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BENGUET DEV’T BODY GETS SENATE OK – TOLENTINO

A bill seeking to create a development authority embracing Baguio City, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay in Benguet province received unanimous support from senators who voted 18-0-0 to pass it on the third and final reading. House Bill No. 9215 sponsored by the chairman of the Committee on Local Government, Senator Francis Tolentino, […]

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DA TO REVITALIZE COCONUT INDUSTRY – DAR

To aid the coconut industry of Leyte and encourage a more productive sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has started to distribute coconut planting materials and financial assistance to coconut farmers of the province. Twenty local farmers, who are part of the Participatory Coconut Planting Project, received checks worth P3,000 each from the Philippine Coconut […]

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TUBA CAN BE NEW EDUCATIONAL HUB TO DECONGEST BAGUIO CITY – GORDON

Senator Dick Gordon sees Tuba or any of the other four municipalities of Benguet to comprise the proposed Greater Baguio, as the new educational hub to decongest Baguio City and enable it to reclaim its old glory as the country’s Summer Capital. During the recent hearing and public consultation on Senate Bill No. 1692 or […]