BAGUIO CITY — Government is toothless against the Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs), even with the newly created inter-agency task force. “TF POGO is toothless,” House of Representative Games and Amusement Committee chairman Eric Go… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY — Real estate development giants SM Prime Holdings Inc., and Robinsons Land Corporation has formally offered to develop the city public market. Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said the offers of SM and… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY — Lawmakers at the House of Representatives took a big step towards protecting the Abra River basin, one of the country’s five biggest rivers, after the Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization approved… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY — Sagada town has temporarily shut its doors to tourists and all ecotourism activities in view of the COVID-19 threat. Through Executive Order 7-29, Sagada town mayor James Pooten Jr. ordered the suspension… Read more »
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — La Trinidad, Benguet’s capital town, has cancelled the 2020 Strawberry Festival originally scheduled this March. The annual month-long festival coincides with the capital town’s foundation anniversary. In an executive meeting held… Read more »
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — African Swine Fever (ASF) has reached Benguet. Benguet provincial veterinarian Meriam Tiongan confirmed that samples taken from piggeries in Camp 1, Tuba and in Beckel, La Trinidad tested positive for ASF.… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY — The Office of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong via its public information office (PIO) stressed Wednesday morning that there is no lockdown for tourists and visitors in Baguio amid the 2019 novel… Read more »
BAGUIO CITY — Baguio City, the country’s “Summer Vacation Capital”, gears to impose taxes to tourists. An ordinance proposed by Councilors Maria Mylen Yaranon and Joel Alangsab forwards an “Environmental User’s Fee (EUF) System” that… Read more »
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Vegetable farmers and traders of Benguet are again reaching out to victims of the Taal volcano eruption by donating their vegetable produce. Augusta Balanoy of the League of Associations at the… Read more »
