September 23, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (September 23, 2020) – Baguio City will only welcome tourists from the Ilocos Region starting October 1 to pave the way for the sure, safe and responsible opening of the local tourism industry. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said that the decision to move back the entry of tourists availing of the guided tours was […]
September 23, 2020
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines has partnered with instant messaging app Rakuten Viber for the #AyokoNgPlastik limited edition sticker pack, in celebration of the International Coastal Clean-up Month this September. The sticker pack, which features catchy phrases and cute animal characters encouraging people to be more mindful about their plastic consumption, is part […]
September 22, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (September 22, 2020) – Tourists are still banned from the Philippine Military Academy, even as Baguio City opens up to tourists from the Ilocos region starting Tuesday (September 22, 2020). PMA Commandant of Cadets Brigadier General Romeo Brawner Jr., pressed Contact Tracing Czar and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong to exempt the premier military […]
September 21, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (September 21, 2020) – In a sudden turn of events, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong will not re-impose the temporary ban on selling liquor. The supposed decision to reimpose the liquor ban effective Monday stemmed from findings that one of the causes of the proliferation of COVID-19 cases at the Slaughterhouse area here […]
September 20, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (September 21, 2020) – Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong has reimpose the temporary ban on selling liquor effective Monday. Not necessarily to coincide with the 48th year anniversary of Martial Law where the former strongman imposed stiff controls including curfews and drinking in public places, the decision to reimpose the liquor ban stemmed from […]
September 20, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (September 20, 2020) — Kalinga policemen and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents overran six marijuana plantations valued at P13.96 million in barangay Bugnay, Tinglayan town in Kalinga Saturday morning. The illicit plantations on mountain slopes, though far from the village, totalled 4,000 square meters planted with at least 68,000 fully grown marijuana. Cordillera police […]
September 19, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (September 19, 2020) – Robots rolled to “cleanse” Baguio City’s critical areas before welcoming tourists as well as locals into an eased up tourism environment. As local establishments prepare to welcome tourists back, robots “sanitized” Baguio as crucial steps to ensure the safety of both guests and residents starting September 22. The country’s Summer […]
September 18, 2020
BAGUIO CITY(September 18, 2020) — Leading cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines, Inc. is planning to make available its one-day concrete SuperFast (SF)Crete outside NCR to support contractors looking to participate in government road repair projects in other urban areas and help lessen disruption to commuters . Holcim recently held a webinar to promote SFCrete among road contractors […]
September 17, 2020
Teachers provide learning opportunities to students through distance learning– the new mode of education. And to support and acknowledge their efforts in creating educational content in time for the opening of classes, Hedcor distributed P150,000 worth of school supplies to schools in La Trinidad, Benguet. Bineng Elementary School, Bodiweng Elementary School and Bineng National High […]
September 17, 2020
La Trinidad, Benguet (September 17, 2020) – Former Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) manager Engr. Gerardo P. Verzosa, 64, allegedly took his own life with his own handgun Wednesday afternoon right at the front passenger seat of his vehicle parked at their compound in La Trinidad, Benguet. Benguet police initially theorizing suicide said, Verzosa, who retired […]