Baguio City, Philippines – A thriving film industry is being groomed in the Mountain City. On its 4th year, the Montañosa Film Festival (MFF) presents 24 finalists in the Narrative, Documentaries, Mobile Phone Films categories from all over the country, converging in a display of creativity from march 16 to 24, 2024 in venues all …
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Following the series of forest fires in Benguet Province, Congressman Eric Go Yap recently filed House Resolution no. 1603 seeking inquiry on the capability of government agencies in dealing with this kind of disasters. With the recent surge in forest fires across various regions, Yap said a need for a robust and coordinated approach to …
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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Solid North and Chowking floats stood out from the more than 30 floats to win this year’s medium and large float category during Sunday’s Panagbenga flower float parade. Solid North’s float which celebrates connectivity, community, and the shared joy that defines the Panagbenga spirit bagged the top plum in the large float category while Jollibee’s …
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At least 80,000 global tech leaders will converge in Barcelona this week for the Mobile World Congress (MWC) with the roster of speakers featuring admired chief executives like Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell, Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet, and HP Enterprise CEO and President Antonio Neri. Among the hottest topics in this year’s conference …
At least 1,600 community frontliners from the Municipalities of Itogon, Kapangan, and Tublay received timely aid from the offices of Senator Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano this week. From February 24 to 26, 2024, the senators’ teams provided help in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Cordillera Administrative Region (DSWD CAR) through its …
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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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Aimed at bolstering the educational infrastructure in Benguet, Congressman Eric Go Yap has embarked on a mission to improve the learning conditions for his province mates. The solon recently secured funding from the national government for the construction of seven new school buildings worth P210 million to be built in various municipalities in Benguet. “This …
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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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Nearly P29 million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated by authorities in the Cordillera region in separate police operations. On February 6, the Kalinga Police Provincial Office (PPO) recovered P28,090,800 worth of illegal drugs in Brgy Dupag, Tabuk City. According to the report from the Kalinga Police Provincial Office, joint operatives of Tabuk City Police …
