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BENGUET INFO DRIVE AIMS FOR 90% COVID VAX – DICLAS

Benguet Governor Melchor Diclas said the province continues to do information education campaigns (IEC) in the communities to ensure readiness and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccines. Diclas was a guest in the “Laging Handa” virtual briefing of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) hosted by PCOO Assistant Secretary for Global Media and Public Affairs JV […]

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VEGETABLE PROCESSING PLANT RISES IN BENGUET – DAR

Agriculture Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Regional Development and Security (CORDS)-CAR William Dar led the groundbreaking ceremony of the P40 million-worth of vegetable packaging and processing facility inside the Benguet Agri-Pinoy Trading Center in La Trinidad, Benguet recently. “The rationale of having this food processing facility, ayaw natin na mangyari muli na iyong excess ay matatapon lang. We […]

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FARMERS DONATE UNSOLD VEGETABLES TO LA TRINIDAD, TO BE GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE – SALDA

Farmers and traders have donated millions of pesos worth of unsold assorted vegetables to the local government of La Trinidad, Benguet and given away to the public for free. Mayor Romeo Salda said farmers and traders donated the highly perishable goods because there were no buyers coming over to the trading post for transport to […]

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USE OUR ‘KOKOTES,’ BUY AND USE EXCESS VEGGIE SUPPLY FOR SOCIAL PROGRAMS – PIMENTEL TO GOV’T AGENCIES

Reacting to news reports that there was an oversupply resulting in falling prices of vegetables in Benguet and other areas in the Cordilleras, Senator Koko Pimentel III has proposed a “creative solution to this welcome dilemma” through the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) purchase of the excess harvest and distributing them to agencies that have supplemental […]

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BILL CREATING BODY TO DEVELOP BAGUIO, BENGUET TOWNS TO BE RE-DRAFTED – GORDON

The Government Corporations and Public Enterprises Committee of the Senate recently conducted a public hearing on the proposed creation of the Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay Development Authority (BLISTTDA), which the Department of Tourism (DOT) sees as an opportunity to come up with a sustainable plan covering Baguio City and its adjacent […]