BAGUIO CITY – The long-awaited monthly food vouchers of indigent college students will be fulfilled after the City Council approved the Free Youth Meals for College Students Ordinance of 2023. The free youth meals program under the ordinance aims to make education more accessible by reducing food...
BAGUIO CITY – A new electric vehicle (EV) shuttle system is expected to ease traffic, cut emissions, and provide free transport for residents, workers, and tourists in Camp John Hay here. Dubbed the “John Hay Loop,” the service will operate three EV units that can carry up to 31 passengers...
BAGUIO CITY – In a move to boost transparency and public access to information, the Baguio City Council has launched an “Online Archive” of all city ordinances and resolutions dating back to 1945. Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan on Monday said the project, spearheaded by the council’s research...
BAGUIO CITY – This city sustained more than P40 million in damage to infrastructure from July 17 to July 31 due to heavy rains and strong winds from tropical cyclones ‘’Crising,’’ ‘’Dante,’’ and ‘’Emong’’ and the southwest monsoon, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong supports Senate President Chiz Escudero’s plan to file a bill that would prohibit relatives of public officials up to the fourth degree from entering into government contracts. Escudero proposed the law to eliminate the conflict of interest that persists in...
BAGUIO CITY – Two caretakers were found dead inside a house in Barangay Manuel Roxas here on July 29. The victims were identified as Sean Jestin Matubang Agnas and Fernando Inventado, both 21. Investigation said a man, Jimmy, called the victims to open the gate of the house. Nobody answered,...
BAGUIO CITY – A 62-year-old taxi driver was found dead inside his vehicle at the parking lane near City Hall on Thursday morning, July 31. The driver was a resident of Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet. Police said the driver was unresponsive when a security officer conducting a routine check of the...
Search and rescue (SAR) operations were conducted amid heavy rain for a missing 35-year-old man in Barangay Kias, Baguio City, on July 30. The man was reported missing after he allegedly slipped and swept away in a river on Tuesday, July 29. Rescuers expanded their search area from Barangay Kias to...
A newly-built rock shed in Tuba, Benguet, collapsed due to tropical cyclone ‘’Emong." Baguio City Mayor and Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan Tuba-Tublay chairman Benjamin Magalong visited and lamented the condition of the infrastructure in Millsite, Camp 4, Kennon Road. The Department of...
BAGUIO CITY – Two people were injured and four houses were buried in a landslide during heavy rain caused by typhoon ‘’Emong’’ in Purok 2, Outlook Drive, this city, on July 25. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said victims were rescued from their house and taken to a...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government is taking a hardline stance against littering and illegal garbage disposal, warning that violators could face criminal charges and jail time under several national environmental laws. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said Wednesday he has ordered the General Services...
BAGUIO CITY – The Benguet Electric Cooperative reported P1.1 million in damage to infrastructure in its service area due to tropical cyclone “Crising” and southwest monsoon. Beneco said as of 8 a.m. July 22, three transformers – two in Tuba, Benguet (Tadiangan and Tabaan) and one in Apugan,...
