Category: Metro BLISTT

Spaghetti wires now being addressed

BAGUIO CITY – The long-standing problem on the perilous and unsightly public utility “spaghetti wires” is now being effectively addressed. City Administrator Bonifacio dela Peña reported the visibly improved condition of the utility cables along Magsaysay Avenue owing to the round-the-clock work being rendered by the telecommunication and utility companies led by the Benguet Electric […]

Manila Water, titingnan ang pagipon ng tubig ulan ng Baguio

LUNGSOD NG BAGUIO – Titingnan ng mga kinatawan ng Manila Water Philippine Ventures ang posibilidad ng pag-iipon ng tubig-ulan sa panahon ng tagulan bilang pagkukunan ng tubig upang masiguro ang matatag na suplay sa hinaharap, ayon sa isang opisyal noong Martes. Sa isang panayam sa telepono, sinabi ni Manila Water business development manager Lorie Lim […]

City undertakes suppression of foul odor from Baguio Dairy Farm

BAGUIO CITY – The City General Services Office (GSO) continues to take remedial measures to suppress the foul odor emanating from the city’s waste transfer station in a portion of the Baguio Dairy Farm which had been the subject of repeated complaints of residents living near the area. City General Services Officer Eugene Buyucan said […]

Annual Olympics for PWD

Around 400 PWD students coming from the different schools in Baguio City participated in the Annual Olympics for PWD held at the Athletic Bowl 5 September 2019. Students from elementary to senior high competed in the Games like shot put, running, Bocce among others.   Photo by Gabriel Malaya/ABN

Second Regular House Committee Meeting on Higher and Technical Education

Committee Chair Mark Go tackles bills establishing polytechnic state colleges and TESDA training and assessment centers across the Philippines, including bills converting state colleges into state universities, and bills establishing medical scholarship and return service program for qualified students at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Metro Manila on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 with […]

Waste-To-Energy MOU Signed

Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong and Philippine National Oil Company Renewables Corporation President and CEO John Arenas sign Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the joint commitment to find solutions to Baguio City’s garbage problem through the conduct of a detailed feasibility study of a Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility on August 30, 2019. WTE is a widely-used technology to […]

33K aplikante kumuha ng PMA entrance exam

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – Umabot sa 33,000 ang bilang ng mga kumuha ng taunang entrance examination ng Philippine Military Academy (PMA) noong Agosto 25 at linagpasan umano ang 2018 record na 28,000, ayon sa isang opisyal noong Huwebes. Pinasalamatan ni PMA information officer Maj. Reynan Afan ang publiko sa kanilang patuloy na pagtiwala […]

“Pasalubong” products in city not regularly monitored, report reveals

BAGUIO CITY – City council resolution no. 436-2017 “Urging the Department of Trade and Industry- Cordillera Administrative Region (DTI-CAR) and other government agencies to intensify its efforts in monitoring price increases and other irregularities on quantity and quality of commodities, particularly pasalubong products, in the city of Baguio” has not been fully implemented. This was […]

City Building Official says amnesty encourages illegal settling

BAGUIO CITY – City Building Official Nazita F. Bañez in a dialogue with the City Council during the Regular Session on Monday, September 2, 2019 made it clear that she is not supportive of the measure that grants amnesty to applicants for electric and water connections as this is not in line with the City’s […]

City Traffic and Transportation Management Committee overhauled

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong has reconstituted the city’s traffic management committee formerly known as the Traffic and Transportation Management Committee (TTMC), which will now be called the Land Traffic and Transportation Management Committee (LTTMC). The body is chaired by the mayor himself and co-chaired by Councilor Benny Bomogao as head of the city […]

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