BAGUIO CITY – Two government employees from Davao City and a family of five who are all first-time visitors here were selected by the Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club (BCBC) as Baguio-Benguet Lucky Summer Visitors 2024 on Maundy Thursday. SEVEN individuals were chosen as...
The Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club Inc. (BCBC) is ready for the traditional Search for the Baguio-Benguet Lucky Summer Visitor 2024. SEVEN lucky first-time Baguio City visitors will receive the royal treatment this Holy Week from the Baguio City Correspondents and Broadcasters Club....
TUBA, Benguet – Authorities discovered and destroyed marijuana worth P72 million in a plantation in Sitio Sangilo in Camp 4 on Kennon Road in this town. The plantation was discovered following a buy-bust operation early this month in Camp 4. MAP of Benguet with the municipality of Tuba...
TUBA, Benguet – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency seized marijuana valued at P7.2 million from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Camp 4 here on Wednesday, March 20. The suspect was identified as Arnel Guidayos, 26, of Kibungan, Benguet. Guidayos yielded 60 marijuana...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Strawberry Festival here gets underway on Monday, March 4. The event kicks off with an ecumenical prayer and opening of Strawberry Lane at the municipal park. A strawberry vegetable-salad making contest will be held at the King College of the Philippines at the same...
BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection-Cordillera logged 63 forest fires which destroyed 322 hectares of forests here and the province of Benguet from January 1 to February 23. An estimated 20 hectares of forest were affected by a fire in the Philippine Military Academy area in...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency officially declared the La Trinidad Municipal Police Station in Benguet as drug-free workplace in a ceremony at the Mabikas Hall of the La Trinidad MPS. LA TRINIDAD, Benguet Mayor Salda (second from right) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority Regional...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Benguet Provincial Police Office has a new leader. NEWLY installed Benguet police chief Police Col. Joseph Bayongasan (right) receives the command flag from Police Regional Office-Cordillera Director Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr. during the change of...
BAGUIO CITY – Twenty-eight illegal Small Town Lottery (STL) bookies have been convicted for illegal bet collection in the province of Benguet. The Regional Trial Court of Benguet said 27 illegal bet collectors were sentenced from August to December 2023. The 28th was convicted on January 26,...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) performs water drops using a bambi bucket onboard a Super Huey helicopter to suppress a wildfire in Brgy. Dalupirip, Itogon, Benguet on Jan. 29, 2024. (Photo by PAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) deployed personnel equipped with firefighting skills to suppress a...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Monday, Jan. 29, said the temperature in La Trinidad, Benguet has dropped to 9.7°C, the lowest record since the "amihan" season started in the country. Unsplash This surpassed the record on Jan. 27 when...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) destroyed P6-million worth of marijuana plants in a two-day eradication operation in Mount Leteban, Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, and Sitio Les-eng, Barangay Tacadang, Kibungan, Benguet province...