DAYS after the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Maring in Benguet, the Ambuklao and Binga dams continue to have their gates open to regulate the sheer oversupply of rainwater leading to high water levels in both facilities. The gates in both Ambuklao and Binga dams have had a total of [...]
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 the BLISTT local chief executives, all travels through their borders are now temporarily restricted. Non-residents [...]
DESPITE massive losses incurred by the heavily tourism-based economy in Sagada, Mayor James Pooten says that it is “unlikely” for the municipality to reopen to tourism and visitors any time soon. Originally set to reopen in mid-September, Sagada is going to remain closed for the foreseeable future, Pooten said. “In [...]
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has turned over a P13.2 million enterprise project to a cooperative of banana farmers in Kalinga to bolster the banana production and trade in the province. Some 735 members of the Daram-Cudal Multipurpose Cooperative (DCMPC) in Kalinga are expected to benefit from the project. Under [...]
BENGUET Congressman Eric Go Yap has pledged to get the Department of Public Works and Highways to provide P80 million for the repair and improvement of the Pines Park bridge in La Trinidad, along the Balili River. The bridge was damaged by Typhoon Fabian and the subsequent three weeks of [...]
SIX persons caught using fraudulent documents to enter the city of Baguio will have to face criminal charges for falsification of documents, Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong said. He also added that they will face charges for violating Republic Act No. 11332, or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health [...]
THE municipality of Kabayan in Benguet has declared a state of calamity following the severe damages inflicted by monsoon rains on the town’s infrastructure and crops. The municipal council approved Resolution 149-21 entitled " A Resolution declaring the municipality of Kabayan, Benguet Province under State of Calamity" on August 2, [...]
PLEASE don’t tempt the river spirits. Four Cordillerans were separately swept by raging rivers all over the region last week and one of them remains missing. In Abra, Jomar Guillermo Turqueza, 28, was crossing the mighty Malanas River in San Juan, Abra last August 2 with his brother when he [...]
IN light of the ongoing monsoon season and its impact on the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-CAR) has readied nearly 30,000 food packs for the region’s residents. Cordillera Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) Regional Director Albert Mogol in a report said [...]
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has committed to compensating local indigenous peoples (IPs) who are maintaining Chico River Basin’s forests. Compensation will be provided through a revenue-sharing scheme slated for implementation in the watershed, and agroforestry management in Cordillera as part of the Chico River Pump Irrigation [...]