BAGUIO CITY – A popular mall participated in the annual Brigada Eskwela at the Bakakeng Elementary School here on July 19. Volunteers from SM City Baguio cleaned corridors and classrooms, repainted walls, and spruced up the school grounds. BRIGADA Eskwela was conducted at the Bakakeng...
BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection here recorded 63 fire incidents from January 1 to July 17. These were usually caused by faulty electrical wiring and unattended cigarette butts. The BFP said 20 were residential fires, 18 were grass fires, 11 were forest fires, seven were...
By ZALDY COMANDA BAGUIO CITY – A fire hit the third floor of the sprawling Maharlika Livelihood Complex here before dawn on Tuesday, July 16. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (in yellow jacket) responds to a fire at the Maharlika Commercial Complex in Baguio City on July 16. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda)...
By ZALDY COMANDA BAGUIO CITY – The Junior Chamber International-Philippines has opened the nominations for the 65th Top Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Awards this year with the theme “Leading with Excellence, Serving with Purpose?” JCI Sen. Alfredo Mondiguing Jr., national chairperson of the...
By ZALDY COMANDA BAGUIO CITY – More than 700 rats were caught in the past two months in the ongoing 2nd Rat Catching Challenge at the Baguio City Public Market. Mayor Benjamin Magalong here launched the competition to encourage leaseholders and vendors to help maintain cleanliness by...
SM Prime further intensified its sustainability journey and recently embarked on an #SMWasteFreeFuture program, encouraging its stakeholders and employees across the group to reduce waste generation through effective segregation practices and adopt sustainable consumption by recycling, reusing, or...
BAGUIO CITY – The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the Zip Infrastructure Co. Ltd. of Japan are studying the possibility of a self-driven cable car system in Camp John Hay here. BAGUIO could see a self-driven cable car in the future. BCDA President and Chief Executive...
BAGUIO CITY – Baguio Midland Courier, a prominent newspaper in this city and the oldest in the Cordillera region, will close on July 22 after 77 years in circulation. The weekly BMC founded by Sinai Hamada published its first issue on April 28,1947. Newsmen and newsstands were caught by...
BAGUIO CITY – This city logged 940 dengue cases from January 1 to present, a 134 percent increase compared to the same period last year with 401. Mayor Benjamin Magalong has expressed concern over the sudden increase in dengue cases. The City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit reported that...
A global report published by the United Nations in 2024 reveals electronic waste generation is rising five times faster than it’s being recycled, highlighting the need for humans to adopt sustainability with a heightened sense of urgency. In 2022, the Philippines produced 537 million kg of...
BAGUIO CITY – A group of media men here marked its 52nd anniversary on June 19 with socio-civic activities. The Baguio City Correspondents and Broadcasters Club Inc. held an eco-walk and tree-planting at the Busol Watershed to promote environmental awareness in this city. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong...
BAGUIO CITY – Consul and Head of Post Ren Faqiang, Consulate of China in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte; Mayor Benjamin Magalong here, city officials, and officials and members of the Baguio Filipino-Chinese Community celebrated the 23rd Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day at the Filipino-Chinese...
