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‘Paramilitary group not welcome in Baguio’
‘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...
Photo of the week: Too heavy for Baguio
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...
Famed Baguio City “ukay-ukay” briskier on Internet
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...
Baguio Group Decries Price Hike on Basic Commodities
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...
Displaced Irisan Settlers Seek Relief
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,...
NUJP-Baguio Benguet Condemns PSG Maltreatment of Local Reporter
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...
News in Pictures: Baguio Folk Flee Homes Due to Typhoon Juan
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.
Demolition of Shanties Are Also Happening in Baguio City
Demolition of Shanties Are Also Happening in Baguio City
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Without any place to stay right after the demolition of some 400 shanties, residents of the urban poor community decided to spend the night on the streets while others asked relatives and friends to accommodate them...
Farmers Protest BT Eggplant Testing
Farmers Protest BT Eggplant Testing
By ML MARIGZA NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — Farmers groups have protested the field testing of genetically modified (GM) eggplants in the Philippines. Known as the Philippine Fruit and Shoot Borer (FSB)-resistant eggplants (Bt brinjal) or...
Baguio Pollution Hurts U.S. Scientists
Baguio Pollution Hurts U.S. Scientists
A group of U.S.-based urban planners has revealed that pollution is taking its toll on this city – the Philippines’ acclaimed summer resort – without alarming local residents and authorities. Some of the investigators felt dizzy themselves after conducting...
Irisan Residents Block Realty Firm’s Joint Relocation Survey
Irisan Residents Block Realty Firm’s Joint Relocation Survey
BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Residents of San Carlos Heights, Irisan, Baguio City have prevented the Holy Family Housing Project Association, Inc. from holding a dialogue regarding a joint relocation survey with 12 affected residents on...
Baguio City’s Panagbenga Festival Kicks Off January 30
Baguio City’s Panagbenga Festival Kicks Off January 30
The 11th Baguio Flower Festival or Panagbenga opens on January 30 and the revelry is highlighted by the parade of flowers on February 25 and 26. Visitors to Baguio City (246 kms from Manila) will be very excited about the various activities lined up this year....
Tatak Baguio : The Longest Longganisa
Tatak Baguio : The Longest Longganisa
That tasty, thumb-sized meat product that used to be called as “the Ultimate Baguio Pasalubong” is this year’s focus of the 3rd Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism (HRT) Weekend, when the longest Baguio original longganisa will be paraded and sold on Sept. 30 along...
Marcos Mansions in Baguio: Future Tourism Sites?
Marcos Mansions in Baguio: Future Tourism Sites?
Perhaps every original Baguio City resident marveled at the once-grandiose mansions of the Marcoses here. By all indications, they were posh. What is to become of these mansions? Some local government officials here are considering the idea of turning these into...
Baguio City Wakes Up With “Capricious P184M Land Acquisition Deal”
Baguio City Wakes Up With “Capricious P184M Land Acquisition Deal”
By ACE ALEGRE Regions Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY - Baguio City is again roused from sleep with another multi-million peso “questionable deal”. This time by the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) for purchasing a P184 million-worth ($4,031,639) 1.2...
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