BAGUIO CITY – Police nabbed two suspected drug pushers and shabu worth P15,600 was seized in buy-bust operations here on Tuesday, March 14. Police identified the suspects as Ivan dela Cruz Ordona, 25, and Margie Gabriel Tayao, 30. Ordona was arrested in Barangay Lower Rock Quarry. He yielded...
BAGUIO CITY -– The Baguio City Police Office launched the ‘Bangon Palengke Fund Challenge’ to raise funds through the voluntary contribution of police personnel from their salaries. The project is geared toward alleviating the daily expenses of about 1,700 vendors of Block 3 and Block 4 of the...
BAGUIO CITY – Volunteers have joined hands to clean the public market here hit by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. VOLUNTEERS clean the Baguio City Public Market on Monday, March 13, after it was hit by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong has set a seven-day...
BAGUIO CITY – A fire hit parts of the public market here on Saturday night, March 11. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (second from right) inspects parts of the Baguio City Public Market razed by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. (Zaldy Comanda) One-thousand, six-hundred forty-two out of the 3,900 stalls...
Baguio lone district Rep. Mark Go has vowed to provide financial assistance to the victims of a fire that struck a local public market. "Sobrang bigat at lungkot ang aking nadarama sa pagkasunog ng ating Public Market Block 3 at 4. More than 1,600 ang kababayan nating nasunugan (I feel immense...
BAGUIO CITY – Cardiovascular disease is the top leading cause of death here in 2022, the City Health Service Office said. Covid-19 is now only the fifth top cause of death in this city, the City Health Service Office added. Dr. Donnabel Panes, City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit head, said...
BAGUIO CITY – Authorities dismantled a drug den and arrested two individuals in a raid here on Wednesday, March 8. Suspects were identified as Grace Sibug, 47, alias "Ace," a high-value individual, and Kryer dela Concha, 26, male, a newly identified individual. They yielded 48 grams of suspected...
BAGUIO CITY – Sixty-five ambulant vendors from Visayas who were apprehended for illegal peddling during the Panagbenga Grand Parade here on Feb. 25 have been sent home to the Visayas. They were provided assistance by the city government through the Office of the City Social Welfare and...
Baguio Bishop Victor Bendico has expressed support for the No Meat Friday campaign to help promote a healthier diet and as a form of sacrifice this Lenten season. Bishop Victor Bendico Bishop Bendico said avoiding or lessening the consumption of meat has a lot of health benefits. The younger...
BAGUIO CITY – A total of 145 individuals were apprehended while 54 establishments were charged for violating the smoke-free and vape ordinance here in January, the Public Order and Safety Division (POSD) said. From 2020 to 2022, a total of 1,635 individuals and 1,263 establishments were cited for...
BAGUIO CITY – Three drug pushers were arrested and caught with more than P180,000 worth of shabu in separate buy-bust operations conducted by the Baguio City Police Office and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on Feb. 16 and Feb. 17. The arrested were identified as Andrew Malamo Muros alias...
Former Defense secretary and now Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Chairman Delfin Lorenzana received the loudest cheer from the crowd as the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) recognized its outstanding alumni during this year’s traditional homecoming at Fort del Pilar in Baguio...