BAGUIO CITY – Vendors displaced by the public market fire here are back in business after the completion of the seven-day cleanup drive under the “Bangon Palengke” program on Monday, March 20. A WEARY volunteer rests during the Baguio public market cleanup. (JJ Landingin) Displaced vendors...
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...
Retired Court of Appeals (CA) justice Melchor Sadang is the fifth member of the Committee of Five which was tasked to conduct assessment and evaluation of all the courtesy resignations submitted by more than 900 full colonels and generals of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Department of...
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong slammed on Monday, Jan. 16, “unfounded and baseless” tirades that linked him to the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), saying that he was gravely insulted. Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong Magalong said he was...
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong slammed on Monday, Jan. 16, “unfounded and baseless” tirades that linked him to the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), saying that he was gravely insulted. Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong (File photo) Magalong said he...
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...
Retired police general and now Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong is one of the members of the Committee of Five which was created to conduct a thorough evaluation and assessment on over 950 full colonels and generals of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who are expected to submit courtesy...
BAGUIO CITY -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong stressed the need to ‘bite the bullet’ for the meantime in the face of traffic congestions aggravated by the influx of tourists here. The cool December weather induces tourists to prefer the Summer Capital to other destinations during Yuletide Season when...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong issued a closure order against the man-made tourist attraction Igorot Stone Kingdom on Long-long Road in Pinsao Proper here due to permit and safety issues on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Magalong said that the establishment is operating without a business permit while...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here rejected the proposal to regulate busking after the city council recently approved an ordinance controlling street performances in this city. “It is not the right time, adding that people, including artists and musicians, earn meager during Sunday’s...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here filed, Friday, August 5, another graft case against officials of the Baguio City District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (BCDEO-DPWH) due to alleged irregularities in the construction of a secondary school building...
LOAKAN Airport runway. BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong is keen on the reopening of the Loakan Airport here as an all-weather commercial airport after the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) informed him that funding for its...