challenging to continue to inspire people and touch lives towards healthy lifestyle. Dubbed as “Gawad Kalusugan, Harmonized Regional Awarding”, DOH–CAR Regional Director Lakshmi Legaspi led in giving recognition to provincial/city/municipal local government […]

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Grandma seeks support for dialysis

Milagros Tait is 62 years old, a grandmother with no means of income and has to rely on the kindness of government, relatives and strangers to survive diabetes-triggered kidney failure. Having survived on twice-a-week hemodialysis since 2010, the mother of two and grandma to four has already used up her allotment of 90 treatment sessions […]