Category: Metro BLISTT

Exemplary Model

Benguet caretaker congressman Eric Go Yap (right) is feted as an exemplary model of community leadership in the Cordillera region during the 12th Cordillera Disaster Risk Management Council awarding and recognition on Tuesday from Office of Civil Defense-Cordillera director retired Commodore Albert Mogul (left). Artemio A. Dumlao

MOA Signing

Mayor Benjamin Magalong (middle); SquidPay Technology Inc. Chief Operating Officer/President Enrico Tamayo, (left) and Vice Mayor Fautino Olowan, signed the Memorandum of Agreement on Monday at the multi-purpose hall to formalize the terms of cashless fare collection system to be implemented soon in the Summer Capital. Zaldy Comanda

FALLEN

PDEA-Cordillera agents sift through the seized shabu, drug paraphernalia and other seized items inside the lair of notorious drug cartel big boss Federico “Eric” Oliveros, 38, (in black jacket at the left) at San Carlos Heights, Irisan barangay here during a raid by PDEA, NBI, and police late Tuesday night after a local court allowed […]

Cordi’s top drug cartel big boss falls in Baguio

A notorious drug cartel big boss fell in a raid at his hideout atop a hill at San Carlos Heights, Irisan Tuesday night. Federico “Eric” Oliveros, 38, who took over leadership of his father’s “Oliveros drug cartel” operating in Baguio City, the highland region and neighboring provinces, gave up without a fight when Philippine Drug […]

Magalong assures city will rise despite Covid pandemic

Things may have gotten harder but our eyes remain focused when it comes to Baguio’s goals! Thus, in a nutshell, was the message of Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong, assuring Baguio residents the city will rise like the Philippine banner anew during last week’s flag ceremony at the Burnham Park. The flag-raising ceremony was the city’s […]

BBM to balance work as mayor, contact tracing czar

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong vowed he’d make a good balance between performing his duties as mayor and as the country’s contact tracing czar. Being appointed by the National Task Force as the country’s new Contact Tracing chief on account of his pioneering an effective system in tracking close contacts of Coronavirus disease (COVID- 19) […]

Dads eye amendment to city’s children code

The City Council, during last Monday’s regular session, approved on third and final reading and for publication a proposed ordinance that seeks to amend certain provisions of Ordinance No. 74, series of 2009, or the Children’s Welfare Code, to make it compliant with prevailing standards. The ordinance authored by Vice Mayor Faustino A. Olowan and […]

Baguio logs 57th Covid case, WHO cites city’s contact tracing

Baguio City’s COVID-19 cases rose by two Friday as the city’s active case to 10. A 50-year old male health worker from the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center compound and a 35-year old female from Middle Quezon Hill were the new cases. On Thursday, A 50 -year old female from San Luis Village tested […]

Elderlies, PWDs free from parking fees

The City Council, during last Monday’s regular session, approved on first reading a proposed ordinance exempting senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) from paying parking fees for the first three hours in all business establishments in the city. The ordinance shall cover all resident and non-resident senior citizens and PWDs who are either driving […]

Real property tax hike in ‘21 seen

After two long decades, a “slight tweak”. City Assessor Maria Almaya C. Adawe, July 13, said the Baguio City government shall be implementing Ordinance No. 16, Series of 2020 revising the schedule of market values for real property in 2021. This, after twenty years of public consultations and revisions paving way for the City Council […]

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