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‘Health care in distress as 86 healthworkers in Ilocos Norte hit by Covid’

BAGUIO CITY (August 4, 2021) – The health care of Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (MMMH&MC) in Batac City, Ilocos Norte is in distress as 86 health workers contracted Corona Virus Disease (Covid 19). The healthworkers are now isolated according to the management of the hospital. The MMMH&MC is a major Covid-19 referral […]

Gov’t spooks probing pols supporting Reds

BAGUIO CITY (August 3, 2021)— Government is tracking congressmen, governors, vice-governors and even former senators for supporting communist guerillas. Alex Paul Monteagudo,  director general of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) bared on Monday that they are now looking into individuals who provided support to the CPP-NPA including politicians. Begging off though that he could not […]

Solar-powered cold storage answers farmers woes on post harvest loss and waste

To maintain the quality of agricultural produce and prevent post-harvest losses, thereby enabling farmers to earn a decent income from their yield, the Department of Agriculture has teamed up with the Next Agri Corporation Philippines Inc., and Ecofrost Technologies India for the installation of solar-powered storage in food production areas across the country. On June […]

Over P28 million worth of agri products lost in Abra

BAGUIO CITY(July 31, 2021) – The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) of Abra recorded P28,425,449.10 worth of damages on the agriculture sector caused by the over a week monsoon rains. The figure though is still partial as the data was collected from only eight of the 27 towns—  Lagayan, San Juan, La Paz, Lagangilang, […]

Habagat brings over P25M damages to Baguio

BAGUIO CITY (July 31, 2021) — Baguio City suffered more than P25 million worth of structural damages not including the unproductive days of working residents because of the heavy downpours brought by the monsoon enhanced by Typhoon “Fabian” and the recent Low Pressure Areas (LPAs). The city logged one death and three injuries. Another death […]

At least 34k doses of vaccines were administered to local residents at SM City Baguio

SM Supermalls has partnered with different LGUs to open the multi-mall vaccination program. As of July 26, a total of 1,461,083 vaccine doses have been administered at SM mallsvaccination sites nationwide. This is to support the community in their endeavor to vaccinate the public against Covid-19. In Baguio City, the total doses of Covid-19 vaccine […]

All non-essential travels to Baguio temporarily suspended

BAGUIO CITY(July 30, 2021)—Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong on Friday afternoon temporarily suspended all non-essential travels to Baguio City. Citing the “grave possibility of another surge” of Covid19 cases prompting the IATF EID to increase community quarantine restrictions in the NCR Nd other areas considered as high risk”,  the city is pushing such track, Magalong said,  the […]

P5.2M cannabis goes up in smoke In Kalinga village

La Trinidad, Benguet (July 30, 2021) – Policemen discovered two marijuana plantation sites within Brgy. Butbut Proper, Tinglayan, Kalinga on Thursday and immediately “sent it to smoke”.  The marijuana worth PP5.2 million,  said Cordillera police chief Brig. Gen. Ronald Lee, were discovered on two locations— site 1 had 6,000 Fully Grown Marijuana Plants (FGMJP) reaching P1,200,000.00, […]

Thief falls to death from Baguio hotel’s 6th floor

BAGUIO CITY (July 30, 2021)—A thief’s climbing skills ala Spiderman failed him after he fell to his death dawn Friday at a hotel he broke into along Kisad Road here. The still unidentified male suspect, wearing a blue hooded jacket, black track suit and a face mask, slipped from the 6th floor of the Crown […]

Ilocos Norte placed on localized MECQ

BAGUIO CITY (July 29, 2021) –  Ilocos Norte Governor Mathew Manotoc is placing the whole province on localized modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). Via executive order 142-21, the localized MECQ status will take in effect Thursday, while awaiting the approval of the request to place the province under MECQ by the InterAgency Task Force for […]

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