23 indibidual, biktima iti diarrhea outbreak sadiay La Trinidad, Benguet

BAGUIO CITY – Dumanon itan iti 23 nga indibidual dagiti naka-confine ita iti Benguet General Hospital gapu iti diarrhea outbreak a napasamak sadiay barangay Bineng, iti ili ti La Trinidad.
Sigun iti Provincial Health Office (PHO), dumanon iti pakabuklan a 62 nga indibidual dagiti natamaan iti diarrhea iti nasao a lugar ngem dagiti laeng 23 ti [...]

DENR Reg’l. Director, naakusaran nga imbulsa na iti pondo a pagpatakder ti building da ditoy La Union

LA UNION – Nainget a pinaglibakan ni DENR Regional Executive Director Constancio Arciaga ti Region-1, iti alegasyon kontra kenkuana a maipagarop nga imbulsa na iti 14 a milyon a pisos a pondo a pagpatakder ti baro a building ti ahensiya ditoy San Fernando City, La Union.
Kinuna ni Arciaga bayat iti interview ti Bombo Radyo La [...]

Province eyes new housing site for employees

MPLOYEES affected by the land squabble between the Provincial Government and ancestral land claimants at Wangal, La Trinidad have transfer to other housing areas.
This is to shield them from the problems besetting the Benguet Provincial Government and the individuals claiming portions of the 54-hectare lot, identified as a housing site for employees of the province.
Benguet [...]

Fongwan to DPWH: Hasten Marcos Highway rehab

By Jane Cadalig

TO PREVENT further inconveniences, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was asked to hasten the improvement of the Palispis-Aspiras Highway, considered as one of the all-weather roads in the region.
Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan said the closure of Palispis-Aspiras (formerly Marcos Highway) could have been avoided if the improvement of the road [...]

Ilocos Sur solon seeks more irrigation projects to ensure massive food production

CANDON CITY, Aug. 11 (PNA)– House Deputy Speaker Eric D. Singson (2nd District, Ilocos Sur) sought over the weekend the construction of more irrigation projects to provide sufficient water requirements for the growing of rice crops nationwide.
This, he said, will address the country’s problem on shortage of rice, considering that the growing and level [...]

Mayor lifts truck ban on Kennon Road

BAGUIO CITY: Kenon Road is now open to all types of vehicles. The lifting of the ban is contained in Administrative Order 123, signed on Thursday by Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr., [...]

Baguio STL bid is officially dead

Mayor Bautista signs resolution rejecting proposals
Mike Guimbatan Jr.
BAGUIO CITY — An attempt to operate a small-time lottery in this city is now officially dead.
Baguio Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. signed into law City Council Resolution No. 281 rejecting proposals to operate an STL here whether on temporary or permanent basis.
The mayor’s signature in the resolution implies [...]

NPAs kill 6 soldiers, hurt 9 others in Abra

BANGUED, Abra – Six soldiers were reportedly killed and nine others were wounded when hundreds of heavily armed New Peoples Army (NPA) rebels staged a daring ambush in Barangay Duldulao, Malibcong town, this province, the other weekend, the military’s Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) bared yesterday.

Elements of the 41st Infantry Battalion managed to fire [...]

PDEA-CAR vows to boost drug case convictions

THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional office in the Cordillera celebrated its sixth anniversary last month by setting targets to be accomplished in a year.
Chief Inspector Edgar Apalla, officer-in-charge (OIC) of the PDEA regional office said they will prioritize the increasing the number of convictions on dangerous drugs cases in the region.
They also aim [...]

Pagbubunyag ni Cong. Dumpit, tinawag na ‘injustice’ ng kasamahang mambabatas

Hayagang tinawag ngayong isang kaso ng ‘injustice’ ni La Union (1st District) Representative Victor Ortega ang ginawang pag-tuturo ni Congressman Thomas Dumpit Jr. (2nd District) ng ilang indibidwal na umano’y sangkot, kung hindi man protektor ng sindikato ng droga sa nasabing lalawigan.
Kung maalala, sa privileged speech ni Dumpit na may pamagat na ‘The mother [...]