October 29, 2017
In response to the request by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Regional Development Council (RDC) for the putting up of local councils for culture and the arts nationwide City Councilor Lilia Fariñas has filed a proposed ordinance that would create and establish the Baguio City Culture and the Arts […]
October 21, 2017
Availing of the initiative of Public-Private Partnerships City Councilors Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon and Elmer Datuin filed with the City Council a proposed resolution for the restoration, retrofitting and adaptive re-use of the old Diplomat Hotel building and the Baguio Heritage Hill through a Public-Private Partnership for the People Initiative (P4) via a joint venture […]
October 14, 2017
Citing a declared policy of the State to establish and maintain an effective food regulatory system to address the need of every Filipino particularly those in the marginalized sector or those living below the poverty line, City Councilor Leandro Yangot filed a proposed regulatory measure that would prohibit all supermarkets, food chains and other similar […]
October 9, 2017
There must be something with the way we appreciate news these days. With the advent of so called ‘fake news’ the public at large has suddenly been bombarded with so much data and information, particularly through the internet, that one wonders how they will ever separate the truth from the falsity of a particular event. […]
September 30, 2017
With the seeming endless supply of the illegal drug shabu being circulated in the country it is high time for the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to change gears in their on-going war on drugs and try to focus their attention towards stemming and preventing the entry of shabu into the country. With the seeming […]
September 25, 2017
Perhaps these days nothing worries President Rodrigo Duterte more than the troubling possibility that the Marawi City siege is merely the start of a longer strategic campaign by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – and their IS inspired followers […]
September 18, 2017
Synonymous with its enduring reputation as the Summer Capital of the Philippines the City of Baguio has also been long known to be a haven to many visual and performing artists and home to world renowned and nationally awarded artists such as Benjamin “Bencab” Cabrera, the solar artist Jordan Mang–osan and Eric ‘Kidlat Tahimik’ De […]
September 11, 2017
Banking on a specific provision of the Gaming Site Regulation for Bingo games issued by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) that allows local government units to enact specific guidelines on the establishment of a gaming site within their territorial jurisdiction, two city councillors have filed a proposed legislative measure that would regulate the […]
September 3, 2017
For all intents and purposes the siege of Marawi City is at an end with the Philippine government and its armed forces emerging the victor. After more than 100 days and with more than 500 of the ISIS inspired Maute rebels, as well as other rebel bandits, already dead as a result of the relentless […]
August 27, 2017
The public seemed to have been galvanized into uniting in protesting the untimely death of a minor during an anti-drug operation last August 16, 2017 in Caloocan City. Almost everybody now knows and are familiar with the name of the late Kian Loyd delos Santos a 17 year old teenager who allegedly fought it out […]