Category: Metro BLISTT

Cops want fiscals “hands off” from tot’s murder case

Baguio policemen on Tuesday asked all state prosecutors here to inhibit from handling the 7-year-old gruesome murder case last May. Baguio City police director Col. Allen Co said they filed a motion for inhibition of the entire Baguio City prosecutor’s office in investigating the murder raps against a couple, from an influential family in Ifugao, […]

Flu vaccines available now

City health authorities announced the availability of antiflu vaccines in the different district health centers that could be availed for free by residents, especially the senior citizens and members of the vulnerable and marginalized sectors. Assistant City Health Officer Dr. Celiaflor Brillantes said that influenza cases often skyrocket every July to September because of the […]

LED lights lead to power bill savings

The city will be saving at least 69 percent from its power bills once the city’s streetlights will be converted from the conventional high pressure sodium (HPS) to the state-of-the-art Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixtures, one of the major projects of the present administration. Engr. Richard Molina, electrical engineer of the City Engineering Office (CEO), […]

Dads declare Burnham historical site

The City Council, during last Monday’s regular session, declared the 34-hectare Burnham Park as a heritage park and for a historical marker to be installed in the area by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP). In a resolution, local legislators stated that in line with the local government’s policy to extend full support […]

Magalong beefs up contact tracing effort

The contact tracing teams of the city government of Baguio is being expanded amid the recent and sudden increase of Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases. Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong have tapped the Philippine National Police Cordillera and the Department of Health Cordillera to augment the contact tracing teams in the city as well as assist other […]

Councilors amend GAD code

The City Council this week approved the revision of the Gender and Development Code. Hurdling the third and final reading, the Revised GAD Code is the 105th ordinance passed by the Baguio City Council this year amending the older ordinance which was enacted in 2005. Councilor Lilia Fariñas, main author of the Revised GAD Code […]

BAKANTE

Mistulang isang “ghost town” ang Burnham na isa sa mga paboritong pinupuntahan ng mga turista sa Baguio. Ang turismo ay sarado pa rin ayon kay mayor Benjamin Magalong. Thomas F. Picana

NUTRITION MONTH

Members of the Baguio Lions Club – Family and Friends led by charter president Fely Ramones during their feeding program as part of their project celebrating the Nutrition Month at the barangay Gen. Aguinaldo last July 23. Carlos C.Meneses ABN

WINNER

The container ground category winner in the survival garden competition is of Amelia Montes of barangay Pinget where she bested more than 20 other entries to the event which the City Venerinary and Agriculture Office in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture – Cordillera which provided the seedlings. Meanwhile, Wagner Mat-an of barangay Bakakeng Central […]

Lungsod ng Baguio sarado pa rin sa turismo

Upang mapawi ang takot na handang isaalang-alang ng Baguio ang kalusugan ng mga residente nito sa pagbuhay ng ekonomiyang nakadepende sa turismo ay idineklara ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong na nananatiling sarado ang lungsod hanggang masupil ng National Capital Region, Region III at Region IV ang pagkalat ng COVID-19. Sa pagsubaybay ni Magalong sa presentasyon ni […]

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