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BAGUIO CITY -The Department of Agriculture-Cordillera through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) launched another KADIWA on Wheels on Tuesday, August 2, to provide low-priced agricultural products and cater to the vegetable needs of the earthquake-hit communities in Abra province.

TINGLAYAN, Kalinga – A 55-year old blind man has been chosen as a beneficiary of a house unit from Tinglayan Municipal Police Station in Kalinga under ‘Pabahay Handog ng Kapulisan ng Tinglayan.’

BANAUE, Ifugao – Some 1,080 families affected by flash floods and mudslides in Banaue, Ifugao last July 7 received relief goods from the Office of the Chief of Philippine National Police, Officer in Charge Lt/Gen. Vicente Danao, Jr. 

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet- Four individuals wanted for statutory rape and abuse of minors were arrested by police in separate areas in the Cordillera region, on July 13.

BAGUIO CITY –- With the daily arrival of tourists here causing heavy traffic and inconvenience to the residents, the city government has decided to return the Hop On, Hop Off (HoHo) bus which will be on service starting July 15.

CAMP DANGWA, Benguet — A hideout of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) was discovered along with war materials after a brief encounter with personnel of Alpha Company of the Philippine Army’s 54th Infantry Battalion on Tuesday (May 23) morning in Asipulo town, Ifugao. 

BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Service Office (CHSO) reported that a total of 1,795 children, 5 to 11  years old, were infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), particularly by its more transmissible Delta and Omicron variants.

Unso said the city was chosen as venue for the training bubble because of its accessibility, adequate sports facilities, and that its temperate climate is similar to that of Hanoi in November.

BAGUIO CITY – Adolescent and teenage pregnancies have been on the rise here amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

BAGUIO CITY – The city government of Baguio has reiterated its desire to develop Burnham Park, the city’s premier tourist destination.

BAGUIO CITY – Twenty-one horses that tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) and bacterial infections at the Wright Park and Camp John Hay trails here are set to be euthanized or permanently isolated.

TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Dried marijuana bricks worth P7.8 million were intercepted from a courier in Barangay Bado Dangwa here last Saturday.

BAGUIO CITY – More than P84-million worth of various dangerous drugs seized by the police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Region 1 (Ilocos) were destroyed thru thermal destruction at the Holcim Philippines Inc. compound in Bacnotan, La Union.

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong believes that the B.1.1.7 or UK variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now widely circulating in this city as the number of known cases has increased to 17 as of April 19.

SADANGA, Mountain Province – Two tourists from Manila were arrested after were caught with more than P3 million worth of dried marijuana in a police checkpoint in Sitio Ampawelin, Poblacion, this town, Friday.

TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Three big marijuana plantations were discovered while fully grown marijuana plants, dried marijuana leaves, and stalks worth P59 million were destroyed in a two-day eradication operation in Barangay Loccong, Tinglayan, this province.

By Zaldy Comanda LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A man wanted for rape was arrested after 12 years in hiding in Bauko, Mountain Province last Monday.

TABUK CITY, Kalinga – A total of 311 marijuana bricks worth P37 million were intercepted by operatives of Tabuk City Police Station and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Kalinga in a checkpoint in Barangay Lacnog here last Sunday.