BAGUIO CITY – Popular festivals in the Cordillera region were featured in a street dance parade that kicked off this year’s Cordillera Festival of Festivals on Friday, Oct. 24. Now on its fourth year, the five-day event is an annual program of the Department of Tourism-Cordillera. The street...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Tourism led by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco opened the Cordillera leg of the Philippine Experience Program (PEP): Culture, Heritage, and Arts Caravan here on Friday. With Frasco were ambassadors, tourism associations, tour operators, media representatives, and...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Seventy wanted persons were arrested in manhunt operations in the Cordillera region from Oct. 12 to 18. The Baguio City Police Office arrested 23, followed by the Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO) with 19, Mountain Province PPO, nine; Kalinga PPO, eight; Ifugao and...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera has officially launched its drone unit during a ceremony at the Masigasig Grandstand in this camp. The Smart Quadrotor Unit for Advanced Deployment, Detection, Reconnaissance, Observation, and Networked Enforcement (Squadrone) uses...
BAGUIO CITY – Nine people were injured by landslides triggered by tropical cyclone ' 'Nando ' ' in Sitio Begis, Barangay Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet on Monday afternoon. Several vehicles, including a fuel tanker, a commuter van, and a car, were destroyed. Rescue teams evacuated...
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) led the commemoration of the 39th anniversary of the historic “Sipat” or Mt. Data Peace Accord between the Philippine government (GPH) and the Cordillera Bodong Administration – Cordillera People 's...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Police nabbed 66 wanted persons in the Cordillera region from Aug. 10 to 16. The Baguio City Police Office captured 24 wanted persons, followed by the Benguet PPO with 18; Abra PPO with six; Apayao, Ifugao, and Kalinga PPOs with five each, and Mountain Province PPO with...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region was awarded as the Best Police Regional Office for 2024 during the 124th Police Service Anniversary in Camp Crame, Quezon City, on Tuesday, Aug. 12. PRO-Cordillera chief Police Brig. Gen. Ericson Dilag received the...
Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Nicolas Torre II has appointed Police Brig. Gen. Ericson Dilag to lead the Police Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region. Dilag assumed the position in a ceremony at the PRO-CAR headquarters in Camp Major Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad, Benguet on...
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) on Monday said the region remains under blue alert status amid continued heavy rainfall in various parts of the region. “We are still in blue alert, this means all DRRM groups are on alert and standby to respond to...
A heavy vehicle’s violation of a temporary restriction on a key bridge in the Cordillera region has prompted the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to warn of serious threats to both public safety and the bridge’s structural integrity. The DPWH–Cordillera Administrative Region...
Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar’s office) Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar sees Benguet as a potential crown jewel of tourism in the...
