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Mayor issues 19 day coding suspension

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:30 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan this week ordered the suspension of the implementation of the city’s number coding ordinance following the expected arrival of thousands of local and foreign tourists during the celebration of the Baguio Flower Festival here.

“There is a need to suspend its implementation to cater to the needs of visitors who will flock the city with their respective families in the comfort of their vehicles”, he said.

The number coding suspension is slated from February 13 to March 2 or a span of 19 days covering private vehicles only.

City’s Special Inspection Committee formed

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:29 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – a special committee created by virtue of City Council Resolution No. 186 series of 2004 has been reactivated by Mayor Mauricio Domogan this week.

Administrative Order No. 14 Series of 2012 reconstituted and reactivated the City Special Inspection Committee (CSIC) which is mandated to inspect the compliance of boarding houses, dormitories and pension houses of their business, sanitary and fire safety permits.

Mayor warns erring brgys

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:27 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan has appealed anew to residents for compliance with existing city policy of wastes segregation.
This time, Domogan has directed Punong Barangays to strictly insure compliance to the no segregation, no collection policy and ordered barangay officials to collectively prosecute residents who still refuse to follow rules.

Domogan said, ‘barangay officials should facilitate the conduct of massive information and education campaign in the different areas of their barangays to let residents know the existing policy”.

Kids’ parade opens flower festival on feb. 1

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:26 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY- Fourteen (14) elementary schools; with children-participants and their own drum and lyre groups playing the now familiar Panagbenga tune shall kick-off the Baguio Flower Festival, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, with a parade along Session and Harrison roads, and a dance showdown at the Athletic Bowl, Burnham Park.

Uniforms for drivers and conductors clarified

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:24 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Unless a counter directive is received, jeepney and taxi drivers, bus conductors, drivers and inspectors are required to don their color-coded uniforms while plying their routes in the city, as issued in Administrative Order 008, 2012 of Mayor Mauricio Domogan.

Jeepney loading areas allocated

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:22 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Administrative Order 4, series of 2012 which allocates loading areas along Perfecto street and Harrison road for Aurora Hill and Trancoville public utility jeepneys, stays as is, Mayor Mauricio Domogan clarified last week.
Accordingly, the said loading areas need signages which are now being prepared and shall be installed the earliest, within this week.

spring festival outstanding citizens honored

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:18 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The Filipino-Chinese community honored four outstanding citizens of the city during the Spring Festival main program last January 21 at the Hotel Supreme.
The awardees chosen by the screening committee were:

dialogue on more senior citizens discount

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:17 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The council committee on social services, women and urban poor will hold a dialogue on the senior citizens’ additional privilege for a five percent discount on certain construction items on Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. at the city council session hall.
Councilor Betty Lourdes Tabanda who chairs the committee said the briefing aims to disseminate information and gather inputs from senior citizens on said additional benefits.

mayor still hoping for bcda-cjhdevco truce

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:16 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan remains hopeful that the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) and the Camp John Hay Development Corporation (CJHDevCo) can still patch up their differences and reach an amicable settlement on the Camp John Hay lease payment despite their apparently worsening dispute.
“We are still praying that they will sit down and come up with an amicable solution for the benefit of all concerned,” the mayor said.

mayor calls for vigilance to safeguard forest reservations

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:13 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan Wednesday called for vigilance in protecting forest reservations and public lands now in dire situation due to bogus land claims and titles.
The mayor said protected areas like the Forbes Park, Wright Park, Botanical Garden are now in danger due to the wanton issuance of Certificates of Ancestral Land Title (CALTs) by the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) while Busol watershed is also mired in squatting cases.

mayor assures city’s compliance with writ

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 22:12 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan Wednesday assured that the city government will comply with the order of the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the use of Irisan dumpsite as dumping area and as temporary holding or staging point for wastes saying this has been the city’s ultimate goal.
“We will abide by the court order. That has been our direction – to clear the garbage in the dumpsite and later convert the area into a park – but of course, it can’t be done overnight,” the mayor said.

Mayor orders suspension of classes Feb. 1

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 18:29 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – the scent of flowers fill the air as the 17th edition of the Baguio Flower Festival starts in this mountain resort.

This week, Mayor Mauricio Domogan has ordered the suspension of classes for Elementary and Secondary Levels both for public and private schools come February 1 (Wednesday).

Domogan said,’ suspending classes in both Elementary and High School levels will give them the opportunity to participate in the grand opening parade of the Panagbenga’ which falls on a Wednesday.

Mayor approves temporary vending site for block 4 vendors

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 18:26 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – due to selfless cooperation showed by Block 4 vendors to voluntarily demolish and vacate their stalls last year, Mayor Mauricio Domogan approved their request for a temporary vending site to continue their business within the city market.

