BAGUIO CITY – For Baguio residents and visitors who will spend their yuletide season here in the Summer Capital, look for safer ways of merrymaking as total ban on selling of firecrackers will be in effect for the fourth consecutive year. Mayor Mauricio Domogan, in the Department of Health- led kapihan launching the “Iwas Paputok” […]
Day: December 9, 2017
DOH-CAR notes significant decrease in dengue cases
BAGUIO CITY – Dengue cases in the Cordillera region has significantly dropped this year but health authorities remind the public to always stay vigilant. The Department of Health –Cordillera Communicable Disease Cluster Head Dr. Alexei Marrero reported that from January 1 to November 25, there were 3,684 Dengue cases monitored, a 65 percent decrease compared […]
PCOO donates ASEAN photo exhibit to Benguet Ibaloy group
BAGUIO CITY – The Presidential Communication Operations Office(PCOO) donated a set of photo exhibit of the Ibaloy culture that is part of efforts to promote the beauty of the diversity in the Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN) region especially with the Philippines as chair of the 2017 ASEAN. PCOO – Bureau of Communication Services […]
City students provided with drug prevention activities
BAGUIO CITY – A total of 1,452 secondary students in the city so far were provided with drug prevention and intervention activities by the Uplife Movement after entering into a tripartite memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the city government represented by Mayor Mauricio Domogan and Schools District Office-Baguio represented by City Schools Supt. Federico Martin. […]
PSC conducts PWD sports clinic
BAGUIO CITY – The St. John Paul II Learning Center, Inc. (SPLCI) will conduct a Sports Clinic on December 7 and 8 at the Baguio Athletic Bowl in coordination with the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) and the Philippine Sports Commission-Philippine Sports Association for the Differently-Abled (PSC-PHILSPADA). School Principal Novella Joy Garma said the […]
Doc explains damaging effects of cigarette smoking to health, environment
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Medical Officer Meliarazon F. Dulay of the Provincial Health Office underscored the impact of smoking as she shared some facts on the dangerous effects of smoking to health and the environment. The damage that smoking does to the environment is unquantifiable, according to “Tobacco and the Environment, an Action on Smoking […]
Anti-Graffiti campaign still on
BAGUIO CITY – Media partners agreed to provide support for the anti-graffiti information and education campaign, it was known during the regular Alay Sa Kalinisan (ASK) meeting at city hall. Baguio City Broadcasters Club (BCBC) member Andrei Amadeo, Kapisanan ng mga Broadkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) member Rene Sales and city information officer Gaby Keith vowed […]
City celebrates “Employees’ Week”
BAGUIO CITY – The city government formally launched its celebration of Employees’ Week in Monday’s flag-raising rites at City Hall headed by Vice-Mayor Edison Bilog. LGU-Baguio Employees Association Incorporated (LGU-BEAI) president Marieta Alvarez said the event said the annual event is in pursuance of Proclamation No. 1130, series of 1997, “Declaring the First Week of […]
Ifugao hosts “Biyaya ng Pagbabago” caravan’s kick-off
LAGAWE, Ifugao – This capital town hosted the kick -off of the “Biyaya ng Pagbabago” Caravan 2017 on December 1 led by the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS) through the Office of Participatory Governance (OPG). Director IV Vittorio Jerico Cawis of the OPG said the “Biyaya ng Pagbabago” program through the Office of the […]
Panagbenga launching on December 18
BAGUIO CITY – The 23rd version of the Baguio Flower Festival (BFF), also known as Panagbenga, showcases a stronger public private partnership, Mayor Mauricio Domogan mentioned in an administrative order released last week. AO 140, series of 2017 appoints Councilor Elmer Datuin and Frederico Alquiros as chair and co-chair, respectively, of the executive committee, which […]