Maria Elena Catajan, Author at North Luzon Monitor

City, DA eye put up of agriculture, fisheries network

The city council adopted resolution no. 594, series of 2024, granting authority to Mayor Benjamin Magalong, representing the city government, to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office-Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-RFO-CAR), Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center-CAR (ATI-RTC-CAR), and other member institutions, for the establishment of an “Agriculture and …

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Travel trio opens exhibit

A seven-day road trip led to an exhibition of the grandeur of the Cordillera. Dubbed as, “Photographic Sojourn,” the work of David Leprozo Jr, Noli Gabilo and Joey De Castro highlights the beauty of the mountains through their expert lens as they traversed Baguio City, Benguet and the Mountain Province. The seven-day sojourn of the …

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Converge advances in prepaid fixed broadband since debut

The bold venture into prepaid fixed broadband of Converge ICT Solutions Inc. continues to bear fruit, with its prepaid solution Surf2Sawa (S2S) connecting 115,000 customers since its official launch in March last year. Advancing its vision to leave no one behind, Converge introduced its pioneering prepaid brand S2S, aiming to extend the capabilities of fiber …

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Baguio warns against accommodation scams

The city government reiterates advisories to safeguard people against scams on accommodation establishments that continue to victimize unsuspecting tourists. The office of Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong noted the increase of reports from victims conned from online accommodation transactions. The latest report was from actor Derek Ramsay who claimed to have been scammed by the social …

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DTI continues to assist women entrepreneurs

BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recognizes women, and their invaluable contributions to nation-building especially in business and trade. DTI Cordillera information officer Glonica Favorito shared that almost 55 percent of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) registered under DTI in the Philippines are managed, and owned by women. “Ang …

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Virtual Nannies: A Boon or Bane for Busy Parents? Children face online danger

Baguio City- When parents allow cyberspace to become nannies, questionable content is bound to find its way to children. Abet Ongkingco, a college game development professor and a developer himself said, the deeper problem is the erosion of Filipino values of caring for children, making the children open for cyber abuse, which allows the abuse …

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Virtual Nannies: A Boon or Bane for Busy Parents? Children face online danger (Part 2)

Open targets Meloy, a former software and game developer, relates there are no solid safeguards for children in gaming. “As a former game developer, I’m going to be honest with you, game development is a business and games are the product, so in essence, the end goal in developing games is to profit,” she said. …

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Virtual Nannies: A Boon or Bane for Busy Parents? Children face online danger (Part 1)

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The Legend of Le Fondue in Baguio

I started to love listening to live music when I was old enough to be allowed inside Le Fondue at the La Azotea building along Session Road. My generation was too young to experience Songs and would be content to listen to music at the post office park with friends carrying a bottle of gin, …

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Redlight District

Some parts of the world have declared the end of the pandemic, deeming it fit resume life as we knew before the plague of Covid hit. In Baguio City, at the side of Magsaysay to Bokawkan where it is tagged as the redlight district, a declaration ending the pandemic is not needed as life has …

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