Category: Sideglance

Regulation of driving schools in the city urged by LIGA President

Heeding the clamour of concerned residents and motorists in the city, LIGA President and ex- oficio City Councilor Michael Lawana has filed a proposed legislative measure seeking to regulate driving schools in Baguio particularly in giving lessons and by student drivers in practical driving instructions and/or lessons along the various streets and major thoroughfares in […]

Councilor moves to rescind resolution on E-Bingo

City Councilor Maria Mylen Victoria Yaranon has filed anew a proposed legislative measure seeking to rescind City Resolution Numbered 176, series of 2017 which interposes no objection on the operation of a traditional Bingo and an Electronic Bingo (E-Bingo) at the Albergo Hotel along Villamor Drive in the City of Baguio. In her proposal to […]

Legislator bats for use of City Hall as Art Museum

There can be no better declaration of support from the City Government of Baguio for local artists and their art than by allowing them to exhibit their works in the lobby of City Hall when possible, and along the empty walls of its public halls as a viewing gallery for the public and interested buyers […]

Comprehensive sports complex and evacuation center planned for city

With the aim of creating world class facilities in the City of Baguio that will cater to sports enthusiasts the city government thru the office of the City Mayor is requesting the city council for the re-alignment of funds to a major project entitled “Proposed Sports Complex with Evacuation Center” that will have an estimated […]

Podium car parking in several areas in the city pushed

With the realization that the City of Baguio has been recording the highest number of visitors or travelers every twenty four hours (24), based on the report and census of the Department of Tourism –Cordillera Administrative Region (DOT-CAR), three lawmakers in the city has filed a resolution to request for the construction of a podium […]

A disturbing facet of the war on drugs

President Duterte’s continuing campaign on the war on drugs, apart from the brutal and assailed extra judicial killings (EJKs), has generated another disquieting aspect of the campaign, and that is the reported extortion activities allegedly being done by some policemen to line their pockets. The recent discovery by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) of […]

Adoption of law for conduct of SK and barangay elections, urged

In a democratic state elective officials in the government are voted into office by the people and not through appointment by the President in order that their loyalty will be to the people and not to the appointing authority. This is the essence of a proposed Resolution introduced and filed by City Councilor Arthur Allad-iw […]

The ploy of the President

Not many eyebrows were raised when President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to occupy islands that the Philippines claim it owns on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Many may even consider that this is the natural progression of events leading to the assertion that the Philippines have every […]

The cost of peace

The peace negotiating panels from the side of the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the government under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte seem to be on the verge of securing an interim ceasefire accord that would hopefully bring relative calm in the countryside particularly in those areas where the New Peoples Army (NPA) and […]

Alderman mulls ban of airsoft games in city parks

Concerned with safety issues in the conduct of airsoft games in the City of Baguio, City Councilor Faustino Olowan has filed with the city council a proposed measure to ban airsoft games and related activities in all parks of the city. In his proposal Councilor Olowan posited the view that parks should be a peaceful […]

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