October 4, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 4, 2021)—- Like its neighbor Ilocos Sur, Abra’s local politics is a family affair. Incumbent Abra governor Ma. Jocelyn Valera-Bernos, only on her second term last 2019, filed her candidacy for vice-governor with the rest of her family also seeking top posts Monday. Bernos was Abra’s lone district representative in the House before […]
October 2, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 2, 2021) – At least 36 areas in 20 of Baguio City’s barangays are on lockdown as of September 27 as part of the city’s ongoing COVID-19 Delta variant contingency plan’s key result areas according to a City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) official. In the virtual management committee meeting, […]
October 2, 2021
Baguio City (October 2, 2021) – Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong is in for his second term, thus flatly denying he is running for a national position in 2022. “Still for mayor”, the mayor told Philippine Star late Friday night dousing wild speculations he is gunning for a seat in the Senate alongside Senator Panfilio […]
October 2, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (October 2, 2021) – More than 85 percent of Baguio City’s senior citizens have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As of September 27, a total of 27,579 or 85.9 percent of the 32,108 registered elderlies at the bakuna.baguio.gov.ph website have been fully inoculated per data from the City Health Services Office and the Management Information […]
October 1, 2021
Another trouble brewing for Holiday Inn Baguio City Centre Hotel which after facing a case with the National Privacy Commission for data privacy violation, it is now urged to settle long overdue obligations with one of its contractors which has sought help from a local court for payment. Officers of Vivotel Corporation, owner of the […]
September 30, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (September 30, 2021)— Two alleged communist guerillas of the Komiteng Larangang Guerilla – Abra, Mt. Province, Ilocos Sur or “KLG-AMPIS” were killed Tuesday following clashes with the Philippine Army’s 54th Infantry and 69th Infantry Battalions, the 72nd Division Reconnaissance Company (72DRC) in Barangay Mainit, Bontoc Mt. Province. Lt. Col. Marcelo Valdez, commander of […]
September 30, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (September 29, 2021)—Ilocos Norte has reopened to tourists following the recent downgrading of the province’s community quarantine classification. This time, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN), through the Ilocos Norte Tourism Office (INTO), advocates for a “safer and stronger” resumption of tourism services as it braces for a significant influx of travelers […]
September 29, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (September 29, 2021)— Authorities caught a foreign national and his two Filipino cohorts in a drug sting operation Tuesday 5 o clock in the afternoon at the Grumpy Joe restaurant parking lot along purok 2, barangay Gibraltar, Baguio City. Agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Ilocos Region Special Enforcement Team led […]
September 29, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (September 29, 2021)— A loan agency agent was killed by still unidentified gunmen on September 28, 2021 along the provincial road in Barangay Cabaruan, Tabuk City, Kalinga. Ryan Christopher Subac, 23, Micro Finance Officer of ASA Philippines, a native pf Gonzaga, Cagayan but now residing in Barangay Bulanao,Tabuk City, just came from collecting […]
September 28, 2021
BAGUIO CITY (September 28, 2021) – Seven of the 10 Board of Directors (BOD) of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) including Board President lawyer Esteban Somngi and Officer-in-charge Melchor Licoben were suspended by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for 90 days after defying the appointment of lawyer Ana Marie Paz Rafael as the cooperative’s general manager. […]