The Baguio City local government unit (LGU) has extended the suspension of non-essential travels to the so-called summer capital from any point of origin until Aug. 15 amid the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Tourists ride boats at Burnham Park...
The government is willing to allocate additional funds to sustain the contact tracing program if needed to boost the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members...
Malacañang told local government units (LGUs) to continue integrating their digital contact tracing systems into the StaySafe application until the national pandemic task force comes up with a new resolution making its use optional. Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi at the launching of the...
The Baguio City local government unit (LGU) said it will continue to limit tourist arrivals to a maximum of 3,000 per day to prevent incidents that may trigger another surge in the number of local coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Baguio City (File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post of...
THEY’RE BACK – Tourists ride boats at Burnham Park in Baguio City which has reopened its tourism amid the pandemic. (Zaldy Comanda) BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here has disclosed that the local tourism industry reopened after the city lost P3.5 billion in potential income from...
BAGUIO CITY – The Summer Capital will host the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) for its bubble training starting July in preparation for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam from November 21 to December 2, this year. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said sports...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the government can make use of the humongous congressional insertions the Department of Budget and Management has tagged as “For Later Release” to meet the P20-billion requirement for the procurement of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for this year. Lacson...
The government will proceed "full speed ahead" with the implementation of the StaySafe.ph, the official contact tracing application, Malacañang announced Tuesday. People form line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) According to...
This following the IATF’s GCQ implementation Postpone your Holy Week vacation plans and forget dreaming about the Baguio air breeze—again. The Summer Capital’s Burnham Lake (Zaldy Comanda) Following the bubble General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan,...
The country’s first Creative City has now opened its doors to 1,000 tourists daily Photos courtesy of Zaldy Comanda ARTIST TREE The giant Christmas Tree at the heart of the Summer Capital At about 4,600 feet above sea level, 250 kilometers north of Manila, nestled within the Cordillera mountain,...
