BAGUIO CITY (March 23, 2020) — Public health officials here confirmed on Monday that Baguio City is Covid19-free no more. Dr. Amelita Macli-ing Pangilinan, director of the Department of Health-Cordillera said the 61-year-old female who came from Italy on March 2 began showing coughing, colds and sore throat five days later. She went for consultation on March […]
A coronavirus disease (COVID-19)- positive patient visited Baguio City last March 9-11 while she was already manifesting symptoms before coming to the Summer Capital after her travel to Hiroshima, Japan. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said there were still no confirmed cases in the city contrary to reports that it has already registered two confirmed cases. He […]
BAGUIO CITY (March 11, 2020) – More and more tourist enclaves in the highland Cordillera region suspended tourism activities in heightened efforts to parry of possibly spread of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 or CoViD-19. Hours after Bontoc, Mt. Province’s capital, temporarily shut down its doors to tourists, the town’s mayor of Barlig also issued an […]
Lungsod ng Baguio – Inanunsyo ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong na hindi idedeklara ng lungsod ang isang lockdown sa kabila ng pagkansela ng Panagbenga Festival at ang pagsuspinde sa iba pang aktibidad sa kabila ng ng pagdagsa ng mga bisita dahil sa sakit na coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19). Lahat ng paparating na mga kaganapan sa Panagbenga tulad […]
BAGUIO CITY (March 9, 2020) — Baguio Flower Festival’s major crowd-drawing events were cancelled Monday afternoon after a closed-door meeting of the inter-agency task force on the Corona Virus Disease 2019 or CoVid 19 with Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong. The inter-agency task force is composed of the officials of the Baguio City Government headed by […]
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The City Government of San Fernando confirms the first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) that kills 30 pigs from a local pig farm in Barangay Cadaclan this city Sunday (March 8, 2020). “We immediately manage a precautionary measure to control the spread of ASF in the city,” said […]
BAGUIO CITY (February 17, 2020) — A hundred cyclists will race their way up Marcos Highway on March 2 for the Baguio leg of Ronda Pilipinas. A special lane will be designated for the participants of the local cycling competition according to Baguio City Administrator Bonifacio Dela Peña. The cyclists will come from Nueva Ecija […]
BAGUIO CITY (February 17, 2020) – Five alleged ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leaders were killed in separate clashes with the government troops in Ilagan City, Isabela and Sta Cruz, Ilocos Sur. Only on Sunday, security forces from the Philippine Army’s 95th Infantry Battalion clashed and killed an NPA squad leader and another team leader […]
La Trinidad, Benguet (February 10, 2020) – Indigenous Igorot culture can do the magic against the African swine fever spread. Town officials here are confident ASF will not spread in Benguet because of the “inayan” trait wielded by Igorots. “Inayan” sometimes called “Paniyew” is a trait of Igorots or the indigenous people of the Cordillera […]