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BAGUIO CITY – The city council passed a total of 148 resolutions, 49 ordinances and conducted 14 public consultations since November 19 last year according to councilor Leandro Yangot Jr. during Monday’s flag-raising rites at City Hall before local officials led by Congressman Mark Go, employees and guests. He said the approved ordinances include a measure limiting the speed of […]
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BAGUIO CITY – Without naming who they were, Commission on Human Rights (CHR) regional director Romel Daguimol praised the different organizations that conducted several candidates’ forums which gave voters the chance to know the advocacies, programs and platforms of governance of those running for elective positions in the Summer Capital. With the national and local midterm elections fast approaching, he […]
Read moreCITY OF TABUK, Kalinga – – The Technology Application and Promotion Institute of the Department of Science and Technology(TAPI-DOST) is bringing its Invent School Program(ISP) to the provinces, closer to students for wider participation. Personnel from TAPI-DOST and the Philippine Science High School took turns giving lectures and workshops during the 2-day ISP seminar-workshop held at the Kalinga State University […]
Read moreAGUINALDO, Ifugao, April (PIA) – – People in this town showcased their cultural and traditional practices through ethnic games, songs and dances and their municipality as home of bounty and adventure with their festival known as “Apar Ad Aguinaldo.” The 5-day festival from March 28 to April 1 with the theme “Exhibiting Cultural Bounty and Adventures for Progress,” coincided with […]
Read moreBontoc, Mtn. Prov.–. Seventy one motor riders survived the rigorous route of the prestigious endure challenge that was carried out at the Chico river bank of this booming capital town of Mountain Province. The motor riding enthusiasts came all the way from Buguias, Mankayan, La Trinidad and Itogon, all in Benguet province, Baguio City, and Dupax, Nueva Ecija. Some riders […]
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TADIAN, Mtn. Prov.– Some 500 local folks from all over this town staged a condemnation rally to show their resentment against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army on April 9, 2019 at the Poblacion here. They dubbed the event as a “Unity for a Peaceful Community” by condemning insurgency. The participants paraded along the streets of the Poblacion […]
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In a possible violation of the Freedom of Information order of President Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Education (DepEd) has refused to release copies of the outputs of the regional offices in the ongoing review of K-12 textbooks and learning materials to the Manila Times. In a letter dated March 13, 2019, Bureau of Learning Resources (BLR) officer-in-charge Edel Carag […]
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BAGUIO CITY April 10 – Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan is pushing for the revision of the century-old City Charter with the abolition of the provision authorizing the Townsite Sales Application (TSA) as a mode of acquiring alienable public lands in the city and that whatever available alienable and disposable land will be directly sold to the actual homelot applicants. Further, […]
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Asked by Cordillera weavers and food manufacturers if they as a group can set a standard rate for their produce like fruit jams and cellphone cases, lawyers from the Philippine Competition Commission said no because it is considered illegal according to the Philippine Competition Act or Republic Act No. 10667 which was signed into law on July 21, 2015. The […]
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