BAGUIO CITY -- For the second year in a row, this city was awarded the 2022 Gawad KALASAG (Kalamidad at Sakuna Labanan, Sariling Galing ang Kaligtasan) Seal for Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s and Offices (LDRRMCOs) after being assessed as ‘fully compliant’ by the...
Amid the continuous surge of the northeast monsoon, locally called "amihan," Baguio City's air temperature on Saturday morning, Jan. 7, dropped to 14.6°C. Baguio City (COMMONS WIKIPEDIA/ MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) Based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has signed an agreement with the Baguio City government for the construction of a township housing project that would benefit around 10,000 informal settler families (ISFs) and low-income earners. DHSUD Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar...
BAGUIO CITY -- Four barangays here have remained drug-affected even as seven others improved their status from drug-affected to drug-cleared. Edwin Changropen of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said during the City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) meeting that Bakakeng Central, Irisan, Loakan...
BAGUIO CITY-- Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the city government is maintaining its long-running stance to discourage the sale and use of firecrackers this Christmas season. The main goal is to achieve a zero firecracker-related casualty status in the city and entice people to embrace safe Christmas...
BAGUIO CITY -- Five drug suspects were arrested in a separate buy-bust operation here on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The arrested were identified as Alwin Camacho, 39, Stephen Galande, 21, Ronald Dean Magallanes, 23, Justine Kirby Cousins, 19, and a 15-year-old male minor. They are now facing charges for...
Escape to the tranquility and elegance of this quaint Swiss-inspired oasis just four hours north of the metro. Rising on the idyllic side of Baguio City, where the air is fresh, cool, and crisp, is an exquisite vertical village that lets future residents gloriously bask in Cordillera’s green...
BAGUIO CITY -- Some 718 wanted persons were arrested during an intensified manhunt operation conducted by the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) from January to November this year. BCPO City Director Francisco Bulwayan told during the last quarter City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) meeting presided...
MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (left) welcomes Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to Baguio City. (JJ Landingin) BAGUIO CITY – The maiden flight of Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) Baguio City-Cebu City-Baguio City route landed here safely on Friday, Dec. 16. The PAL Express flight with 68 passengers and four...
BAGUIO CITY – Seventy-one Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) have completed their rehabilitation and wellness under the Katatagan, Kalusugan, at Damayan ng Komunidad (KKDK) program of the Baguio City Jail-Male Dorm this year. Seventeen of the 43 completers of the Bureau of Jail Management and...
Recognizing their significant actions at times of disasters and calamities, the disaster risk reduction and management offices (DRRMO) of the cities of Baguio and Quezon and an Ifugao native have been awarded as the top winners of this year’s “Mga Kwentong KLIMA-likasan: A Climate and Disaster...
NATIVE dancers perform at the launching of the Panagbenga Festival 2023 in Baguio City on Monday, Dec. 12. (Rizaldy Comanda) BAGUIO CITY – With the theme "A Renaissance of Wonder and Beauty," the city government on Monday, Dec. 12, officially launched the highly anticipated and popular Baguio...
