BAGUIO CITY – More than 2,000 families here would soon have houses they could call their own once a local government housing project in a newly acquired property is completed. Mayor Benjamin Magalong revealed that the city government of Baguio signed a memorandum of understanding with the...
As we celebrate the Lunar New Year today, Jan. 22, 2023, let the Water Rabbit usher in peace, prosperity and good luck into your homes. A symbol of longevity, refinement, and peace, rabbits want to stay in good contact with everyone. This should bring good news as it somehow sends an assurance that...
BAGUIO CITY -- Some 100 indigents became recipients of Baguio Filipino-Chinese community’s gift-giving activities held on Friday, Jan. 20, in connection with the Spring Festival celebration here. PHOTO BY ZALDY COMANDA / MANILA BULLETIN According to Peter Ng, chairperson of the Spring Festival...
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested a 50-year-old technician wanted for frustrated murder in Magalang, Pampanga here on Monday, Jan. 16. Col. Francisco Bulwayan, city police chief, identified the suspect as Antonio Gomez Benigno Jr., a resident of Lower Quirino Hill here. Bulwayan said Benigno was...
BAGUIO CITY – Well-designed toilets located in the Botanical Garden and in Wright Park earned an award –- ‘ASEAN Public Toilet Award’ – for this city in the 2023 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Tourism Standards Awards.’ City Tourism Officer Engr. Aloysius Mapalo revealed...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet -- Brig. General Mafelino Bazar, regional director of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, has ordered the deployment of 1,588 cops to ensure safety and security in the forthcoming celebration of the Panagbenga 2023 or the Baguio Flower Festival 2023. Bazar said the Baguio...
BAGUIO CITY -- The city government needs to pool in a total amount of P5 billion to be able to fully transform its smart city vision into reality, according to Executive Assistant Philip Puzon. Puzon said Mayor Benjamin Magalong is planning to solicit financial support from the national government...
BAGUIO CITY -- The City Tourism Operations Office reported a remarkable increase in tourists’ arrivals last December in the city. City Tourism Operations Officer Engr. Aloysius Mapalo noted that tourists estimated to be between 400,000 and 500,000 visited the famous mountain hideaway last month,...
MAGALONG BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong has directed the Baguio City Police Office to provide assistance to the Loakan Airport Security Committee during temporary closure of the national highway at the end of Runway 27 to ensure safety during flight arrival and departure. He assured that...
BAGUIO CITY -- For the second year in a row, this city was awarded the 2022 Gawad KALASAG (Kalamidad at Sakuna Labanan, Sariling Galing ang Kaligtasan) Seal for Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s and Offices (LDRRMCOs) after being assessed as ‘fully compliant’ by the...
Amid the continuous surge of the northeast monsoon, locally called "amihan," Baguio City's air temperature on Saturday morning, Jan. 7, dropped to 14.6°C. Baguio City (COMMONS WIKIPEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) Based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has signed an agreement with the Baguio City government for the construction of a township housing project that would benefit around 10,000 informal settler families (ISFs) and low-income earners. DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar...
