A proposed ordinance, if and when enacted, would institutionalize a comprehensive city-wide anti-drug program in Baguio City. Authored by Councilor Leandro Yangot Jr., the proposed measure would provide substance abuse victims an opportunity to receive rehabilitation interventions and integrate into society. According to Yangot, the use of illegal drugs remains an ongoing longstanding problem, threatening …
The City Government of Baguio will study a proposal to establish a communal waste processing facility for the city and the entire Benguet Province. On November 19, 2024, Jhaze Asuncion, Business Development Director of Cal Phil Builders and Management Philippines, presented their company’s proposal to the Baguio City Council. According to Asuncion, the solid waste …
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LBS Digital Infrastructure Corporation (LDIC), a private firm based in BGC, Taguig City, has committed to enhancing mobile network connectivity and telecommunications infrastructure in Baguio City. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the city government is currently in progress for the conduct of a feasibility study. With a pending request by Mayor Benjamin Magalong for …
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology – Baguio City Jail Male Dormitory (BJMP-BCJMD) led by JSupt. April Rose Wandag-Ayangwa launched the BJMP – Cordillera Administrative Region’s Livelihood Exhibit and Christmas Showcase today, 20 November 2024 at BCJMD Quadrangle. As the host facility of the holiday event, JSupt Ayangwa said that this event is not …
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s largest business organization, has bestowed Converge ICT Solutions Inc. CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Anthony Uy with the Country Movers Award, recognizing the significant impact he has made on the fixed broadband industry and the strides he has taken to usher in widescale digitalization in the …
Though it seems out of date, it rings timeless (and inspired by the ghost of my conscience). Not by that fool, unhinged and stuck on the 1st of April. How that came to be, I don’t know. The fool that I am, I just know somewhere, sometimes, some thing inside us break free – to …
As I write this, I struggle to find fault or some grievance to remember him by. It’s a struggle I now pledge to embrace until that day comes. That day I can share his candor and kindness. And learn to smile just as freely and stay as calm, amid the world’s need to worry and …
LOVINGLY DEDICATED to someone who said it was “easy to write a CHILDREN’S STORY.” My biggest Shukran for making me scramble with one. One that tells us, we do seem to create our own monsters – as a person or as a Nation, and that the sad end of either, is far from being child-friendly, …
(Part I) Often, the more fascinating kind spring out of the blue, like an unread Louis L’ Amour among PG-18 stuff. Or, a leather-boot-strutting Cool Uncle’s visit, light years off-grid, and spotting you share the same shoe size. Surfing for Mark Manson self-help videos on YouTube, I stumbled on my recent fascination in the ongoing …
On July 29, in the Lower House’s Committee on Human Rights’ fourth inquiry into the “Drug War Years,” victims anew shared their ordeals. Their accounts aimed to put a human face on a ‘War’ that left thousands dead, law enforcers included, and thousands more – widowed, fatherless, motherless, orphaned, traumatized and scarred for life. In …
