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Mayor orders suspension of classes Feb. 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

city expects to bid out asin hydro project in January

BAGUIO CITY – The city government expects to bid out the operation of the city-owned Asin mini-hydroelectric plants in Tuba, Benguet to qualified private investors this January.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan said the city looks forward to setting the project into motion to finally realize its thrust to maximize the power generating potential of the plants and restore their viability.
The plants’ operations have slackened since the city government took over the management in 2006 due to lack of funds and expertise.

council pushes early bidding of public works projects

BAGUIO CITY – The city council wants national agencies to bid out public works projects early to allow the timely implementation of these projects and avoid creating problems in localities.
The body approved Vice Mayor Daniel Farinas’ proposed resolution urging the Dept. of Public Works and Highways and the Dept. of Budget and Management to allow early bidding of public works projects included in the list of projects already funded under the approved national budget to ensure the projects’ early implementation.

council backs pinsao road development to decongest city center

BAGUIO CITY – The city council supported Councilor Isabelo Cosalan Jr.’s proposal for the development of a road linking Longlong in Pinsao Proper to Irisan particularly the road that passes through Bowat as a priority project to support the city’s thrust to decongest the central business district.
In a proposed resolution which the body approved recently, Cosalan also sought to urge Rep. Bernardo Vergara to allocate funds for the development of said stretch.

City honors partners in simple rites, announces winners for best performing brgy's

BAGUIO CITY - recognizing partners who continues to help the city government in uplifting the lives of its citizens mostly those in need, the Special Services Division of the City mayors Office has dedicated a day for its volunteers and partner agencies last December 15.

Mayor Mauricio Domogan personally graced the event to thank partner agencies for their invaluable support to the programs of the city most especially in health services.

Anti-mendicancy drive nets 52

The city’s anti-mendicancy drive netted last Tuesday evening 52 persons, all transients who were transported back to where they were earlier based.
Social welfare officer III Liza Balao of the city social welfare office said the round-up was done by the city’s task force on anti-mendicancy, an inter-agen cy group composed of government and private sector representatives, including the Commision on Human Rights , the police, Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, and bus companies plying the route to and from the city.

Sports: football faces brighter future as expats bring home gear

The late football coach and Gold Ore weekly paper editor Jose “Peppot” Ilagan must be smiling from up there in the great newsroom and playing field in the sky. Things are looking up from down here, at least for three reasons.
First was three of his boys – midfielder Albert Martin, his brother and striker Jimmy and defender and goalie Edward Dait – recently came home with playing shoes, balls, uniforms and socks to prop up those who took over from them chasing dreams at the Burnham Park football grounds.

Obit: officer Quintin bugasto – from patrolman to colonel

Baguio has just lost one of its outstanding citizens. Former city police chief, Col. Quintin Madrid Bugasto died early last Sunday morning, five days after he was brought home from the hospital where he was confined for a lingering illness. He was 86.
“He remained alert 12 hours before he went,” recalled his daughter Thelma at the wake.

terms on led technology okayed

BAGUIO CITY – The city council has approved the terms of reference (TOR) to enter into a light management deal with a qualified company using the Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology.
The venture will involve the replacement of all streetlights, park lights, including lights in overpasses, flyovers and City Government owned buildings and facilities with LED bulbs and repair and the maintenance on a private-public partnership and a cost-saving share scheme.

barangays urged to establish human rights action center

BAGUIO CITY - Barangays here should establish their own human rights action center to empower them to take an active role in the protection and promotion of social justice and human rights.
The city council recently approved Resolution No. 371 series of 2011 authored by Councilors Edison Bilog, Joel Alangsab, Betty Lourdes tabanda and Karminn Cheryl Dinney Yangot for this purpose.

barangays urged to submit updated traffic schemes

BAGUIO CITY – The city council will require barangays here to submit updated traffic schemes in their barangays to guide city officials in upgrading existing traffic ordinances and solve the perennial traffic problem in the city.S
The body approved Resolution No. 380 series of 2011 authored by Vice Mayor Daniel Farinas saying these inputs from the barangays are needed to start the plan to update the Comprehensive Traffic Ordinance or Ordinance No. 7 series of 84.

more overpasses sought

BAGUIO CITY – The city council will request Rep. Bernardo Vergara and the Dept. of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to fund the construction of more pedestrian overpasses in the city to help decongest traffic bottlenecks in various parts of the city.

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