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BAGUIO CITY — The minority group in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Nueva Vizcaya province has blocked Governor Jose Gambito’s plan to borrow P1 billion from the Philippine National Bank to support infrastructure projects.
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Nueva Ecija policemen promised to thoroughly investigate the killing of live-in partners from Cagayan province inside a Cubao-bound bus along the national highway in Barangay Minuli, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija Wednesday.
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — The agriculture department in Benguet believes that there is no Cordillera region without Benguet province's farming industry.
BAGUIO CITY — A Barangay Kagawad (village councilman) was found unconscious inside a room of a motorist hotel (motel) in Pagdalagan Sur, Bauang town, La Union on Monday afternoon.
BAGUIO CITY— Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police began enhancing their strategies toward building peace, enhancing security and development in the highland Cordillera Administrative Region.
BAGUIO CITY— A 49-year-old woman failed to reach the hospital alive, while her husband and her two children were badly hurt after the motorcycle they were riding was rammed by a Cubao-bound Victory Liner sleeper bus along the national highway in Barangay Lacnog East in Tabuk City, Kalinga on Sunday evening.
BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio City government is willing to be among the models of Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP) in line with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s Executive Order No. 31 on June 20, 2023 institutionalizing the co-creation of collaborative solutions to public problems. The Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Budget and Management and the Philippine Information Agency launched the OG Pinas last Tuesday in Baguio City clustering participants from the government, academe, civil society organizations and other groups from Regions I, II, III and CAR. PIA reported that OGP seeks to raise awareness about the PH-OGP, especially at the local level.
BAGUIO CITY — The first unit of electric vehicle (EV) to serve Baguio City was turned over to the Irisan Jeepney Operators and Drivers’ Association (IJODA) Transport Cooperative in a ceremonial rite at the Ibaloy Heritage Garden in Burnham Park on Friday. The EV worth P6.5 million was funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the Promotion of Low Carbon Urban Transport Systems in the Philippines (LCT) Project for sustainable transportation. Programme Analyst Gwyneth Anne Palmos, UNDP Climate Action Team said IJODA will be the first recipient of the project’s Electric Vehicle Incentive Programme (EVIP), which aims to support the shift of transport cooperatives’ fleets towards EVs for a safer, healthier, and more comfortable transportation. The EV has a seating capacity of 22 plus 10 standing passengers to service IJODA’s main road route from Irisan to Baguio City Plaza and vice versa. IJODA chairperson Anert Bangsael said that the EV unit will be added to the existing 11 modern jeepneys and 78 traditional PUJs of the transport cooperative following the approved fare matrix of P15 minimum fare for modern PUJs plus P1.80 per kilometer. Bangsael said that the cooperative agreed with Benguet Electric Cooperative to provide an adjusted charging station of the EV from 380 volts down to 220 volts metered facility to be paid by IJODA. The EV can be fully charged overnight at 20 kilowatts through regular charging and 60 kilowatts at fast charging mode. During the test run, Bangsael said that the fully charged EV can run up to a hundred kilometers before the 20 percent low battery indicator prompts. While the EV was given to the IJODA for free, the cooperative’s counterpart is a commitment to buy at least another unit of EV in the future in support of the government's Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong said thAT THe awarding of the electric vehicle marks a significant milestone for the city, becoming the first EV to be deployed to serve the riding public. “This is just one part of our initiatives towards realizing a low carbon urban transport