Day: January 13, 2018

BAGUIO CITY – The city’s Task Force on Barangay Merger reported that the current 128 barangays could be reduced to only 42 barangays once the local government successfully implements the long overdue merger of the smallest political subdivision in the bureaucracy. Councilor Michael Lawana, chairman of the City Council Committee on Barangay Affairs and head […]

BAGUIO CITY – The city’s Bids and Wards Committee announced that the bidding process for the hauling of the generated residual waste to the Urdaneta City sanitary landfill is now underway. City Budget officer Leticia O. Clemente informed members of the local legislative body that the BAC finished the pre-procurement process for the determination of […]

BAGUIO CITY – Some four hundred individuals will be hired by the local government this year for the annual Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) geared towards providing deserving youth the opportunity to work to sustain their studies. Jose Atanacio, Executive Assistant IV of the City Mayor’s Office and Public Employment Services Office […]

BAGUIO CITY – The City General Services Office confirmed that there has been a significant increase in the number of settlers in various portions of the 139-hectare city-owned property in Barangay Sto. Tomas School Area based on the results of the recent inspection made by concerned officials on the status of the area. GSO officer-in-Charge […]

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan, Rep. Mark Go and Vice Mayor Edison Bilog led other officials in launching the city’s celebration of National Bible Month in Monday’s flag-raising rites at the City hall grounds with the theme, “Ang Biblia ay Sandigan ng Matuwid na Pamumuno at Pamumuhay (The Bible is the Foundation of Righteous […]

BAGUIO CITY – The strong political will of city officials in imposing a total ban on the sale and use of firecrackers for the Yuletide revelries and the cooperation of the public to such policy of the local government were instrumental in the reduction of firecracker-related injuries in the city during the Yuletide revelries, city […]

BAGUIO CITY – The City Council restored the P4 million annual assistance of the local government to the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation, Inc. (BFFFI) for the month-long Panagbenga, otherwise known as the Baguio flower festival, that runs from February to March this year. The approved financial assistance to the organizers of the city’s crowd-drawing event […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF-CAR) in the Cordillera commended City Treasurer Alex Cabarrubias for instituting the needed strategies in the collection of real property tax resulting in substantial income for the local government over the past several years. In her letter to Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan, BLGF-CAR acting regional director […]

BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera office of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-CAR) reported there was a drastic improvement in the city’s air quality within the central business district during the Yuletide season last year compared to the previous year because of the aggressive implementation of the total ban on the use of firecrackers for the […]