Category: JUST IN
Baguio City To Have More Health Response Teams
July 7, 2020
BAGUIO CITY – Baguio City will have more health response teams in its 128 villages in the coming days. Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong, July 1, issued Executive Order No. 101-2020 (EO 101) ordering creation of additional Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs). This, to augment existing teams in carrying out Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) control […]
NBI Asked To Step In 15 Year Old Girl’s Slay In Ilocos Sur
July 7, 2020
BAGUIO CITY – Distrusting the police, Ilocos Sur Governor Ryan Singson is urging a separate investigation by the National Bureau of Investigation on the killing of 15 year old girl in Cabugao on July 2. Singson said that he wanted a thorough investigation to give justice to the victim, Fabel Pineda, who was gunned down by […]
Mt. Province Capital Temporarily Shuts Its Doors From LSIs
July 7, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (July 7, 2020) – Bontoc, Mountain Province’s capital town, has temporarily shut down its doors from Locally Stranded Individuals (LSIs) from the National Capital Region (NCR) and other locations. Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey who chairs the Municipal Inter-Agency Tadk Force (MIATF) issued Memorandum Order 32 – 2020 imposing a temporary halt in welcoming LSIs […]
Sagada Flags Team To Shoot For Duterte’s 4th SONA
July 7, 2020
BAGUIO CITY – The Sagada COVID-19 task force denied the entry of a team of famous movie and TV director Joyce Bernal, supposedly on a mission to shoot sceneries and sequences in Sagada, Mountain Province to serve as background for the upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte. Sagada Municipal Vice […]
Benguet Caretaker pushes miners safety in work places
July 4, 2020
According to Benguet Legislative Caretaker Eric Go Yap, this is not an isolated incident in the mining industry as irresponsible mining tends to put its workers and communities at risk. “This is an eye-opener. It can happen anywhere and anytime. Ito yung gusto natin na maiwasan na mangyari sa Benguet, at sa ibang probinsya pa […]
Benguet Down To Only 4 COVID19 Active Cases; Baguio To Only 3
July 4, 2020
La Trinidad, Benguet (July 4, 2020) – Benguet active COVID19 patients is now down to only 4 from a sudden spike mid June to 27. Two more emerged victorious over the dreaded virus Friday and were discharged from the isolation facility at Sto Nino Hospital in Baguio City. The two new recoveries, according to the […]
Liquor Ban In Baguio Lifted
July 4, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (July 4, 2020) – Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong has lifted the ban on selling and distribution of liquor and other alcoholic products in the city. Though drinking liquor in public like parks, sidewalks, alleys, city roads, waiting sheds, store fronts and areas other that private residences or permitted food retail establishments remain […]
DILG Finds Shutdown Of Abra Private Hospital An Abuse
July 3, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (July 3, 2020) –Interior secretary Eduardo Año has found a ‘prima facie’ evidence of an irregularity on the exercise or authority of Abra governor Ma. Jocelyn Bernos’ lockdown of the private-run Petronillo V. Seares Sr. Memorial Hospital. Año in sensing the irregularity, in his endorsement of the complaint against Gov. Bernos to Philippine […]
Ilocos Norte’s Hotels, Inns, Resorts Reopen
July 2, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (July 2, 2020) – Several accommodation establishments in Ilocos Norte have reopened after a long hiatus because of the quarantines. Over 90 hotels, resorts, and transient houses have been issued with Special Permit to Operate (SPO) by Ilocos Norte provincial government thru the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office (INTO). “Ongoing pa rin ang processing ng releasing […]
Baguio, Benguet Province Has Two New COVID19 Cases
July 2, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (July 2, 2020) – Two more coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases were recorded in Baguio and Benguet Thursday, bringing the total afflictions to 118, even as one patient emerged victorious over the disease today. The Department of Health–Cordillera reported a 29 female from Baguio City and a 34 male from Benguet as the latest […]