It starts with stairs. Lots and lots of stairs. So many stairs that when you think you’ve reached the ground floor, you may be in for a suprise because you might only be halfway to the bottom. This is usually a netizen’s first introduction to Chongqing. Chongqing spans parts of the Daba,...
Various advocacy groups and residents of Smokey Mountain in Tondo, Manila have expressed opposition to the proposed P26-billion waste-to-energy (WtE) facility planned in the area, citing concerns over potential displacement, loss of livelihood, and possible environmental and health impacts. First...
NATONIN, Mountain Province – Police have identified two minors, aged 12 and 8, as persons of interest in the death of a three-year-old child in this town. However, Police Lt. Col. Apdilon Chiday Galong, spokesman of the Mountain Province Police Provincial Office, withheld further details in...
NATONIN, Mountain Province – A missing three-year-old girl was found dead behind a chapel in Sitio Batnong, Barangay Banawel, here on Sunday, May 24. Police said the victim accompanied her grandmother to a barangay gathering before she went missing on Saturday, May 23. The incident was reported...
SADANGA, Mountain Province – The Philippine Drug Enforcement-Cordillera uprooted marijuana plants worth P31.3 million in the borders of Sadanga, Mountain Province and Tinglayan, Kalinga, on Friday, May 1. Discovered were 224,000 plants in four plantation sites approximately 29,500-square meters....
TACLOBAN CITY – A 12-hour mountain rave festival will be held on Independence Day at La Villa Francisco Resort here. The 12.0 Freedom Fest will feature leading women disc jockeys and artists from Eastern Visayas, Cebu, Manila, and other regions. The event will blend mountain tranquility with...
President Marcos said that trucks transporting vegetables from Mountain Province do not have to pay toll fees for now, easing their burden amid high diesel prices. Marcos announced this during his visit to the Benguet Agri-Pinoy Trading Center on Friday, April 17, following reports that vegetable...
BAGUIO CITY – The provincial government of Mountain Province on Wednesday announced the cancellation of all activities for the annual Lang-ay Festival in support of the national energy emergency, officials said. In a social media post, the local government announced the cancellation "in...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – A lady driver was killed and five others were injured when their Mitsubishi Montero Sports Utility Vehicle plunged into a ravine on the Bontoc-Mainit Provincial Road in Sitio Aratey, Guina-ang, Bontoc, Mountain Province, on Tuesday night, Dec. 28. Police identified the...
The Animal Kingdom Foundation has sought justice for Axel, an American Bully dog recently beaten to death by a man in Barangay Saclit, Sadanga town, Mountain Province. The AKF wrote an open letter on Dec. 10 stressing their appeal. “AKF respectfully appeals to the general public, the local...
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan declared a state of calamity in Mountain Province due to the effects of super typhoon “Uwan” during a special session on Friday, Nov. 14. The declaration was made following the recommendation of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC)...
BONTOC, Mountain Province – The fifth and last victim of the truck that plunged into the Chico River in Barangay Tocucan here has been found. The body of Edmund Magaway Romeo, 22, of San Nicolas, Pangasinan, was recovered at 4:38 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The four other victims – Carlo...
