October 6, 2020
BAGUIO CITY(October 6, 2020) – With an urgent mission to finish off the communist insurgency along the Cagayan and lower Apayao border, the reactivated 501st “Valiant” Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division, was sent off Monday afternoon to its new area of operations. The deployment of the troops in that area is a […]
October 6, 2020
BAGUIO CITY(October 6, 2020)— A sports complex that can accommodate big sporting events will soon rise in Ifugao. With the facility, Ifigao can also host regional and national sports events among others that can contribute to the province’s tourism, thus giving more economic opportunities to the people. Ifugao Governor Jerry Dalipog said they can now eye […]
October 5, 2020
A couple weeks back, Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Partylist Representatives Eric Go Yap, Jocelyn Tulfo, and Niña Taduran filed House Bill No. 7740, to be known as the “Height Equality Act.” According to Representative Yap, height, or the lack thereof, must not be a barrier to employment opportunities for Filipinos. The […]
October 5, 2020
The Pinoy Aksyon for Governance and the Environment (Pinoy Aksyon) has sounded alarm bells over reports of ‘illegal and forced’ Chinese labor in the country, especially in construction projects. The group wrote Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinang that “incessant, unabated and illegal influx of Chinese laborers here in the country depriving Filipino […]
October 4, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (October 4, 2020) – The mighty Abra River, one of the country’s five major river systems that nurtures the endangered “Ludong” fish, is on close watch as the Ilocos Sur’s Provincial Fish Regulatory Office placed it and its tributaries on “closed fishing season” starting October 1. Ilocos Sur Provincial Fishery Regulatory Officer Benny Saraos […]
October 4, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (October 4, 2020) – Coming in trickles. Seen as baby steps towards full opening up to tourists, Baguio City hasn’t had that many visitors from Region 1, not even more than a dozen since October 1, in the calibrated move in reviving the tourism industry here. Though the tourism department believe such baby […]
October 2, 2020
BAGUIO CITY (October 2, 2020 – NBI-Cordillera Executive Officer Atty. Paul Moises (left) and Intelligence Officer Bonifacio Salingbay (R) subdue 29 year old John Anthony Rosal, after a brief chase Thursday evening (October 1, 2020) along Wagner Road, Military Cut-off barangay here, after he sold at least 18.7 grams of shabu worth P140,000.00 to an […]
October 1, 2020
Annual Orphanage Gift Giving Project every September of the Rotary Club of Downtown Session with Atty. Edgar Avila #RotaryOpensOpportunities #ServiceAboveSelf
October 1, 2020
Baguio City Health Services Office chief Dr. Rowena Galpo during the management committee meeting held at the Baguio Convention Center on Tuesday (Sept. 29, 2020). Galpo reported that they opened an additional 96 Covid-19 isolation beds. (Photo courtesy of Neil Clark Ongchangco-PIO Baguio)
October 1, 2020
Baguio City administrator Bonifacio dela Peña shows off the materials for the flooring of the soon to rise youth convergence and sports complex at the Baguio athletic bowl. The engineer on Thursday (Sept. 24, 2020) said the city is building the PHP434-million youth and sports center with help from Senator Vicente Sotto III who committed […]