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Stay fit while saving Philippine wildlife

WWF-Philippines collaborates with Takbo.ph for a virtual run and ride series Fitness enthusiasts are in for an interesting challenge as the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines and Takbo.ph launch At Home for A Home: Run for Biodiversity Virtual Run and Ride Series this October, in celebration of the World Animal Day and the […]

Sagada, Mt. Province Seeks Intellectual Property Office Over Commercial Branding

BAGUIO CITY (September 16, 2020) – Local legislators in Sagada, Mt. Province is requesting the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPhl) to get the consent of the Sagada Local Government Unit before issuing business registration to any person or group planning to use “Sagada” as a brand name or label on products, services and […]

Travel To NL Surfing Paradise From Manila Cut By 30 Minutes More

BAGUIO CITY (September 15, 2020) – Usual 1 hour travel from Bauang to San Juan, Northern Luzon’s surfing paradise,  will be cut further by 30 minutes with the soon completed Bauang-San Fernando-San Juan Bypass Road. Public works chief Mark Villar said the multi-year funded project started in 2018 involves the construction of a four lanes 22.19-kilometer […]

Baguio Still To Limit Movements Of Tourists

BAGUIO CITY (September 15, 2020) – Though easing up restrictions to tourists starting September 22, Baguio City will still strictly monitor their movements while acknowledging the concerns of its neighboring Benguet towns protecting their territories from COVID19 virus infections. Baguio City Tourism Officer Alloysius Mapalo is giving this assurance after Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong […]

Over 500 Contact Tracers To Be Hired In CAR

BAGUIO CITY (September 15, 2020) – At least 571 contact tracers will be hired in the highland region to fortify the capacities of local government units against COVID19,  the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) announced. “The contact tracers shall augment or form part of the existing Contact Tracing Team (CTT) of a local government […]

Fuel tanker fell into a ravine in Benguet

TUBA, Benguet – A driver luckily survive after his truck loaded with 24,000 liters of gasoline fuel fell down to a ravine early morning of Monday (Sept.14) at Sitio Bawek, Barangay Taloy Sur, Tuba, Benguet. Police Colonel Elmer Ragay, provincial director of the Benguet Provincial Police Office said, the incident happened at 5:30 in the […]

Manhunt On For Killers Of Abra Capital Village Chief

BAGUIO CITY (September 14, 2020) –  Abra policemen are now tracking down suspects of Sunday evening’s murder of a barangay chairman in Bangued, Abra’s capital town. “Witnesses positively identified them,” said Abra police director Col. Cris Acop naming tricycle driver Jerwin Balaoro Millare, 32; brothers Danilo Baldemor Bergonia, 34 and Julius Baldemor Bergonia, 24; tricycle […]

Terraced Cannabis Plantations In Kapangan, Benguet Raided

BAGUIO CITY (September 14, 2020) –  Benguet policemen overran terraced cannabis plantations worth almost a million along the mountain sides in sitio Tokob Bileng, barangay Sagubo in Kapangan town, Benguet Sunday afternoon again indicating that marijuana plantations in the hinterland region are not merely natural growths. Kapangan town policemen torched down a total of P926,000.00 […]

Congressman Eric Yap made a visit to his constituents in Kibungan, Benguet

PRESS RELEASE REP. ERIC YAP ACT-CIS PARTYLIST LONE DISTRICT OF BENGUET SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 After a grueling work week in Congress due to the budget deliberations, Appropriations Chairperson and Benguet Congressman Eric Yap spent the weekend break to visit his constituents in the remote area of Tacadang in Kibungan, Benguet. “Even if Congress work gets […]

Non-stop compliance monitoring of Establishment

Provincial personnel of DTI in CAR monitors groceries for their compliance to the Suggested Retail Price (SRP) and the DTI-DOLE Joint Memorandum No.20-04 on “Guidelines on Workplace Prevention and Control of Covid-19”. DTI field offices in CAR provinces also checks retail stores as shown in above photo taken in Baguio City.

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