August 16, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (August 16, 2020) – Classes at the University of the Philippines in Baguio for first semester of school year 2020-2021 starts on September 10. This is in line with the adjusted general schedule of the UP System which also includes a modified term from the usual 16 weeks to 14 weeks for the […]
August 16, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (August 16, 2020) – Baguio City logged in 27 new COVID19 cases on Saturday, including one death. After only a single case Friday, the city recorded its record high on a single day. With the youngest at one year old as well as a 67 year old who is the latest mortality that […]
August 15, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (August 15, 2020) – A large volume of dried marijuana leaves, already compacted into bricks and tubular forms, were seized Saturday afternoon in front of the St. Williams Cathedral in Bulanao Centro, Tabuk City, Kalinga. Illegal drug traders that included a woman — Mercedes Macaiba, Julius Bagtang and Gilbert Bagtang — will be facing drug trade violations […]
August 14, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (August 14, 2020) – Former Cabugao, Ilocos Sur town mayor Edward Josh Cobangbang, 25, indicted last year with 17 other town officials and employees for serious illegal detention and grave coercion in connection with the 2017 forcible takeover of the Cabugao Beach Resort, surrendered to Ilocos region police director Brig. Gen. Rodoldo Azurin […]
August 13, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (August 13, 2020) – Cordillera highland region’s only two cities — Baguio and Tabuk are being ravaged by COVID19. Baguio City recorded its highest fresh cases in a day so far Thursday with 25 new cases, though ten recovered. The age and gender of the new patients are — 30 F; 28 F; 31 F; 31 […]
August 12, 2020
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 […]
August 12, 2020
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 […]
August 12, 2020
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, […]
August 11, 2020
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 […]
August 10, 2020
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 […]