BAGUIO CITY – Around 1,600 teachers will be deployed as election officers in polling precincts in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) here on October 30, the Department of Education-Baguio City said. In a meeting by the City Joint Security Control Center (CJSCC) at the Baguio...
BAGUIO CITY – Suspected shabu worth P80,512 was seized and three drug pushers were nabbed in buy-bust operations here and the province of Kalinga on August 17. Police identified the suspects as Alvin Abena Orbase, 28, a street-level individual (SLI); Ronald Fortin Quinto, 32, also an SLI;...
BAGUIO CITY (PNA) – The city government on Monday night August 7, placed Baguio under a state of calamity due to the effects of typhoon “Egay.” The declaration was made with the approval of Resolution 494-2023, copies of which was circulated to the media on Tuesday, August 8. The declaration...
BAGUIO CITY – A court here on Friday, August 4, found two cadets of the Philippine Military Academy guilty of slight physical injuries over the hazing death of 4th Class Cadet Darwin Dormitorio in September 2019. In a decision issued by Presiding Judge Roberto A. Mabalot of the Municipal...
Baguio City will witness a momentous event that blends history and sportsmanship. The inaugural Victory Day Ride spearheaded by the Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) on September 3 will take cycling enthusiasts and history afficionados on a journey to honor the sacrifices of World War II veterans and...
BAGUIO CITY – Complaints against the operators, including account managers of the alleged casino junket scam group Team Z, tagged to have carted away at least P4 billion worth of investments” from this city alone, have flooded the National Bureau of Investigation-Cordillera. The complainants...
BAGUIO CITY – The Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) has reported P8.7 million in damage to facilities from typhoon “Egay” that battered service areas on Tuesday, July 25. Beneco has restored power to 80.1 percent of member-consumers as of Saturday, July 29. Power has been restored to 190...
BAGUIO CITY – Typhoon “Egay” has unleashed enough water to replenish this city’s dwindling reserves. Baguio Water District General Manager Salvador Royeca reported improved water level in two of the city’s biggest sources – the Busol Rainwater Harvesting Facility and the Santo Tomas...
BAGUIO CITY – Typhoon “Egay” knocked down or damaged 130 trees during its onslaught on Tuesday, July 26. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office led by officer-in-charge Glenn Lardizabal said reports of fallen or leaning trees damaging or threatening structures came pouring in...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez touches base with victims of Super Typhoon "Egay" in Baguio City. (Speaker’s office) True to his word, House Speaker Martin Romualdez personally joined on Friday, July 28 relief operations in the typhoon-stricken Baguio City in the province of Benguet. Romualdez...
BAGUIO CITY – One person was killed, three were injured, and 639 were affected by typhoon “Egay” here on Wednesday, July 26. The Baguio City Police Office said the fatality was a 16-year-old student, who, along with his parents, was trapped inside their home after a landslide hit Barangay...
BAGUIO CITY – Five people died and seven others were rescued in landslides triggered by typhoon “Egay” in this city and Benguet on Wednesday, July 26. A 16-year-old student was killed while his parents survived a landslide that buried their house in Barangay Bakakeng here. The Baguio City...