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‘Paramilitary group not welcome in Baguio’
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — “You were never welcomed in the city, [you] are not above the law and should not act as a peacekeeping force here,” Baguio City Vice Mayor Daniel Fariñas reminded the Cordillera Peoples Liberation Army (CPLA) in the city council’s regular session, June 11. Fariñas said that the…
Photo of the week: Too heavy for Baguio
Baguio residential houses increased tremendously which showed that the carrying capacity for the city is now too heavy. Developed by the colonial Americans for 25,000 people, the city has a present population of more than 300,000. The absence of a Comprehensive Development Plan pushes residents to establish shelter even in unstable areas where landslides usually…
News in Pictures: Baguio Payatas
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Famed Baguio City “ukay-ukay” briskier on Internet
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (July 19, 2011) – Baguio’s famed “ukay-ukay” (second-hand or pre-loved clothes and commercial items) is enjoying hundred-folds of brisk business via internet. With just a digital camera and a Facebook account, “Mitch”, who has since gone on-line to sell her “ukays” gets as high as P20,000 profit a day.…
Baguio Group Decries Price Hike on Basic Commodities
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY –“Many go hungry among the poor,” Gerry Cacho of the Tongtongan ti Umili (TTU) said regarding the report of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that the price increases in the region are minimal and justifiable. Cacho stressed that the poor are the…
Displaced Irisan Settlers Seek Relief
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY – Cypress Irisan settlers displaced by the demolition implemented by the city government here last November 30 are asking for humanitarian assistance. In an interview, Villanueva Patting, secretary of Irisan Peoples Action against Demolition and for Good Governance (IPADeGG), said the city government should…
NUJP-Baguio Benguet Condemns PSG Maltreatment of Local Reporter
BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio-Benguet chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) strongly condemns the Presidential Security Guard (PSG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) maltreatment of a local reporter who was covering Pres. Noynoy Aquino’s ribbon-cutting at the Jollibee-Harrison in this city, Friday, November 26. A PSG wearing a white…
Photo of the Week: Informal Settler
Informal Settler
Photo of the Week: Umbrella Fixer
Umbrella Fixer
News in Pictures: Baguio Folk Flee Homes Due to Typhoon Juan
Some 23 families were evacuated from their homes at City Camp Lagoon Monday morning, as floodwaters begin to rise at the city’s lowest part. Evacuees, numbering to at least 100 individuals, are staying in Aguinaldo Elementary School in Barangay QM. However, some residents in Little Kibungan in La Trinidad, Benguet, refuse to leave their homes, despite being declared as a hazardous area by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the DENR.