February 14, 2025

News

Panagbenga fest continues to drive economic growth, tourism in Baguio

BAGUIO CITY – The annual Panagbenga Festival continues to boost Baguio City’s economy, generating income from various sources while attracting tourists and supporting local businesses. Anthony De Leon, chairman of ...

Delinquent real tax payers urged to avail of tax amnesty

Bontoc, Mountain Province—The Bontoc Local Government Unit (LGU), through the Office of the Municipal Treasurer, is now accepting applications and payments from delinquent real property owners, encouraging them to take ...

Kalinga kicks off Bodong Festival 2025

TABUK CITY, Kalinga (PIA) – The province of Kalinga’s 30th Founding Anniversary and 6th Bodong Festival kicked off on Monday (Feb. 3), at the Capitol grounds with the ayug, a ...

Bontoc’s 3 barangays; Public Market are recipients of DICT’s free WIFI

Bontoc, Mountain Province - Residents of barangays Alab Proper, Balili, and Bayyo, along with vendors and the public visiting the Bontoc Public Market, will soon enjoy free internet access. This ...

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The Department of Agriculture Cordillera (DA-CAR) has recorded a 64% accomplishment in the distribution of the rice program intervention in the Province of Kalinga at the start of 2025. The ...

Php860-M agri-infra projects in CAR move forward to bidding under DA-PRDP Scale-Up

Three major agricultural infrastructure subprojects in the Cordillera region (CAR), amounting to Php860.69 million, are set to enter the bidding phase following approval from the Department of Agriculture – Philippine ...

Kalinga farmer turns cassava into thriving business

TABUK CITY, Kalinga (PIA) -Cassava, a resilient root crop that thrives in almost any soil condition, is often overlooked as a viable commodity in the province due to its limited ...

Standardized guidelines proposed for Session Road Creative Sundays

Standardized Guidelines Proposed for Session Road Creative Sundays The Baguio City Council has called for standardized guidelines for the operation of the Session Road Creative Sundays to address issues of ...

Vehicle owners reminded of safety measures as Baguio logs 109 mishaps

BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) has reiterated the importance of ensuring that vehicles are in good condition before travel to prevent accidents. “Before we even turn ...

Private and Public Sector Partners in Eliminating Lead Paints Honored by the EcoWaste Coalition at its 25th Anniversary Celebration

1 February 2025, Quezon City. In a unique display of collaborative relationship built through years of dialogue and advocacy, civil society organization EcoWaste Coalition feted the paint industry association of ...

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On the first week of February, three different fires broke out in Baguio City on Legarda Road, Camp 7, and Upper Quezon Hill, killing one elderly person. **photo by neimless_skills ...

DOLE-CAR consistently pursues efforts to eradicate child labor

BAGUIO CITY (PIA) – Child labor remains a pressing problem not only in the Philippines but in the world. In 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported an estimated 1.09 ...

Fifty-one Cordi LGUs hailed as 2024 Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance National Passers

The Department of the Interior and Local Government - Cordillera Administrative Region (DILG-CAR) announced that 51 local government units (LGUs) across the region have been conferred the Seal of Child-Friendly ...

Police Corner from PROCOR PIO

Over P3M worth of illegal drugs seized, eight drug personalities arrested in PRO CAR's weeklong drug ops As a result of the intensified campaign of the Police Regional Office Cordillera ...

Measures in place to lessen frost effects on crops – DA

BAGUIO CITY – Cordillera farmers have the capacity to minimize the impact of possible frost phenomenon on crops with the help of various forms of government aid, an executive of ...

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DRAGON DANCE - From the Grand Colorful Parade on January 30, which was held at Session Road, Baguio City in celebration of the Spring Festival—Year of the Wood Snake 2025.** ...

City Treasurer: ‘Time deposit funds dropped from P4.4B to 1.1B’

City Treasurer Alex Cabarrubias informed the Baguio City Council that the city’s funds, initially amounting to P4.4 billion and placed in time deposits, had significantly decreased to P1.1 billion in ...

3 Abra municipalities found with ‘serious armed threat’

BAGUIO CITY – Police in Abra province have added the municipalities of Bangued and Pilar as election hotspots for the upcoming May 2025 mid-term polls by placing these areas under ...

PRO-CAR leads National Day of Remembrance for SAF44

BAGUIO CITY (PIA) — The Police Regional Office-Cordillera headed by Regional Director David Peredo Jr., in partnership with The Manor Hotel in Camp John Hay, led a National Day of ...

Cordillera RPAB approves P33M upgrade for SACGPO’s coffee enterprise

The Cordillera Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) has approved the upgrading of the Sagada Arabica Coffee Growers and Processors’ Organization, Inc. (SACGPO) coffee processing enterprise, valued at Php33 million for ...