The historic Baguio Teachers’ Camp (BTC) that survived the wrath of World War II has been declared a national heritage site during a ceremonial declaration as it marked its centennial celebration last week. The celebration and ceremonial declaration was a priceless gift to thousands of teachers nati ...

59 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by (ravaz)

BAGUIO is slowly picking itself from the ruins brought by the typhoon Cosme even as most areas of the city remain in darkness Initial reports from the City Disaster Coordinating Council (CDCC) disclosed that volunteers have their hands full attending to emergency cases involving fallen trees and sec ...

62 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by (ravaz)

By all indications, the civil society in Baguio will oppose the planned cutting of trees in a patch of forest near the Baguio Convention Center. This, as no less than the Baguio Centennial Commission (CenCom) through its president, Dr. Virgilio Bautista, announced Wednesday that the commission will ...

64 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by (ravaz)

THE Itogon Municipal Government has not yet arrived at a decision about the engineered sanitary landfill (ESL) which Baguio wishes to establish in the municipality. Itogon Vice Mayor Noel Ngolob said they would not give a position until representatives from Baguio City Government can show that they ...

75 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by (ravaz)

ABRA is killing fields of the North no more. Cordillera Police Regional Office (PRO) Director Eugene Martin said Abra's peace and order situation has significantly improved and the province's tag as killing fields of the North is no longer fitting. The recent visits of President Gloria Macapagal-Arr ...

88 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by ravaz

The bleak – and sometimes black - picture of Baguio’s rivulets and creeks that flow into the Sagudin and Balili Rivers will be presented during a “Water Forum” marking Earth Day on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. at the multi-purpose center of city hall. The extent of pollution that killed the “bunog”, “jojo” ...

90 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by ravaz

BAGUIO CITY-Mayor Reinaldo Bautista, Jr. last week issued Administrative Order 51 for the continuing one-way experimental traffic scheme at Session road and associated streets, earlier mandated by AO 14. Accordingly, the experimental scheme at Upper Session road rotunda has resulted in the easing of ...

90 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by ravaz

BAGUIO CITY – Living miserably for months already, he admits, NBN-ZTE star witness Engr. Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada have come to terms with his and his family's situation now. Meagerly supported by nuns, priests and other who “believe him”, he said before journalists and some 100 other participants in an ...

93 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by ravaz

A more than one-hour fire hit one block of the Baguio City Public Market early morning of Friday just as Tiong San Harrison reported that the actual cost of damage that hit the commercial center last April 2 was more or less P45 million. The report of the blaze that hit the “black market” area was r ...

93 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by ravaz

TIONG SAN HARRISON spews out thick, black smoke after fire gutted the department store’s upper floors housing the administrative offices and stock rooms last Wednesday afternoon. No casualties or injuries were reported in the 9-hour blaze. -- Harley F. Palangchao

97 days ago · ParamountPerks · ravaz.blogspot.com by ravaz