BAGUIO CITY (January 31, 2022)—- The Ilocos Norte provincial government opened the so-called— the First waterpark in Northern Luzon — at the legendary Paoay Lake national park in Suba, Paoay town amid still unchecked presence of e-coli bacteria. The environment department before the January 30 opening earlier warning to defer” water contact activities” due to the […]
BAGUIO CITY (January 31, 2022)—Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong tested positive again for COVID-19. He publicly announced Monday that he was infected basing on the test result as of January 30, 2022, his second time to contract the virus. He first got the virus April last year. Magalong said that his symptoms which started to […]
Benguet caretaker Eric Go Yap called out the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Cordillera Administrative Region (DENR – CAR) to ease restriction in the area following a dialogue with residents of Mt. Santo Tomas in Tuba. During a visit last week, Yap talked with residents in the area who raised some issues such […]
BAGUIO CITY (January 29, 2022)— Northern Luzon Commander Lt. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr. ordered all commanders and soldiers in Northern Luzon to double their operational momentum and intensify efforts to completely decimate the remnants of the CPP-NPA in the northern provinces. “President Duterte gave us the marching order to finish the local communist armed conflict […]
BAGUIO CITY (January 29, 2022) – Ilocos Norte will open the first floating playground in Northern Luzon at the Paoay Lake, near the Malacañang ti Amianan, in Barangay Suba, Paoay, Sunday (January 30). “Paoay Lake Water Park,” a 4200-square meter inflatable boasts gigantic slides, swings, launchers, and an inflatable pool. The Bali-inspired “I’m IN Lounge” […]
BAGUIO CITY (January 29, 2022)— Leisure travels to the city significantly dropped following more restrictions imposed due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases here triggered by the Omicron variant. Supervising City Tourism Operations Officer Engr. Aloysius Mapalo said, the sharp drop in leisure travels was also caused by the many hotel travel cancellations by […]
BAGUIO CITY (January 27, 2022) – Communist guerillas are being blamed in the slay of the father of a an anti-communist leader in Butuan City last Monday. Severino Alvarez, father of one of the most active Kabataan Kontra Droga at Terorismo (KKDAT) Caraga member John Harold Alvarez, was allegedly killed by eight NPA rebels who […]
BAGUIO CITY (January 26, 2022) — Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group – Abra and Manabo town policemen caught three bettors of an illegal cockfighting games in sitio Tantanabong, barangay Lizong, Manabo town in Abra Monday afternoon. Bettors Agustin Divina Paganaw Jr., male, 36; Freddie Dacquel Curbi, 39; and Dexter Combis Bulda, 42; […]
PHARMACY & DRIVE THRU VACCINATION SITES ROLLOUT & TURNOVER OF COVID-19 LOGISTICS With Sec. Fransisco T. Duque III – Department of Health Secretary, Sec. Vinencio B. Dizon – COVID-19 Response Deputy Chief Implementer, Sec. Bernadette Romulo Puyat – Department of Tourism Secretary, Hon. Benjamin B. Magalong – Baguio City Mayor, and Hon. Mark Go – […]
BAGUIO CITY (January 24, 2022)— The Regional Trial Court branch 25 in Tabuk City, Kalinga on Friday stopped the release of an almost 2B loan application by the Tabuk City government. Favoring petitioners who on January 13, 2022 asked for a temporary restraining order to prevent Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) from releasing the […]