We’re nearing the midpoint of the Duterte administration, yet we’re nowhere near solving the Philippines’ drug problem. By all accounts, things even seem to have gotten worse. For example, over the weekend, Duterte proclaimed, “There are seven to eight million Filipinos reduced to slaves to a drug called shabu. Seven to eight million lost souls.” […]
Day: March 5, 2019
Measles cases in Cordillera up by 904 percent
BAGUIO CITY – Health authorities reported that measles cases in the Cordillera drastically increased by a whopping 904 percent for the first seven weeks of the year compared to the number of reported and confirmed measles cases during the same period last year. Based on the data obtained from the Cordillera office of the Department […]
Capacity training on human rights, slated this April
BAGUIO CITY – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) regional office in cooperation with the city government thru the city human rights action team and the Department of Interior and Local Government will conduct a Monitoring and Continuing Capacity Building Training on Human Rights on April 2 and 3, this year, at the City Hall […]
Mayor admits delay in Baguio Convention Center upgrade
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan admitted the slight delay in the ongoing rehabilitation of the city-owned Baguio Convention Center because of the alleged differences between the local government’s technical personnel and their counterparts from the Cordillera office of the Department of Public works and Highways (DPWH-CAR). The local chief executive claimed that the […]
Inventory of trees in Baguio underway
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan confirmed that the inventory of trees in the different parts of the city is now being undertaken by personnel of the environment department in coordination with the employees of the City Environment and Parks Management Office. Aside from the on-going inventory of trees upon orders of Environment Secretary […]
Conversion of Maharlika to create hub backed
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan said that the local government supports the proposed conversion of the Maharlika Livelihood Center into one of the creative hubs in the city to serve as a display area of creative crafts by artists and other stakeholders. The city chief executive claimed that the Maharlika Livelihood Center is […]
More cigarettes “crushed”, anti-smoking pledge sworn to
BAGUIO CITY – Cigarettes and other tobacco products including ashtrays and other paraphernalia worth an estimated P150,000 were ceremonially “crushed” in Thursday’s “Hike, Bike and Like for a Smoke-Free Life” program at the Athletic Bowl preceded by a parade along the city’s main thoroughfares spearheaded by the Smoke-Free Baguio Task Force. Leading the rhythmic stomping […]
Cordillera dengue cases rise by 71 percent
BAGUIO CITY – Health authorities in the Cordillera increased by 71 percent for the first seven weeks of this year compared to the same period last year. Based on the data from the Cordillera office of the Department of Health (DOH-CAR), there were 957 dengue fever caws for the first 7 weeks of this year […]
Planned hospital site in Scout Barrio brgy., opposed
BAGUIO CITY — Mayor Mauricio Domogan signed a city council resolution strongly opposing the plan of the John Hay Management Corporation-Bases Conversion and Development Authority (JHMC-BCDA) to construct a hospital at the open space/camping or football ground area in Scout Barrio barangay here. Resolution number 27, series of 2019, states that residents of Scout Barrio […]
JICA willing to assist in upgrade of sewage facility
BGUIO CITY – The City Environment and Parks Management Office (CEPMO) underscored the urgency of upgrading the capacity of the local government’s 32-year old Baguio sewage treatment plant with the Japan International Cooperating Agency (JICA) interested in assisting for the realization of the long overdue project. CEPMO officer-in-charge Ruben Cervantes reported that some JICA officials […]