BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here apologized to his constituents for being busy in the past weeks due to his duty as Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) special adviser. “It 's been a long time since I saw each and every one of you. I have never been this busy in my...
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Friday, Sept. 26, resigned as special adviser to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), as he cited pronouncements from Malacañang that “undermined the role and mandate entrusted” to him. Magalong said remarks from the Palace also cast...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has ordered the preventive suspension of six officials of Baguio City District Engineering Office (DEO) over alleged rigging and manipulation of infrastructure project bids. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon, in a memorandum dated Friday, Sept. 26, said...
BAGUIO CITY – Tourists visiting Baguio starting Oct. 1 will miss water-based activities as the city government begins the full rehabilitation of Burnham Lake. The City Environment and Parks Management Office (CEPMO) said the closure will remain in effect until further notice. “The...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon has ordered the preventive suspension and filing of administrative charges against Baguio City District Engineer Rene Zarate for allegedly tampering with project records and refusing to submit documents to the Independent...
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...
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) said Friday that it will deploy around 600 uniformed and plainclothes personnel to secure various activities on Sunday, including anti-corruption rallies. “There will be additional police personnel who will attend to traffic management,...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Monday denied the rumors that he has resigned as city chief executive after he was appointed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. as special adviser and investigator of the independent commission investigating corruption in the government’s flood control...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here is awaiting the House invitation to appear before the investigation over allegedly anomalous flood control projects. “If it’s a war, we should go to the ground or battlefield, because that’s where the war is in the House, it’s not good if we go...
BAGUIO CITY – A second year Bachelor of Science in Information Technology student at the University of the Cordilleras was crowned Miss Baguio 2025 during the coronation night at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center on Saturday, Sept. 6. Janela Andal Recio, 22, of Barangay Trancoville,...
BAGUIO CITY – A fire engulfed the basement of the Maharlika Livelihood Complex here with a floor area of 1,500 square meters, which lasted for eight hours before it was completely declared out. The fire started at around 9 p.m. on Sept. 6 and put out 5:04 a.m. on Sept. 7. Mayor Benjamin Magalong,...
BAGUIO CITY – The City General Services Office (GSO) said residents and businesses here generate about 550 tons of mixed waste daily, making solid waste management one of the major concerns of the local government that requires various solutions. GSO head Eugene Buyucan said about 300 tons of...
