April 28, 2018
Members of the Philippine Band of Mercy (PBM) surgical team and Bacnotan District Hospital (BDH) staff work together during the operation of one of the beneficiaries of the 5th Cleft Surgical Mission on April 21, 2018 at BDH, Bacnotan, La Union.
April 28, 2018
Mankayan, Benguet municipal mayor Materno Luspian receives the Gawad Parangal award as the Outstanding Local Chief Executive in the Field of Social Welfare and Development in 1st to 3rd Class Municipality category from the officers of the Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines Incorporated (ALSWDOPI) headed by national president and […]
April 28, 2018
The SM College Scholarship program started with the vision of SM patriarch Henry Sy Sr. to send one child from a less fortunate family to college. After graduation, this child should send one sibling to school and should be able to provide a better future for the family. Starting with only 100 scholars in 1993, […]
April 21, 2018
CANDON CITY, ILOCOS SUR – More than 35,000 tobacco farmers in the Ilocos region still face trouble despite nearly three decades of millions of funds from the tobacco excise taxes handed to local government units.
April 21, 2018
Jerome Palaoag (2nd, right) and Tita Bugtong, councilors of Tuba, Benguet, flanked Roy Mangali, AVP at Philex Mining Corp. and assistant resident manager of the company’s Padcal mine, in a souvenir photo after formal ceremonies for the turn-over of and the signing of agreements for social projects involving the miner’s outlying communities.
April 21, 2018
All grade 2 to grade 6 teachers including few high school teachers learned how to perform the Kalanguya and Karao’s cultural dances called Mamaya and Igig in a hands-on training last April 11-13, 2018. The native people of Benguet are composed of four ethnic groups or tribes. They are the Kankanaey, Ibaloy, Kalanguya and Karao. […]
April 21, 2018
New boxing champion Genesis Libranza steals the Philippine flyweight crown from former champ Ryan Rey Ponteras in a split decision
April 21, 2018
LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET – Hedcor Inc., a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corporation, will build three more mini-hydro power plants in the province this year, officials revealed on Monday (April 16) before the Benguet Provincial Board members. Bill Haboc, assistant vice president for Business, Community and Government Relations of Hedcor, said on Monday that one plant […]
April 21, 2018
BAGUIO CITY – Cordillera lawmakers and autonomy advocates were elated over the overwhelming support given by the various stakeholders in Baguio and Benguet for the immediate passage of House Bill (HB) 5343 or the bill seeking the establishment of the autonomous region in the Cordillera before the planned shift from the current unitary to federal […]
April 21, 2018
BAGUIO CITY – Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Baguio through the Protected Area Management and Conservation Section (PAMBCS) educated police officers within its jurisdiction from the Municipalities of Itogon, Tuba, Kabayan, Bokod, Sablan, La Trinidad and Baguio City who were deputized as wildlife enforcement officers (WEO) pursuant to Republic Act No. 9147 or […]