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Baguio City Braves To Sustain Curbing Spread Of COVID19

BAGUIO CITY (August 11, 2020) –  Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong vows that the City Government will sustain efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) by finding ways despite having depleting Covid-19 test kits. On August 5, 2020, the number of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain React Test (RT-PCR) test kits,  is […]

Abra’s Youngest COVID19 Patient Blows Birthday Candle At Abra Isolation Unit

BAGUIO CITY (August 11, 2020) –  “AC37” blew her birthday candle Tuesday at the Abra Isolation Unit. Abra’s youngest COVID19 patient,  “AC37”, 4, was surprised by AIU staff members with a birthday cake and a birthday balloon.  Her eyes glimmered as she birthday wishes swarmed her before blowing her cake’s candles. “AC37” from Sallapadan town […]

“Medical Scholarship and Return Service (MSRS) Program Act,”

PRESS RELEASE REP. ERIC YAP ACT-CIS PARTYLIST LONE DISTRICT OF BENGUET AUGUST 11, 2020 On Monday, the House of Representatives approved House Bill No. 6756, to be known as “Medical Scholarship and Return Service (MSRS) Program Act,” on its third and final reading. Benguet legislative caretaker Rep. Eric Yap, principal author of the said measure, […]

Navy Raises Philippine Flag At Fuga Island

BAGUIO CITY (August 11, 2020) – Philippine Navy frogmen under Naval Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL) raised the Philippine Flag over Fuga Island last Saturday pitching the country’s sovereign and historical assertion. Fuga Island is a part of the Babuyan Archipelago, the second-northernmost island of the country.  It is significantly close to fiber optic cables that […]

15 municipal employees surrender to PRO1

CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO – Fifteen municipal employees of Cabugao, Ilocos Sur who were accused of Serious Illegal Detention and Grave Coercion surrendered to the operatives of Police Regional Office 1 under the direct supervision of Police Brigadier General Rodolfo S Azurin Jr, Regional Director at the PRO1 Auditorium, Camp Florendo, Parian, City of […]

PDEA Insists: ‘CAR Weed Plantations Cared For Big Bucks, Not Just Natural Growths’

BAGUIO CITY(August 9, 2020) –  The government’s primary anti-drug agency – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency —  is seeking to end the debate about the abundant marijuana plantations in the highland region.  Marijuana is done like high-value agriculture, PDEA-Cordillera director Gil Castro said at the heels of yet fresh discovery of a well-manicured and synchronized distancing […]

Matagoan” (Zone Of Life) In Tabuk City Keeping Tribal Animosity At Bay

BAGUIO CITY (August 9, 2020) – “Matagoan” (Zone of Life), a peace zone concept instituted in Tabuk City since 1995 that has so far freed the Kalinga capital from violence among conflicting groups, is keeping tribal animosity between warring Butbut tribesmen of barangay Bugnay in Tinglayan, Kalinga and Betwagan, Sadanga, Mt. Province. Representatives of Butbut […]

Soldier, 2 Rebels Killed In Clashes Along By-pass Highway In Ilocos Sur

BAGUIO CITY (August 9, 2020) – A soldier and two communist guerillas were killed when government troopers and communist rebels fought till dark Saturday along the by-pass road along the borders of Candon City and Sta. Lucia town, both in Ilocos Sur. Philippine Army Major Rogelio Dumbrique speaking in behalf of the 81stInfantry Battalion also […]

Crackdown On VS Face Shield Cheats In Baguio

BAGUIO CITY (August 8, 2020) – Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong ordered a crackdown against scheming individuals jacking up prices of face shields. The local government have been receiving not a few complaints that retail prices of said protective device had continued to spiral amid orders mandating its use as added defense against Coronavirus disease […]

Five new Covid cases, another death in Baguio

BAGUIO CITY – Five coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases were registered today, August 6, here as the city logged its fourth death. The Public information Office – Baguio in a late report today said the fatality is a 65-year old male from barangay Irisan whose results came out August 5. Identified as patient 77, the fatality […]

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