OVERHEARD/OVERSEEN
Author: zigzag weekly
Fresh road clearing order issued as campaign continues
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong warned anew business owners and residents here to refrain from using and obstructing roads near their properties to avoid penalties for continuously ignoring national and local government orders on road clearing operations. In the Management Committee meeting Oct. 8, the mayor said the city can also be nasty in implementing the law just to […]
Read moreSenior citizens take over Bontoc municipal gov’t in a day
Bontoc, Mountain Province – A total of 25 senior citizens took over the management of the Bontoc Local Government Unit (LGU) on Monday, October 7, 2019, as part of the celebration of the Filipino Elderly Month. Annie Wallang took over the seat of Mayor Franklin Odsey while Asuncion Diaz replaced Vice Mayor Eusebio Kabluyen for a day. Sitting as Sangguniang […]
Read moreAug. 4 Career Service exams results released
A TOTAL of 29,733 representing 11.62 per cent of the 255,778 examinees passed the Career Service examinations conducted nationwide on Aug. 4, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) disclosed. Karriza Gem Reopta, from the National Capital Region (NCR) and with a rating of 88.91, bested 224,777 examinees of the Professional level, while Sidney Dani Gelito, from Southern Tagalog and with a […]
Read morePolice Corner from PROCOR RPIO
Six drug pushers and couriers fall On October 4, 2019, three high value targets were arrested in separate buy bust operations initiated by operatives of Buguias and Mankayan MPS, Benguet PMFC, PDEU, Benguet. Florante Yong-en Fernandez Jr. was arrested at the parking lot of Clean Oil gasoline station at Upper Abatan, Buguias, Benguet. Confiscated from him were three sachets of […]
Read moreNat’l ID registration starts in 3 pilot regions
BAGUIO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) said that registration for the Philippine Identification System (Philsys) is now being piloted in three regions, with the full implementation on June 2020. “Nag-start ng September for the pilot areas — NCR, Regions 4A and 3,” said Villafe Alibuyog, PSA-CAR regional director on the sidelines of […]
Read moreTree-farming instead of tree-planting encouraged
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong is encouraging groups to undertake tree-farming or the planting and rearing of tree seeds on vacant private and public lots in lieu of conducting tree-planting in forest reservations to ensure high survival rate of the seedlings planted. “I am now discouraging the planting of tree seedlings in watersheds and protected areas because of the […]
Read more“Mangan Taku” Festival institutionalized
“Mangan Taku!” Cordillera Food Fair Festival will now be celebrated every second week of April as part of the Sum Vac (Summer Vacation) activities of Baguio City. The ordinance was approved by the City Council on September 23, 2019 and was signed by Mayor Benjamin Magalong on October 2, 2019. The week-long festival will feature cuisines and heirloom dishes from […]
Read more‘Unmet needs’ still hound Cordillera mothers
Baguio City – Referred to as ‘unmet needs,’ women or couples who want to limit or space their children but are not using any modern method of contraception remain a social, health, and development challenge in the Cordillera region according to the head of the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom)–Cordillera on Friday. Regional Director Magdalena Abellera said monitoring revealed […]
Read moreBontoc honors teachers on Teachers’ Month
Bontoc, Mountain Province – In a simple, yet meaningful and joyful celebration, public school teachers in this municipality gathered at the Eyeb Open Gym on October 3, 2019, in celebration of the Bontoc District Teachers’ Day. Speaking before almost a hundred teachers, Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey commended and thanked the teachers for all their hard work and sacrifices. “You may […]
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