Category: Metro BLISTT

Go files compensation standardization bill; SSS pension release

BAGUIO CITY – Lone district representative Mark Go filed House Bill 2576, standardizing compensation of barangay officials and workers; and House Joint Resolution No. 6, urging state-owned Social Security System (SSS) to release the second tranche of P1,000.00 monthly pension increase of SSS pensioners not later than January 1, 2020. HB 2576 would give standard […]

Power cost reduction, Epira Law amendment top Congress Power Block agenda

BAGUIO CITY – Reduction of power cost, hastening of rural electrification, and amendment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) are among the priority bills worked on by four Partylists belonging to the so-called “Power Block” in Congress. Newly elected representatives from the Power Block namely, Rural Electric Consumers and Beneficiaries of Development and […]

Creation of urban development and housing board proposed

BAGUIO CITY – Councilor Maria Mylen Victoria G. Yaranon proposed an ordinance creating the Baguio City Urban Development and Housing Board which was approved on first reading and referred to the Committee on Urban Planning, Lands, and Housing of the City Council for further study. The proposal underscored the necessity of creating a board that […]

Bued River Blasting

Muling nagsagawa ng blasting operation sa Bued River sa Zigzag, Kennon Road, ilang metro mula sa Lion’s head noong Huwebes, Hulyo 18, 2019 para tanggalin ang mga malalaking tipak ng bato na bumara sa daluyan ng tubig sa nasabing ilog nang gumuho ang mataas na bahagi ng bundok noong nakaraang taon. Ang unang pagpapasabog ay […]

Disaster Preparedness

Office of Civil Defense-Cordillera (OCD-CAR) regional director Albert Mogol (3rd from left), reports on the readiness of the agency through calamities during the Kapihan media forum on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at the DPWH-CAR regional office. Mogol is joined by Department of Public Works and Highways-Cordillera regional director Tiburcio Canlas (4th from left) and City […]

Mayor seeks possible relocation site for night market

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 ordered the City Engineering Office and the City Environment and Parks Management Office (CEPMO) to identify the possible relocation site of the night market area to ensure the safety and security of the vendors and the public patronizing the said nightly activity. The […]

Mayor ensures towing of illegally parked vehicles in residential areas

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong on Thursday assured the public that all illegally-parked vehicles along roads in residential areas will be subsequently towed. Towing operations had just been delayed because the contract being entered into between the owner of the land for use as impounding area and the towing company is in the […]

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 […]

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