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Burnham Lake rehab to be completed in May

Published Feb 26, 2026 09:41 pm
TIEZA General Manager Mark Lapid and Mayor Benjamin Magalong inspect the rehabilitation of Burnham Lake in Baguio City on Thursday, Feb. 26. (Zaldy Comanda)
TIEZA General Manager Mark Lapid and Mayor Benjamin Magalong inspect the rehabilitation of Burnham Lake in Baguio City on Thursday, Feb. 26. (Zaldy Comanda)
BAGUIO CITY — Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) General Manager Mark Lapid and Mayor Benjamin Magalong inspected the rehabilitation of Burnham Lake here on Thursday.
The P400-million project is expected to be completed in May, with excavation work and slope protection measures 40 and 70 percent complete, respectively.
Lapid vowed to provide funding to ensure the completion of the project.
“It is really time for us to have a modern park, especially Burnham, which is a center for tourism, once the lake is completed, the skating rink, children’s park, and other parts of the park will follow, along with upgrading pedestrian pathways, restoring landscaped areas, improving drainage systems, and improving recreational facilities such as boating areas, promenades, and public facilities,” Magalong said.
“This could have been done long ago because there was already a P400-million fund allocated, but during the pandemic, we withdrew it because our government needed funds to purchase medicine. So now that we have recovered and have the funds, I told the mayor to start the rehabilitation, even if it is phase by phase,” Lapid said.
Magalong thanked TIEZA for fulfilling its promise to continue the rehabilitation of Burnham Lake.
Magalong thanks Marcos
for P56-M rice subsidy aid
Magalong on Thursday thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for the P56-million allocation to Baguio City under the 2026 Local Government Support Fund-Financial Assistance (LGSF-FA), which will be used for rice subsidies for qualified families.
"Rest assured walang e-epal dito at magagamit ng maayos ang pondo (Rest assured there will be nobody who will take the limelight and that the funds will be properly utilized)," Magalong said in a media interview.
He added that the assistance will go directly to the people who truly need it, and that the direct release of funds to local government units will make implementation more transparent, efficient, and equitable.
The city government was listed as a beneficiary of the 2026 LGSF-FA under the Bagong Pilipinas Rice Program. A letter signed by Marcos was transmitted to the city on Feb. 23, affirming the grant intended to provide rice subsidies.
Baguio's P56-million allocation is part of the nearly P58-billion fund nationwide, which will be downloaded directly to LGUs in a digitized manner to ensure faster implementation. (PNA)

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