THE Baguio City Council has approved on first reading an ordinance reducing all unpaid fines for traffic violations incurred prior to the start of 2021 as amnesty in order to lighten the load on the Traffic and Transportation Management Division (TTMD) of the Baguio City Police Office (BCPO). The ordinance [...]
THE Baguio City Council has ordered the Baguio City Market Authority (BCMA) and City Treasury Office to temporarily suspend all bidding for and awarding of market stall contracts in light of the recently-passed market amnesty ordinance. The resolution to hold in abeyance was issued following the approval on third and [...]
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has pledged to provide all local and national government offices in the city as well as all government-run public schools in Baguio free Internet access. The connectivity grant is through the DICT’s National Broadband Program (NBP), which is intended to grant greater [...]
THE Baguio City Council approved on third and final reading an ordinance amending Ordinance Numbered 78, Series of 2018, which governs the towing of vehicles in the public right-of-way in the city. Among the salient provisions of the amendment are provisions expanding the towing ordinance to cover motorcycles parked along [...]
THE City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), City Engineering Office (CEO), City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO), and the City Tourism and Special Events Office (CTO) have come up with a comprehensive master development plan intended to develop the city’s “urban core.” City Planning and Development Officer Arch. Donna R. [...]
ADDITIONAL restrictions have been put in place in the city of Baguio to address the growing incidence of COVID-19 and the presence of the highly infectious Delta variant in the city. Starting on Friday, and continuing until September 19, Baguio will be implementing stricter measures at its various borders. Under [...]
THE Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) is hiking consumer electricity rates after generation costs have increased. In August, the more than 140,000 residential consumers under BENECO’s jurisdiction who consume more than 46 kilowatt-hours (kWh) a month will have to pay P9.4007 per kWh. The rates in June and July were P8.4918 [...]
THE city will not be privatizing the modern abattoir project it is planning in the Baguio Dairy Farm. City officials have recently concluded during a management committee meeting that raising the needed P108 million for a modern slaughterhouse is achievable by the government without needing private assistance in order to [...]
INDUSTRY investments in non-combustible alternatives to cigarettes provide upside to new and existing players as well as public health, according to a fund manager that focuses on long-term, high-quality investments in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. “I think there's a lot of upside from industry investment in harm reduction if [...]
THE Baguio City Council has approved the initial plans for the proposed development of portions of the land along the Aspiras-Palispis highway, more commonly known as Marcos Highway. With the initial approval of the city council, the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) will begin efforts on a feasibility study [...]
