Baguio’s risk-based random mass testing reaches 25K
BAGUIO CITY — The city government was able to subject more than 25,000 residents to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, Mayor Benjamin Magalong said on Tuesday.
Author: Liza Agoot-PNA
Baguio asks banks to submit safety plan due to case clustering
BAGUIO CITY — The city government has asked banks and security agencies here to submit their long-term safety and health protocols as it sounded the alarm with the clustering of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. Dr. Rowena Galpo, chief of the City Health Services Office (CHSO), on the sidelines of the meeting with the bank and security … Read More
Baguio reimposes liquor ban, stricter control measures
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong during the flag-raising on Monday announced the reimposition of the liquor ban in the city and the stricter implementation and control of the movement of people. “Our situation, to be honest with you is quite alarming,” Magalong told city employees during the flag-raising ceremony. The 30 new cases logged from … Read More
PMA adopts new normal as 350 plebes enter academy
BAGUIO CITY – The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) received on Monday the 350 plebes who will compose Class 2024.
Over 1,600 stranded in the Cordillera back home
BAGUIO CITY – A total of 1,633 locally stranded individuals who were unable to go home during the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon have been reunited with their families.
Baguio limits religious services to 10% capacity
BAGUIO CITY – The city government and the religious sector have agreed to reopen church services during the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) but with only 10 percent of the capacity of the facility and subject to health regulations, an official said on Friday.
Female cadet tops PMA 2020 class
BAGUIO CITY – A female cadet of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) topped the graduating class this year.
11 Cordillera towns to return excess SAP fund
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Friday 11 local government units (LGUs) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), which are considered as Geographically Isolated and Depressed Areas (GIDA), have intended to return the excess funds from the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
Stranded Baguio residents not yet allowed to return home
The city government is asking stranded city residents to stay where they are while the local officials tweak the protocols of the “returning Baguio residents (RBR) program.
Benguet assures of ample food supply after Covid-19 crisis
The province of Benguet has assured that there will be a continuous supply of vegetables for Filipinos even after the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic
Baguio trade school bakes bread for front-liners
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The province of Benguet has assured that there will be a continuous supply of vegetables for Filipinos even after the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Governor Melchor Diclas said on Tuesday. “Agmula manen ti tat-tao tayu ta isu met ti trabaho tayu (Our farmers plant because it is our people’s job),” Diclas said. … Read More
CAR conducts contact tracing for Covid-19 patient from Abra
BAGUIO CITY — Health officials in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and the province of Abra are now on heightened monitoring and tracing of people who came in contact with an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who has tested positive of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a briefing here on Monday, Dr. Amelita Pangilinan, officer-in-charge of … Read More
Baguio mulls mandatory use of ‘spit-guard’ among food handlers
BAGUIO CITY – The city government here is waiting for the issuance of an executive order that will make it mandatory for food servers to wear a mask or a “spit-guard” to prevent the food contamination amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) threat. “May mga restaurants diyan na yung kanilang mga empleyado ubo-ubo o kaya nagsasalita sa harapan … Read More
PEZA partners with BLISTT for economic zone expansion
BAGUIO CITY – The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is asking the mayors of the municipalities adjacent here to help look for areas for possible economic zone expansions and the city to help provide the necessary manpower. “Lahat ng mga may lupa public or private iniimbitahan naming i apply nila to become an economic zone para ma-utilize at ma-spread natin ang mga industries (We are … Read More
Apayao barangays get 57 patrol vehicles
LUNA, Apayao — The provincial government has distributed 57 new patrol vehicles to barangays (villages) in all seven municipalities. “Use the vehicle to help our people in times of need especially because our barangays are so far away,” Governor Eleanor Bulut-Begtang told barangay officials during the turn-over ceremony on Thursday. The vehicles were given to the … Read More
Flower prices in Baguio go up as Valentine’s Day nears
BAGUIO CITY — Prices of flowers here have gone up days before Valentine’s Day despite the cancellation of the crowd-drawing Panagbenga Grand Float Parade. Loreta Hornalez, a flower vendor who maintains a stall beside Ganza restaurant at Burnham Park on Wednesday said the prices of some flowers went up by at least 10 percent over … Read More