Category: Metro BLISTT

DPWH-CAR on 24/7 alert for the rainy season

BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways- Cordillera Administrative Region (DPWH-CAR) assured its readiness this typhoon season and is on 24/7 alert in the event of calamities and emergencies, DPWH-CAR regional director Tiburcio Canlas said on Wednesday. Canlas said his agency has mobilized all its resources, equipment and personnel to make sure […]

DOH palalakasin ang programa sa pagbabakuna sa CAR

LUNGSOD NG BAGUIO – Para sa layunin ng Department of Health na lalong palakasin ang programa sa pagbabakuna sa Cordillera ay tinipon nito ang key stakeholders para sa isang regional project implementation review para sa “Oplan Culex” at ang “Baby Come Back to Bakuna” campaign sa Chalet Hotel nitong nakaraang linggo. Sinabi ni DOH Center […]

Trapiko apektado sa bagong 200 taxi franchise

LUNGSOD NG BAGUIO – Ang kamakailang pagbubukas ng 200 taxi franchise slots para ma-applyan ng publiko ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Cordillera ay tinututulan sa lungsod dahil maaari itong magdulot ng mas matinding trapiko. Inihayag ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong ang kaniyang pagtutol sa hakbang na ito ng LTFRB kung saan bubuksan ang […]

Tourist data, hiniling sa mga PB at hotel

LUNGSOD NG BAGUIO – Inutusan ni Mayor Benjamin Magalong ang lahat ng Punong Barangay ng 128 na barangay at may-ari ng lahat ng accommodation establishment sa lungsod na magsumite ng updated data sa tourist arrivals para sa lungsod upang magkaroon ng tama at accurate na information. Sa Memorandum No. 211-19 na may petsang Hulyo 10 […]

Magalong eyes cooperative for roving vendors

BAGUIO CITY – Roaming vendors within city streets and public parks with permits will be organized into a cooperative for them to be given livelihood assistance by the city government, Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong said on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Hundreds of roving vendors who are earning their daily needs by selling novelty items and […]

National Disaster Resilience

Host University of the Cordilleras leads the 2019 celebration of National Disaster Resilience Month themed “Kahandaan sa Sakuna’t Peligro, para sa tunay na Pagbabago” on Friday, July 12, 2019 with participants from different universities in the region, a school-based caravan for risk and disaster preparedness by the Office of Civil Defense-Cordillera (OCD-CAR) in collaboration with […]

Local Energy Resources Development

University of the Philippines – Diliman, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute, and National Engineering Center professor Rowaldo “Wali” Del Mundo discusses topics related to the energy development of Benguet during his speech on understanding electricity issues at the Benguet Electric Cooperative compound in Baguio City on Thursday, July 11,2019. Samantha Carrera, UC Intern/ABN

American toxicology specialist says WTE technology harmful

BAGUIO CITY—A U.S.-based environmental group raised the problem with the use of waste-to-energy (WTE) plants and proposed to the city government here to practice strategies or ways to curb its decades-old garbage problem on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. “Incinerators and ‘waste-to-energy plants are facilities that burn waste, usually plastics. It is bad for human health, […]

Floating solar plant contemplated in Binga, Ambuklao

BAGUIO CITY— The two major water reservoirs in Benguet are being eyed for the possibility of having a floating solar power plant, a private firm executive said on Monday. Lawyer Mike Hosillos, SN Aboitiz Power vice president for corporate affairs, said they hope to have the same floating solar power system in Binga and Ambuklao […]

Baguio representative files 15 bills on 18th Congress

BAGUIO CITY – Congressman Mark Go filed his first 15 priority bills during the first eight days after assuming his second term in congress. “This is what we have promised as contained in our 10- point agenda. We would like to continue our work for these important measures that need to be enacted into law,” […]

Amianan Balita Ngayon