July 26, 2008

Razon, seryoso sa paglilinis- sa reputasyon ng PNP – PDEA

LA UNION – Ipinababatid ni PDEA Director General Dionisio Santiago na seyoso si PNP Chief Director General Avelino Razon, Jr. na linisin ang reputasyon ng Philippine National Police.
Inilahad ni Santiago sa Bombo Radyo La Union na tama lang ang isinagawang unang hakbang ni Razon tungkol sa isyu [...]

July 26, 2008

Unsanitary practices are now penalized in Bontoc

BONTOC, Mountain Province – To promote sanitation, health, and convenience of its constituents, the sangguniang bayan of this municipality passed an ordinance prohibiting and penalizing unsanitary acts in Bontoc.
This ordinance also known as the “Sanitation Ordinance of Bontoc” strictly prohibits the spitting of moma in any place other than in the spitter’s private-personal spitting [...]

July 26, 2008

No gambling & drinking in funeral parlors pushed

The solemnity of a wake and deep mourning for people who passed away are sometimes marred by people who get intoxicated inside funeral parlors that allow drinking of liquor and even gambling.
This was the observation of councilor Nicasio Aliping Jr., reason why he proposed an ordinance that seeks to prohibit the serving of intoxicating liquors [...]

July 26, 2008

BCPO hopes for 5th police office award

IN A bid to win its fifth award as best city police office nationwide, the Baguio City Police Office “showed off” during its annual general inspection conducted last Monday.
This, after the Annual General Inspection-Operational Readiness Security Inspection Test and Evaluation (AGI-Orsite) was conducted by a team from the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters at the [...]

July 26, 2008

Cabbie’s wife falls prey to robber

TAXICAB drivers in Baguio are not the only persons being victimized by “passengers” nowadays.
Last Wednesday morning, almost stolen from a taxicab driver’s wife were her personal belongings.
To add insult to injury, the suspected thief even accused the driver of stealing P10,000 from her bag, after she was brought to the police.
The cabdriver was identified on [...]

July 26, 2008

NFA chief: Rice prices to go down soon

GOVERNMENT agencies are crossing their fingers the high prices of commercial rice would continue to go down during these lean months.
Rolando Rufo, manager of the National Food Authority (NFA) Baguio-Benguet, said commercial rice prices are expected to drop further as supply of government-subsidized rice is increased.
“We hope the prices of commercial rice will (continue) to [...]

July 26, 2008

City keen on learning waste management

HOW Loakan-Liwanag made it to the list of four barangays that attained 100 percent compliance in waste segregation was not a stroke of luck but diligence in separating biodegradable from other wastes.
Appointed recently by the City Council to make a report on how segregation is done in their barangay for possible implementation in other barangays, [...]

July 26, 2008

Gov’t financing programs not maximized by MSMEs

GOVERNMENT’S lending programs for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are not being fully maximized, mainly because businesses do not meet the requirements imposed by government financing institutions (GFIs).
Even government-supported programs hardly avail of the financing programs being offered by the government.
Leticia Francisco, chief of the One Town, One Product (Otop) credit facility of the Land [...]

July 26, 2008

Baguio solon asks colleagues to attend SONA in support to PGMA

BAGUIO CITY, July 24 (PNA)–Baguio Rep. Mauricio G. Domogan has asked his colleagues in the House of Representatives to attend Monday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo “as a manifestation of our respect to our duly elected President.”
Domogan, a local stalwart of the merged Lakas-NUCD-KAMPI, stayed in this mountain resort [...]

July 26, 2008

Holding of special election in Mountain Province unlikely

Speaker Nograles says it’s not a priority of House leadership
BONTOC, Mountain Province – The clamor of some sectors in this province, especially the interest groups and individuals, for the holding of a special election to fill up the vacant congressional seat left by the demise of Rep. Victor S. Dominguez is unlikely to be [...]