LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – An overnight anti-illegal drug operation of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera has resulted in the arrest of three alleged drug personalities in Baguio and Benguet on Monday, Aug. 15. Photo via Zaldy Comanda Cordillera regional director Brigadier General Mafelino...
Photo by Markus Spiske from Unsplash. Filipinos may be rice-eaters, but potatoes are still a frequent part of their diet. It is a common ingredient in many tomato-based dishes like kaldereta and menudo, as well as soups like nilaga. Outside Filipino cuisine, the potato is a common side dish offered...
TUBA, Benguet -- Residents in remote villages of Balococ and Goldstream in Barangay Camp 4, Tuba, Benguet, are appealing to the government for better access roads. Photo via Zaldy Comanda Barely a week from now, more than a 100 elementary students in the said villages will be attending face-to face...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Officials of the provincial government Benguet led by Gov. Melchor Diclas gave Philippine National Police Chief, Police General Rodolfo Santos Azurin, Jr. a warm welcome as he made a courtesy call to the capitol on Friday afternoon, August 12. Photo via Zaldy Comanda...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Seven drug personalities were arrested and P2,506,000 worth of marijuana plants were destroyed during a weeklong operation conducted from July 31 to August 6 in Cordillera Region. Based on the records of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera’s Regional Operations Division...
The Philippines is home to a wide variety of crops and livestock, many of them disappearing from cultivation due to modernization. A handful of them are listed in the Ark of Taste, the Slow Food Movement’s catalog of endangered foods from across the globe. There are currently 65 Filipino food...
BAGUIO CITY -- The Benguet Corporation has allocated funds for the immediate construction of a bridge near its abandoned mining patented claim area near an open pit in Sitio Luneta, Loacan-Antamok, Itogon. Residents walk to the proposed site of a one-lane bridge to be constructed by Benguet...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Benguet generated the second highest revenue out of ten provinces identified by the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) as having significant earnings for fiscal year 2020-2021. Benguet is known as the top producer of highland vegetables and has the most mining...
A NEW People’s Army rebel got tired of dodging soldiers in the Cordillera and surrendered to the government last month in Benguet for a better life. LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – A member of the Kilusang Makabayan under the New People's Army (NPA) surrendered to the government last July 18 after more...
SABLAN, Benguet – A student died while three others were injured including the driver of a concrete mixer truck that fell into a ravine on Monday afternoon, August 1, near the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) in Sitio Payda, Barangay Bayabas, Sablan, Benguet. Photo via Zaldy...
BAGUIO CITY – Four school buildings with eight classrooms each have been donated by the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Inc. (FFCCII) in its ‘Operation Barrio Schools’ project in La Trinidad, Benguet and Baguio City. Photo by Zaldy Comanda First to receive a...
JOHN Lantungan, president of the Luneta Miner's Association Inc. in Itogon, Benguet, points to the area where a concrete retaining wall must be built. ITOGON, Benguet – Residents of this town, mostly pocket miners, have asked the government for help in repairing and constructing concrete...
