BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong supports Senate President Chiz Escudero’s plan to file a bill that would prohibit relatives of public officials up to the fourth degree from entering into government contracts. Escudero proposed the law to eliminate the conflict of interest that persists in...
BAGUIO CITY – Two caretakers were found dead inside a house in Barangay Manuel Roxas here on July 29. The victims were identified as Sean Jestin Matubang Agnas and Fernando Inventado, both 21. Investigation said a man, Jimmy, called the victims to open the gate of the house. Nobody answered,...
BAGUIO CITY – A 62-year-old taxi driver was found dead inside his vehicle at the parking lane near City Hall on Thursday morning, July 31. The driver was a resident of Pico, La Trinidad, Benguet. Police said the driver was unresponsive when a security officer conducting a routine check of the...
Search and rescue (SAR) operations were conducted amid heavy rain for a missing 35-year-old man in Barangay Kias, Baguio City, on July 30. The man was reported missing after he allegedly slipped and swept away in a river on Tuesday, July 29. Rescuers expanded their search area from Barangay Kias to...
A newly-built rock shed in Tuba, Benguet, collapsed due to tropical cyclone ‘’Emong." Baguio City Mayor and Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan Tuba-Tublay chairman Benjamin Magalong visited and lamented the condition of the infrastructure in Millsite, Camp 4, Kennon Road. The Department of...
BAGUIO CITY – Two people were injured and four houses were buried in a landslide during heavy rain caused by typhoon ‘’Emong’’ in Purok 2, Outlook Drive, this city, on July 25. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said victims were rescued from their house and taken to a...
BAGUIO CITY – The city government is taking a hardline stance against littering and illegal garbage disposal, warning that violators could face criminal charges and jail time under several national environmental laws. Mayor Benjamin Magalong said Wednesday he has ordered the General Services...
BAGUIO CITY – The Benguet Electric Cooperative reported P1.1 million in damage to infrastructure in its service area due to tropical cyclone “Crising” and southwest monsoon. Beneco said as of 8 a.m. July 22, three transformers – two in Tuba, Benguet (Tadiangan and Tabaan) and one in Apugan,...
BAGUIO CITY – A 35-year-old university instructor was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old Grade 10 student in this city on July 9. Police Col. Ruel Tagel, police chief here, said the victim was walking to school when an unknown vehicle stopped in front of her. The victim...
BAGUIO CITY – A shanty and a car were destroyed by a large rock that rolled down a mountain onto the road during heavy rain on Kennon Road, Camp 7, here, on July 19. Charles Bryan Carame, officer-in-charge of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said nobody was injured, except...
The Office of Civil Defense reminded residents of the Ilocos region to be on alert following a magnitude-5.5 earthquake on Tuesday morning, July 15. The agency, in an advisory, advised people to be prepared for possible aftershocks. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the...
BAGUIO CITY – The World Travel Index (WTI) has named this city as one of the safest cities in the country for travelers in its mid-year report. The Summer Capital was seventh with a 73.99 percent rating. Dumaguete was first with 81.36 percent; Davao, second, 80.73 percent; Bulacan, third, 76.42...
