April 15, 2019
Engineer Lomino Kaniteng (inset-left), member of the Board and president of the Benguet Federation of Small-Scale Miners, Inc. (BFSSM), clarifies a section on the guideline in the processing and awarding of TSSMP in Benguet Province. Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB-Cordillera) regional director Faye Apil (inset-right). Small-scale miners (main picture), representing various associations listen intently during […]
April 15, 2019
Concerned residents of Tadian, Mountain Province held their peace rally on Tuesday, April 9 (Araw ng Kagitingan) where former Tadian Mayor Harry Dominguez and incumbent Mayor Anthony Wooden both condemned the terroristic activities in the municipality leading to casualties and forest fires, including contamination of Tadian’s water sources. The rallyists pleaded for peace and said […]
April 14, 2019
Bangued, Abra – Momentary tension rose in this capital town when Bangued mayoral bet Ryan Seares-Luna allegedly slapped three town employees at a supposed voters’ education seminar in barangay Bangbanagar, Monday afternoon. Drexell Festejo Bermudez, 40; Rolly Benosa Bernardez, 46 and Jayrone Berra Bello, 32, complained that Luna arrived at an alleged voters’ education seminar […]
April 14, 2019
CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet – Sumuko sa mga kinauukulan sina Ka Joshua, edad 36 at Ka Simon, edad 49, kapwa myembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) dito sa Cordillera noong Lunes, April 8 dahil umano sa hirap ng pamumuhay sa gubat. Ayon kay ka Joshua, siya ay hinikayat noong 2003 na sumali sa rebolusyonaryong […]
April 14, 2019
CAMP DANGWA, LA TRINIDAD, Benguet—Nadakip ng kapulisan ang hinihinalang suspek sa pagpugot ng ulo ng isang lalaki na natagpuan sa isang kalsada sa Sitio Pagtural, Bontoc Ili, Bontoc, Mountain Province noong Abril 9, 2019. Kinilala ang nasabing suspek na si Kevin Ongaron Changat, 25 anyos isang matadero, at nakatira sa Bontoc Ili sa lalawigan ng […]
April 14, 2019
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to release an order regarding the processing and awarding of Temporary Small-Scale Mining Permit (TSSMP) in Benguet Province. A reliable source said recently that top officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and the National Commission of Indigenous People (NCIP) have crafted separate positions […]
April 14, 2019
BAUKO, Mountain Province – Sinabi ni Mayor Abraham Akilit noong nakaraang Biyernes na uumpisahan na nilang magbigay ng psychological intervention sa mga residente ng limang barangay dito, kung saan nagsagupa ang mga tropa ng gobyerno at mga rebeldeng NPA sa loob ng ilang araw. “May mga na-trauma na kailangan i-debrief sila. Nagkaroon ng pagpupulong para […]
April 14, 2019
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Karapatan din ng mga bilanggo na ngayo’y tinatawag na persons deprived of liberty (PDL) na magkaroon ng disente, maayos at ligtas na lugar na matutuluyan. Dahil dito, ang Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) sa suporta ng lokal na gobyerno ay magsasawa ng ilang pagpapahusay sa municipal jail ng bayan […]
April 14, 2019
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Department of Science and Technology Education Institute (DOSTSEI) has recently launched science scholarship programs for 2019 junior college students and S&T scholarship programs for 2020 undergraduates in the region, DOST-SEI scholarship coordinator Shiela Marie Singa- Claver said. Claver said that the junior science scholarship can be availed by the incoming […]
April 14, 2019
DAGUPAN CITY – Pasok na sa Guinness Book of World Records ang highest at tallest bamboo structure matapos nitong masungkit ang titulo kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng ika-400 taon ng St. Vincent Ferrer Parish at ang ika-600 taong death anniversary ni St. Vincent Ferrer noong Biyernes sa Brgy Bani, Bayambang. Ayon sa official adjudicator ng Guiness […]