Retired police general and now Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong is one of the members of the Committee of Five which was created to conduct a thorough evaluation and assessment on over 950 full colonels and generals of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who are expected to submit courtesy...
BAGUIO CITY -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong stressed the need to ‘bite the bullet’ for the meantime in the face of traffic congestions aggravated by the influx of tourists here. The cool December weather induces tourists to prefer the Summer Capital to other destinations during Yuletide Season when...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong issued a closure order against the man-made tourist attraction Igorot Stone Kingdom on Long-long Road in Pinsao Proper here due to permit and safety issues on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Magalong said that the establishment is operating without a business permit while...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here rejected the proposal to regulate busking after the city council recently approved an ordinance controlling street performances in this city. “It is not the right time, adding that people, including artists and musicians, earn meager during Sunday’s...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here filed, Friday, August 5, another graft case against officials of the Baguio City District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (BCDEO-DPWH) due to alleged irregularities in the construction of a secondary school building...
LOAKAN Airport runway. BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong is keen on the reopening of the Loakan Airport here as an all-weather commercial airport after the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) informed him that funding for its...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here appealed to market vendors to cooperate in the ongoing investigation of the anomaly involving market fees. Magalong, in a letter dated July 20, asked merchants to come forward and submit available copies of official receipts of their arrival fees or...
BAGUIO City Mayor Benjamin Magalong (center), Marieta Alvarez, officer-in-charge, City Market Division (right), and Police Col. Glenn Lonogan, city police director, show a copy of the complaint they filed before the Baguio City Prosecutor’s Office against five employees of the Baguio Treasurer's...
BAGUIO CITY -- From the previous 31, the city government here under Mayor Benjamin Magalong is looking to undertake 51 catalytic projects in its bid to advance the socio-economic development and environmental renaissance in the Summer Capital. Mayor Benjamin Magalong announced to the public that he...
BAGUIO CITY- Mayor Benjamin Magalong has filed with the City Prosecutors Office graft cases against officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Baguio City District Engineering Office (BCDEO) on Friday, July 1. GRAFT CHARGES – Baguio City Benjamin Magalong formally subscribe his...
BAGUIO CITY -- Re-elected Mayor Benjamin Magalong and elected city officials will take their oath of office in ceremonies on Thursday, June 30, at the Baguio Convention Center. Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong wins another term with 64,665 votes. He was proclaimed along with Congressman-elect...
The Cordillera Regional Peace and Order Council (CRPOC) has approved the anti-marijuana campaign as a flagship program in a bid to eradicate the marijuana plant cultivation and prevent the distribution of illegal drugs in the region's urban areas. “I suggest that the anti-marijuana campaign...
