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Senator Bong Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, has appealed to the Department of Health (DOH) for urgent intervention in light of the outbreak of acute gastroenteritis cases in Baguio City. In an interview after attending the groundbreaking for a Super Health Center in Navotas City, Go emphasized the critical need […]
The city governments of Baguio and San Jose, Nueva Ecija recently entered into a sisterhood agreement for the realization of creative avenues geared towards mutual growth through the sharing of executive, legislative, administrative, technological, cultural and economic developments unique to each of the local governments involved. Signing the sisterhood agreement were Mayor Benjamin Magalong representing […]
Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the reinstatement of the wearing of face masks in indoor settings is part of the city’s proactive stance to constantly safeguard the health of the populace. Magalong explained that while the increase in COVID-19 cases had been gradual and in fact had even gone down recently, the city cannot take chances […]
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco lauded the highly-anticipated return of the Baguio City’s Panagbenga Festival. “After three years of hiatus because of the pandemic, Baguio is back, and what a beautiful return!” the tourism chief said. “The vigor with which you have developed your city as a community, uniting it to celebrate your […]
Artists of the group Sin-Agi received assistance from personnel of the Baguio Fire Department and University of the Cordilleras police interns at the Baguio City Police Office – Station 5 in cleaning the 8 by 100 feet biking mobility Climate Action Wall along Legarda Road as the artist group readies for a February 1 opening. Sin-Agi […]
Baguio City has ramped-up its vaccination drive amid a surge of infections in China triggered by a new COVID-19 sub-variant. “Baguio residents need not fear or panic on hearing about the spread through travelers of a new COVID-19 sub-variant dubbed as XBB which is causing a surge in China,” Mayor Benjamin Magalong said. According to […]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) in partnership with the Tourism Infrastructure Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) and the Baguio City local government broke ground on the first ever Tourist Rest Area (TRA) in Luzon recently. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco led the signing of the provisional Memorandum of Agreement (MO A) held at the Baguio Country […]
Tourists going to Baguio City should be mindful of the trash they will throw. The city will be strictly implementing the Environment Code and other related laws including the Anti-Littering ordinance. “The parking personnel will serve as an augmentation force to the Baguio City Police Office and the Public Order and Safety Division in monitoring […]
Reelected Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong vows to focus his second term in office on stopping “urban decay” from further damaging the country’s summer capital. A National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) study in 2019 showed the city was going towards urban decay, which it said has to be addressed with viable solutions and the […]
The city government of Baguio has eased the requirements to get a business permit in the city to allow owners to rectify the errors and align their business activity to the standards of the city’s zoning ordinance. Aileen Refuerzo, city information office chief, said City Council Resolution 118-2002 was signed to grant amnesty to businesses […]