Baguio mayor wants total ban of fireworks
Baguio City (4 December) — Mayor Mauricio Domogan is strongly opposed to the selling of fireworks and firecrackers in the city of Baguio.In the weekly Ugnayan program, Domogan asked the city council not to approve any application of businessmen to sell fireworks and firecrackers at the Burnham Park area.Fireworks concessionaires are now lobbying for the approval of the city council on a ... Read More here
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Baguio tourism sector reacts to DOT’s new slogan
Baguio City (20 November) — Hotel and Restaurants Association of Baguio president Anthony De Leon said that the new tourism slogan being proposed received so much criticism from the different sectors because even the tourism sector has not been consulted about it.De Leon said the negative reaction of people and stakeholders is a direct result of the utilitarian decision to switch slogans ... Read More here
Baguio launches Panagbenga 2011
Baguio City (16 November) — City Officials and employees led by Mayor Mauricio Domogan together with the Baguio Flower Festival(BFF) organizers and working committees officially launched the Panagbenga 2011 last Monday at the Baguio City Hall.With the theme “The Environment and Community in Harmony”, the 16th staging of the Panagbenga on February next year will focus on the ... Read More here
Baguio ready for 61st Fil-Am golf tourney
Baguio City (16 October) — Baguio City is ready for the 61st Fil-Am Invitational Golf Tournament set on November 24 to December 11 at the Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course of Baguio Country Club and Camp John Hay.More than 1000 local and foreign golfers are expected to troop the city for the two-week Fil AM golf tournament which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the ... Read More here
DOT launches area-unified tourism cluster
Baguio City (16 October) — The Department of Tourism launched the Area Unified Tourism Organization(AUTO) Cluster for North Luzon here last week.DOT Cordillera Regional Director Purificacion Molintas said that the AUTO is a strategic clustering of regions based on their geographical location enhanced by the combination of their strengths and diversity of their attractions.The country is ... Read More here
Pacman trains in Baguio for November 13 fight
Baguio City (30 September) — The People’s Champ, Manny Pacquiao, is back in the City of Pines to train for his November 13 fight against Mexican Antonio Margarito at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) light-middleweight title.The fighting congressman from Sarangani province arrived here Sunday with his trainer Freddie Roach, ... Read More here
Vergara commends tourism partners for sustaining tourism industry in Baguio
Baguio City (5 September) — With the report of Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim that the effect of the hostage crisis in the tourism industry could last up to three months, the local tourism department is preparing for marketing strategies to be done. According to DOT Cordillera Regional Director Purificacion Molintas, the Baguio Tourism Council and the other tourism stakeholders in the ... Read More here
Beneco installs CCTV in Baguio, La Trinidad
Baguio City (3 July) — The Baguio City Police has accepted the offer of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) to put up surveillance cameras in strategic locations in the city. Beneco General Manager Gerardo Versoza said that the electric utility has installed several units of closed circuit television cameras in Baguio City and in the municipality of La Trinidad. At least six ... Read More here
DOLE: Call Center agents top employment vacancies
Baguio City (10 April) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-CAR) is now busy preparing for the nationwide Labor Day Jobs Fair, this was stressed by DOLE Regional Director Atty. Ana Dione in an interview, Thursday. According to Dione DOLE is now involved in Information, Education and Communication campaign for the series of mini jobs fair scheduled throughout the region and for ... Read More here