Children paid the price for a stellar Baguio Flower Festival (BFF) performance. Injured BFF performers remain traumatized and unable to walk days after performing on artificial turf at the Melvin Jones grounds, in an interview, Oliver Villanueva Wasin, official choreographer of the Ifugao-based group Baryo Kamaisan, said, “Some are still unable to walk normally kasi …
BAGUIO CITY — Women’s groups are not pleased a half-baked apology from country singer Romeo Ogong. JaPNet Cordillera and Innabuyog-Gabriela opened Women’s Month with a demand for accountability over an apology made by Southern country singer Romeo Ogong, especially after subsequent side comments from the now-controversial personality surfaced. In a statement, JaPNet said: “We support …
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The annual parade of floats did not disappoint the thousands of spectators who gathered over the weekend. Bedecked with fresh blooms, 34 floats charmed the crowd during the 30th staging of the annual Baguio Flower Festival on Sunday, March 1. The Grand Floral Float Parade served as the centerpiece of Panagbenga’s …
BAGUIO CITY – The 30th edition of the Baguio Flower Festival (Panagbenga) saw a triumph for the underdogs. Tribu Siglat of San Luis National High School from Pugo, La Union, claimed the top spot in the BFF30 Grand Street Dance Parade, besting competing groups from Ifugao, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur, and Isabela despite being …
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Submarine volcanoes, active faults, internal waves, and a region with potential for renewable energy were surveyed in the Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and southern Philippine Sea, reported by scientists from the UP Marine Science Institute. Dr. Fernando Siringan and Dr. Charina Lyn Amedo-Repollo shared these results from a recent expedition to Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, …
Researchers say seven seal pups have tested positive for an avian flu virus at California’s Año Nuevo State Park and several more are showing signs of the illness. The outbreak has prompted park officials to cancel the park’s popular seal-watching tours for the remainder of the seal breeding season. Researchers with University of California-Santa Cruz and University …
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Has Romeo Ogong outstayed his welcome in Baguio? After the country singer from the South publicly apologized over his gender slur, the Baguio City Council is set to review calls to declare him persona non grata on Monday, March 2. Ogong said he never expected the issue to escalate because the remark was only meant …
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Baguio City councilor Betty Lourdes Tabanda has backed calls for Visayan singer Romeo Ogong to issue a public apology or face being declared persona non grata in the highland city. In a public statement, Tabanda said: “As a woman and a public official, I take very strong offense at the remarks made by Romy Ogong …
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BAGUIO CITY — A joke has fallen flat for gender advocates. Ma Cynthia Coronel Abalos of the Baguio Character Council is calling on Southern country performer Romeo Ogong to issue a public apology following his performance during the Ibaloy Day celebration. The set has raised eyebrows regarding propriety and respect for women, children, and gender …
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Construction is set to begin this year on the P1.19 billion Baguio City Integrated Terminal (BCIT), a project officials say will finally move provincial buses out of the central business district to solve the city’s chronic traffic congestion. The project, the first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for the Summer Capital follows a lease contract signed Jan. …
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