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. The facility is planned to be put up in the city-owned 139 hectare lot in [...]
INITIAL estimated costs for the city’s planned sewage treatment plant (STP) and sewage network rehabilitation have been pegged at some P2.9 billion, according to the initial feasibility study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The company working with the ADB, Egis, revealed to the city council that the initial plans [...]
FARMER-beneficiaries of San Andreas Strawberry Growers Association (SASG) have started to transplant 5,000 tissue-cultured strawberries in their four (4) twin tunnel greenhouses provided by the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera’s (DA-CAR) High-Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) worth PhP2,000,000.00. The SASG of Bilis, Sto. Tomas Central, Baguio City is composed of 23 members [...]
IT was an afternoon of a heavy downpour as Steve Abanag led me through a stone-paved stairway down to his backyard where he had his aquaponics garden The rain pounded on the plastic roofing of his unpretentious greenhouse where the water dripped through a few leaks, but the modest self-made [...]
BAGUIO City will be testing an artificial groundwater recharge facility in cooperation with the Department of Science and Technology Cordillera office (DOST-CAR), the environment department’s Watershed and Water Research and Development Council (WWRDC), and the University of the Cordilleras (UC). The plan would see the catching and filtering of rainwater [...]
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Roy Cimatu, guest speaker for the 34th anniversary of Cordillera Day, said that climate change has a more devastating effect than the pandemic we are facing now. Cimatu, ironically, wasn’t able to attend because of COVID-19 protocols but had Cordillera DENR director Ralph Pablo read his message. “We [...]
GREENHOUSES worth a total of P1 million have been provided by the Department of Agriculture Cordillera office (DA-CAR) to Baguio-based strawberry growers in a bid to boost production of the berry in the region. The four greenhouses, worth P250,000 each, were provided to the San Andreas Strawberry Growers Association (SASGA) [...]
AS part of a bid to compete in the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) to secure support and guidance for its environmental project, Baguio City has revealed three initiatives it is attempting to push as part of the friendly competition. City Planning and Development Officer (CPDO) [...]
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has launched two major research projects for the protection and preservation of the mountains in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and to provide water security and climate resilience to the indigenous communities in the region. The first research program, “Program Boondock: A Mountain [...]
BAGUIO City has begun work on a concerted effort to plant some 10,000 trees in the coming three months as part of its regreening program and as part of the celebration of the Saleng Festival, originally launched in May but delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Rhenan Diwas, head [...]
