Category: Sideglance
Court of every resort
May 19, 2018
The Supreme Court is considered as the final and ultimate stage of legal determination and its decision is given great weight in matters involving the interpretation of the law. In any legal matter brought to its attention it becomes the duty of the highest court of the land to give its own interpretation of what […]
District I hosts Pasadang Pambarangay
May 12, 2018
The Pasadang Pambarangay program of the Office of the City Mayor thru its Special Services Division was conducted this Friday at the covered court of Pacdal Barangay with two hundred seventy seven beneficiaries from the five barangays comprising District I. The start of the program proper was initiated by Mr. Noel Mabutas, Community Affairs Officer […]
Bato goes to jail
May 8, 2018
The title above is a simple play of words but one that highlights the intense campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte in his administration’s war against drugs.
Rehabilitating the environment
April 28, 2018
With Proclamation 475 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte the six-month closure of the world famous Boracay resort in the municipality of Malay, Aklan Province has begun. This will pave way for the organized rehabilitation of the world class resort to forestall and prevent further environmental degradation brought about by the negligent and reckless development and […]
Pasadang Pambarangay goes to Fairview
April 21, 2018
In the continuing commitment for the immediate delivery of service to the public especially among those who have less in life and living in poverty, the City Mayor’s Office thru its Special Services Division has once again implemented its Pasadang Pambarangay program this time in Fairview Barangay at their covered court. For almost twenty years […]
Just the facts please
April 14, 2018
I had the occasion to open the online version of the Manila Times and in my scan its news and opinions I came to the column of Ma. Isabel Ongpin which was entitled ‘Baguio Up In Arms’. Now while the column piece itself may seem interesting enough, especially for Baguio residents such as myself, since […]
Beating the air
April 7, 2018
While the Supreme Court may have gotten its wish to look into the records of the drug war campaign being waged by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte it may have also begun a quixotic attempt to pry into matters already considered as a foregone conclusion particularly when it comes to promises made by the […]
The right of political will
March 31, 2018
The internet has in one way defined Political will as “the exercise of an abstract feature of political authority to enforce certain act for the benefit of its intention, usually for the public welfare.it is an unconditional use of political power.”
Specific guidelines for assistance in AICS program sough
March 24, 2018
City Vice Mayor Edison Bilog is requesting the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) through the Honorable City Mayor and in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Cordillera Administrative Region for the immediate formulation of a well-defined and specific guidelines in the grant of financial assistance to individuals in crisis situation (AICS) […]
Retirement homes for senior citizens proposed
March 17, 2018
The establishment of a Senior Citizen’s Retirement Home in the City of Baguio will go a long way in realizing the mandate of Republic Act 9994 otherwise known as the “Expanded Senior Citizen’s Act of 2010, more particularly in sub-section (e) of Section 5 thereof which provides that, “The National Government shall include in its […]