FOLLOWING closures brought about by both the recent July quake and the inclement weather experienced by the country, the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force Kennon (JIATFK) has issued an advisory temporarily reopening the road to traffic on a limited basis. Currently, the Kennon Road is closed, but starting on Sunday, September [...]
THE steady decline of COVID-19 incidence in Baguio City has led to the city’s case total dropping to below three digits after hitting triple digits in July of this year. As of Thursday evening, there were 95 active COVID-19 cases in the city, with 14 new cases on the day [...]
DESPITE heavy rains and inclement weather, highland vegetable supplies in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) continue to be stable, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). The Monthly Trading Volume Report of the DA-CAR Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) shows 1,800 metric tons (MT) of vegetables traded daily in [...]
BAGUIO’s government has identified 10 potential farm-to-market roads (FMR) to benefit its farmers, according to Dr. Silandro Bested, head of the City Veterinary and Agriculture Office (CVAO). While Bested did not identify the 10 locations for the roads, he said that the 10 potential FMR projects would run a cost [...]
THE United States is supporting the rehabilitation of the Baguio City Museum through a grant worth P6.5 million. “Through the State Department’s Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), we are working together to build the Museum’s capacity to care for its wonderful collection of artifacts and cultural objects from the [...]
BENGUET province is among the worst in terms of air quality in the Philippines, according to environmental organization Greenpeace. The Greenpeace report says that over 97 percent of the Benguet population is exposed to some of the highest particulate matter (PM) concentrations in the entirety of the country. While all [...]
SIX higher education institutions (HEIs) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) have begun cooperation to “future-proof” the region after a workshop in Tagaytay. Ifugao State University (IFSU), Kalinga State University (KSU), Abra State Institute of Sciences and Technology (ASIST), Benguet State University (BSU), Apayao State College (ASC) and Mountain Province [...]
THE Baguio Local Finance Committee (LFC) is planning to increase business tax rates after 22 years of no rate increases to catch up to the rates mandated under the Salary Standardization Law. Currently, the LFC is working on a proposal and studying whether the tax increase, which would total a [...]
REPORTS from the City Schools Division indicate that the city’s various schools have taken some P10 million worth of damage from the end of July magnitude 7 earthquake. City Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Federico Martin said that the damage estimates are from the assessment of disaster risk reduction and management [...]
BAGUIO Representative Mark Go has filed two bills in Congress for the putting up of centers for the city’s senior and persons with disabilities (PWD) populations. House BIll 3924 intends to put up a wellness center for the Baguio City geriatric population, which includes the provision of living accommodations, healthcare [...]