Category: Metro BLISTT

NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS WEEK (NACOCOW)

Bureau of Jail Management and Penology – Baguio City Jail Male and Female Dormitory led by JSupt. April Rose Wandag-Ayangwa and JSInsp Joan Bacayan launches the program with the theme: ‘Makataong Pakikitungo, Matinong Pamumuno, at Matatag na Prinsipyo Tungo sa Maunlad na Serbisyong Pampiitan’ on October 21, 2024 during the city’s flag raising rites at […]

HEALTH ALLIANCE CALLS ON GOV’T LEADERS FOR A FOOD WARNING LABEL POLICY TO BEAT NCDs

BAGUIO CITY On World Food Day and in time for the Global Week for Action on NCDs (non-communicable diseases), the Healthy Philippines Alliance (HPA), a network of civil society organizations, called on policymakers and legislators to take the lead on enacting a policy for food warning labels as an intervention to mitigate the prevalence of […]

Upper Photo: From left to right: Cancer Warriors Foundation founder James Auste; HPA Youth Network lead convenor Alyannah Lagasca; former Department of Health Secretary and HPA Lead Convenor Dr. Jaime Galvez Tan; Diabetes Philippines board of trustees Jennina Duatin and Leyden Florido; and Philippine Cancer Society Operations Manager Romeo Marcaida. Lower Photo: Advocates across sectors […]

3RD FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS NASAKSIHAN SA BAGUIO

BAGUIO CITY Muling nagsama-sama ang anim na lalawigan at lungsod ng Baguio upang ipakita ang kanilang mga sikat na kultura at tradisyon sa isang selebrasyon, ang ika-3 edisyon ng Cordillera Festival of Festivals na ginanap sa Malcolm Square, Baguio City, noong Oktubre 18. Ayon kay Jovita Ganongan, regional director ng Department of Tourism-Cordillera, ang Cordillera […]

Si Mayor Benjamin Magalong, kasama ang asawang si Aileen na nakilahok sa parada ng selebrasyon ng Festival of Festivals noong Oktubre 18. Ang okasyon ay inisyatibo at programa ng Department of Tourism-Cordillera para ipakita ang mga kultura at tradisyon sa iba’t ibang lalawigan ng rehiyon,na itinampok sa isang okasyon. Photo by Zaldy Comanda/ABN

CITY HOLDS FIRST SPORTS SUMMIT

BAGUIO CITY The city government under Mayor Benjamin Magalong thru the City Sports Office (CSO) conducted the first ever Baguio Sports Summit, Oct. 11, at Plaza Garden Hotel, here, participated by around 200 of the Summer Capital’s athletes, coaches and other stakeholders. City sports chief Gaudencio Gonzales said the one-day activity aimed to thresh-out various […]

TIGHTER SECURITY MEASURES IN LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS, TOURIST SPOTS

BAGUIO CITY A local measure “requiring owners/operators of hotels, malls, supermarkets, amusement centers, tourist spots, and other establishments/areas where the public converge to adopt tighter security measures through the installation of closed-circuit televisions (CCTV), use of metal detectors and the like to ensure public safety and providing penalties in violation thereof”, is being implemented. This […]

BCC OPENS ALPINE THEMED CHRISTMAS

BAGUIO CITY The Baguio Country Club will officially open its Christmas Village this year this Saturday, October 19, as it looks forward to another “busy” season at said area until Three Kings next year. “It will be until the first Sunday of January next year,” BCC General Manager Anthony de Leon told media during a […]

MAYOR ORDERS CLOSURE OF TAHO FACTORY DUE TO UNSANITARY OPERATIONS

BAGUIO CITY Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong ordered the closure of a ‘taho’ factory in Lower Brookside due to unsanitary operations and violation of the city’s Environmental Code and City Ordinance No. 571-1973 that prohibits burning. A concerned citizen complained of excessive smoke emanating from a taho factory causing nuisance in the neighborhood. Personnel from the […]

P4-M DAILY AVERAGE GOLD TRANSACTION IN BAGUIO “BLACK MARKET”

BAGUIO CITY An estimated P4 million daily average of gold transaction in Baguio reportedly goes to ‘underground deal.’ In support to government efforts to ensure gold reserves to sustain the country’s economy and position in international market, Loacan Itogon Pocket Miners Association (LIPMA) the PJL Inc. Cebuana Lhuillier signed a gold buying deal. Some P200, […]

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