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OPINION
EDITORIAL – Home battles
NO more space left in the inns, so might as well go home. During the virtual Kapihan, health officers suggested that households come out with “isolation rooms” because of the rising cases of COVID-19. For the past nine days, the daily cases in Baguio never [...]
LIFESTYLE
IFSU to introduce Ifugao weaving to public school curriculum
IN an effort to capacitate public school teachers on different aspects of indigenous knowledge, systems, and practices (IKSP), the Ifugao State University (IFSU) conducted a two-day seminar on Ifugao textiles at the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) Center at Kiangan, Ifugao from September 9-10, 2021. Marlon [...]
SPORTS
National track meet to be held in Baguio by year-end
THE Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is aiming to hold a national open in Baguio at the end of the year. This is part of the local athletes' preparations for the 2022 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Philip Juico, (PATAFA) president, said [...]
OPINION
Pinoy Marino Rights – The sinking of MV GULF LIVESTOCK 1, missing seafarers and the presumption of death
“Munhait hi nitaguwan tun ajor karu nga miid ahan chi iibba an tatagu ay mun-anap ay chi cha enggan adugwan.” This is the Ifugao translation of “It’s painful when the truth hits you that nobody is looking for them until now,” says Maya Addug-Sanchez whose [...]
LIFESTYLE
IFSU to introduce Ifugao weaving to public school curriculum
IN an effort to capacitate public school teachers on different aspects of indigenous knowledge, systems, and practices (IKSP), the Ifugao State University (IFSU) conducted a two-day seminar on Ifugao textiles at the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) Center at Kiangan, Ifugao from September 9-10, 2021. Marlon [...]
SPORTS
National track meet to be held in Baguio by year-end
THE Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is aiming to hold a national open in Baguio at the end of the year. This is part of the local athletes' preparations for the 2022 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Philip Juico, (PATAFA) president, said [...]
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OTHER NEWS
Senate passes three bills by Congressman Mark Go on schools and Kennon Road
BAGUIO Congressman Mark Go’s bills converting two annex schools of the Baguio City National High School (BCNHS) to independent high schools have been approved by the Senate on third and final reading for immediate implementation. [...]
Stricter guidelines for Baguio until month’s end
EXECUTIVE Order No. 117-2021, signed by Mayor Benjamin Magalong, will be imposing heightened restrictions in Baguio City until Sept. 30, 2021. The EO was passed due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the [...]
Sto. Tomas eyed as site for waste to energy plant
AFTER the initial plans to set up a waste-to-energy plant in neighboring Sablan fell through, the city government has decided to instead begin working towards the put-up of a waste-to-energy facility within its own borders. [...]
BLISTT closes door to outsiders, half-closes it to locals
Starting Thursday, until October 3, the Baguio - La Trinidad - Itogon - Sablan - Tuba - Tublay (BLISTT) area will be on lockdown, restricting all travel through the borders. Under a Joint Advisory by [...]
Magalong holds on to 95 percent vax target by Dec amid severe COVID surge
AMID the rampant ongoing spread of COVID-19 ravaging the city of Baguio, Mayor Benjamin Magalong remains confident that the city can meet and fully vaccinate its target population of 95 percent of the city’s residents [...]
Sablan restricts local travel to Baguio
FOLLOWING the classification of Benguet and Baguio City as Alert Level 4 from September 24 - 30 under the Department of Health guidelines, the municipality of Sablan has put forward a scheme to control travel [...]
BENECO looks into lowering rates despite hike in global production cost
FOLLOWING increased electricity rates for the past months in the city of Baguio, the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) has committed to searching for and implementing a measure to lower the costs for consumers and prevent [...]
Abra doc murdered, political angle eyed
PHILIPPINE National Police Chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar has created a special task force to look into the killing of Dr. Amor Trina Dait on Saturday night. Dait, 52, was a resident doctor of La [...]
Sinovac most likely to cause breakthrough COVID infections in Baguio
IF you are one of the more than 143,000 Baguio residents who have been fully vaccinated since September 24, then there’s a high probability that you will be reading this. According to the City Health [...]
Behind the desk- dissecting the paradoxes of the FPIC process
By Rocky Ngalob FOR four years now, I have sat behind the less-occupied table at the NCIP-CAR office, dissecting papers on Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes. As the FPIC Focal for the [...]
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OTHER NEWS
Senate passes three bills by Congressman Mark Go on schools and Kennon Road
BAGUIO Congressman Mark Go’s bills converting two annex schools of the Baguio City National High School (BCNHS) to independent high schools have been approved by the Senate on third and final reading for immediate implementation. [...]
Stricter guidelines for Baguio until month’s end
EXECUTIVE Order No. 117-2021, signed by Mayor Benjamin Magalong, will be imposing heightened restrictions in Baguio City until Sept. 30, 2021. The EO was passed due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the [...]
Sto. Tomas eyed as site for waste to energy plant
AFTER the initial plans to set up a waste-to-energy plant in neighboring Sablan fell through, the city government has decided to instead begin working towards the put-up of a waste-to-energy facility within its own borders. [...]
BLISTT closes door to outsiders, half-closes it to locals
Starting Thursday, until October 3, the Baguio - La Trinidad - Itogon - Sablan - Tuba - Tublay (BLISTT) area will be on lockdown, restricting all travel through the borders. Under a Joint Advisory by [...]
Magalong holds on to 95 percent vax target by Dec amid severe COVID surge
AMID the rampant ongoing spread of COVID-19 ravaging the city of Baguio, Mayor Benjamin Magalong remains confident that the city can meet and fully vaccinate its target population of 95 percent of the city’s residents [...]
Sablan restricts local travel to Baguio
FOLLOWING the classification of Benguet and Baguio City as Alert Level 4 from September 24 - 30 under the Department of Health guidelines, the municipality of Sablan has put forward a scheme to control travel [...]
BENECO looks into lowering rates despite hike in global production cost
FOLLOWING increased electricity rates for the past months in the city of Baguio, the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) has committed to searching for and implementing a measure to lower the costs for consumers and prevent [...]
Abra doc murdered, political angle eyed
PHILIPPINE National Police Chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar has created a special task force to look into the killing of Dr. Amor Trina Dait on Saturday night. Dait, 52, was a resident doctor of La [...]
Sinovac most likely to cause breakthrough COVID infections in Baguio
IF you are one of the more than 143,000 Baguio residents who have been fully vaccinated since September 24, then there’s a high probability that you will be reading this. According to the City Health [...]
Behind the desk- dissecting the paradoxes of the FPIC process
By Rocky Ngalob FOR four years now, I have sat behind the less-occupied table at the NCIP-CAR office, dissecting papers on Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes. As the FPIC Focal for the [...]