BAGUIO CITY – The city government launched free Wi-Fi at the public market here on Sunday, March 26. Mayor Benjamin Magalong led the switch-on ceremony. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong leads the launching of the free Wi-Fi at the Baguio City Public Market on Sunday, March 26. (JJ Landingin) Magalong said...
BAGUIO CITY – Vendors displaced by the public market fire here are back in business after the completion of the seven-day cleanup drive under the “Bangon Palengke” program on Monday, March 20. A WEARY volunteer rests during the Baguio public market cleanup. (JJ Landingin) Displaced vendors...
BAGUIO CITY – A fire hit parts of the public market here on Saturday night, March 11. MAYOR Benjamin Magalong (second from right) inspects parts of the Baguio City Public Market razed by a fire on Saturday night, March 11. (Zaldy Comanda) One-thousand, six-hundred forty-two out of the 3,900 stalls...
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...
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...
Even though he was seen raising the hands of vice presidential candidate Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said is still supporting Senate President Vicente Sotto III and his running mate Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson. Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong (left)...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and his running mate Senate President Vicente Sotto III took a break from their usual campaign activities and had a quiet weekend stroll on Saturday afternoon while indulging requests for quick selfies from residents and tourists they came...