Domogan signed Baguio City Market Task Force resolution 04-2011 designating the perimeter area of block 4 as a temporary vending site for displaced block 4 occupants.

Prior to its approval, Domogan ordered the Baguio Market Task Force to inspect and assign a relocation site for vendors affected by the block 4 rehabilitation.

Mayor ok’s carless day

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 18:25 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan this week approved the temporary closure of Session Road to vehicular traffic come January 27.

The mayor said this is in line with a forum entitled ‘Recreating People Friendly Session Road’ which will be participated in by residents, students and visitors from Manila.

Domogan said, ‘the temporary closure of Session Road during the conduct of the activity will popularize the concept of public space and road sharing’.

CLUP in Loakan

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 18:23 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The first-in-a series City Land Use Plan (CLUP) consultation was done with city officials, Barangay officials, Indigenous Peoples of Baguio, representatives from the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), City Planning and Development Coordinator OIC Engr. Evelyn Cayat, and concerned individuals, last week at Acapulco, Lucnab through the office of Councilor Isabelo Cosalan, Jr.

ttmc meet, ist for 2012

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 18:22 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The Traffic and Transport Management Committee (TTMC) met last week, the first for this year, to discuss essential issues; exemptions, loading and unloading areas, parking areas, pedestrian lanes and concerns as to the jeepney groups’ rationalization scheme.

mayor fortifies tree-cutting inspection, monitoring

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 18:19 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan last week beefed up inspection and monitoring of applications for tree-cutting in the city even if these only cover trees that pose imminent danger to life and property.
In Administrative Order No. 10, the mayor cited the need to strengthen the process by involving representatives from the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

mayor names priority projects for 2012

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 18:18 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan vowed to continue this year the unfinished programs and projects which were either conceptualized or started last year to address various concerns of the city and attain the development goals set by his administration.
Topping his list were the projects pipelined for solid waste management particularly the rehabilitation of the dumpsite at Irisan barangay for conversion into a park, the continued improvement of the waste segregation scheme in the barangays and enhanced operation of the Environmental Recycling System (ERS) machines.

mayor to call for dialogue on sm issue

Tue, 01/24/2012 - 18:17 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Mauricio Domogan Wednesday bared plans to broker a dialogue on the SM Baguio tree-cutting issue which continued to heat up amid snowballing opposition that started in a popular social networking site and which spread on the streets with a mass rally staged by environmental groups last Friday.

council approves 72 ordinances in 2011

Mon, 01/16/2012 - 16:05 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – The city council approved a total of 72 ordinances in 2011 and most of the measures dealt with the preservation of the environment, Vice Mayor Daniel Farinas reported on Monday.
Farinas said one significant legislative measure aimed at preserving the ambience of the city was the ordinance requiring all construction owners to plant trees as a condition for the issuance of an occupancy permit.

more freebies await early taxpayers

Mon, 01/16/2012 - 16:02 — p_rillorta

more freebies await early taxpayers
BAGUIO CITY – Taxpayers who will settle their revenue obligations early will receive more freebies from the city government.
City treasurer Thelma Manaois announced that apart from the discounts annually given to early birds, taxpayers who will pay their taxes in full will have two chances of winning prizes: by playing the “roleta” and by joining the raffle draw set for April 13.

This baguio girl – and nurse - needs a miracle

Fri, 12/30/2011 - 04:04 — p_rillorta

Nurse Shirley Concepcion is no stranger to miracles. She has seen them happen to terminally ill patients she has handled, cases that even best in the medical field agreed only a miracle could heal.
Beyond the medical care she had trained for years to provide, Shirley readily learned to pray for these miracles from the moment she entered the actual field and encountered her first seriously ill patient.

Ttmc meets for transpo concerns

Fri, 12/30/2011 - 04:03 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY - Hoping to lessen traffic snarls for the next year, the Traffic and Transport Management Committee met last week to discuss indispensable issues such as parking, pedestrian lanes and experimental schemes.

Ttmc meets for transpo concerns

Fri, 12/30/2011 - 04:02 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY - Hoping to lessen traffic snarls for the next year, the Traffic and Transport Management Committee met last week to discuss indispensable issues such as parking, pedestrian lanes and experimental schemes.

City rushes aide to S. Mindanao

Fri, 12/30/2011 - 04:00 — p_rillorta

BAGUIO CITY – Recalling the natural calamities which the city suffered during the past, Mayor Mauricio Domogan Monday announced the release of Four Hundred Thousand Pesos as aide to Southern Mindanao.

The aide in the form of cash was distributed to various Local Governments depending on the severity of the damage brought about by Typhoon Sendong.

Domogan said, P100,000.00 was given to Cagayan De Oro City while the remaining P300,000.00 was divided among Iligan, Ozamis, Tanjay and Dumaguete who also suffered the wrath of Sendong.

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