City HSO affirms better COVID climate; vaccination plan in place
BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 12(PIA) - - The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) control and management in the city is vastly improving with recovery rate reaching 93.56 percent, the highest recorded so far.
La Trinidad dads bat for mental health breaks for students
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Feb. 19 (PIA) - - Local officials here see the need for students mental health breaks during this COVID-19 pandemic following reported suicide cases in the municipality
23 4Ps beneficiaries graduate in Asipulo
ASIPULO, Ifugao, March 30(PIA)- - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has graduated 23 household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of this town from the program.
NCCA, Baguio City sign MOU for cultural mapping project
BAGUIO CITY, April 1 (PIA) - - The National Commission on Culture and the Arts(NCCA) and the City Government of Baguio are set to conduct consolidation of baseline data on cultural resources that are inherent in this Summer Capital.
PSA-Kalinga reports 41.3% accomplishment on PhilSys registration
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, Feb. 23 (PIA) - - The Philippine Statistics Authority - Kalinga Statistics Office reported 41.32 percent accomplishment of its targeted 34,020 person-registrants under Step 1 of the Philippine Identification System or PhilSys, as of February 22.
La Trinidad all set for COVID-19 vaccination deployment
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 22(PIA) - - The local government is all set for COVID-19 vaccination deployment in the municipality starting with the inoculation of health workers last March 18.
Atok farmers have learned to deal with frost, Mayor says
ATOK, Benguet, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The occurrence of frost in this municipality is a normal scenario which farmers deal with during the colder months of the year.
Tabuk City is ready for COVID-19 aggressive community testing
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, Feb. 17 (PIA) – The city is ready for the four-day COVID-19 aggressive community testing (ACT) set on February 18-21.
Lagayan LGU supports voluntary blood donation
LAGAYAN, Abra, Feb. 12(PIA) – Taking on the challenge to be role model in serving people and saving lives, the municipal mayor and the municipal health officer here led volunteer donors in a mobile blood donation (MBD) activity at Lagayan Central School Gymnasium recently.
Baguio City honors COVID-19 frontliners with stone sculpture
BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 22 (PIA) --- City officials led by Mayor Benjamin Magalong unveiled a river stone sculpture called “The Golden Blood” in recognition of the many sacrifices and dedication of all COVID-19 frontliners who continue to serve and protect the people.
SLU is top performing school in MedTech board exam,UB at 4th
BAGUIO CITY, March 30(PIA) -- Two universities in Baguio City are among the top performing schools in the recently released results of the March 2021 Medical Technologist licensure examination.
Kibungan healthcare workers urge others to get inoculated
KIBUNGAN, Benguet, March 28 (PIA) - - In bracing up for the massive vaccination on COVID-19 , healthcare frontline workers in the municipality who already got their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine are sharing their testimonies which may convince others to submit themselves for inoculation when the vaccines are made available.
COMELEC sets special registration dates for women & girls in Baguio
BAGUIO CITY, March 8(PIA) -- The Commission on Election has set a special registration for women and girls in the City on March 9 to 11.
Kalinga prepares for smooth vaccine roll out
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, Feb. 11 (PIA) - - This province wants to be very prepared for the smooth dry run and administration of COVID-19 vaccine to the target priority populace once it is available.
Baguio, 5 other LGUs ban non-essential travel until April 22
BAGUIO CITY – The mayors of the six local government units (LGUs) comprising the BLISTT (Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay) have agreed to limit movement of residents in their respective jurisdictions to essential travel for a period of two weeks.
Benguet, Mountain Province rollout COVID-19 vaccination
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 6(PIA)--The provinces of Benguet and Mountain Province have rolled out the national COVID-19 vaccination program today.
Bokod MHO conducts vaccination roll-out simulation
BAGUIO CITY, March 18(PIA) - - The Bokod Municipal Health Office conducted a simulation on what may take place during the actual vaccination day against the COVID-19.
23 4Ps beneficiaries graduate in Asipulo
ASIPULO, Ifugao, March 30(PIA)- - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has graduated 23 household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of this town from the program.
TESDA,Nazarene College, Benguet LGUs launch 'Farm to Cup' program
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine Nazarene College partnered with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the municipal agriculture offices of the 13 towns of Benguet to formally launch the Farm to Cup Program last March 16 to improve the coffee industry in the province.
Police officers extend service to 40 families in Hungduan
HUNGDUAN, Ifugao, March 18 (PIA) - - About 40 families in a remote village here were the latest beneficiaries of the continuing outreach of the police units in Ifugao.
‘Manukan sa Brgy’ to rise in conflict-affected area in Malibcong
MALIBCONG, Abra, March 22(PIA)--The Provincial Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) of the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed-Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) has launched a training and production program dubbed as "Manukan sa Barangay" at Brgy. Bayabas, in this municipality.
DA-SAAD turns-over agri inputs to Kalinga farmer groups
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, March 31 (PIA) - - The Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agriculture Development (DA-SAAD) recently turned over agricultural livelihood inputs to four farmer organizations in the province in efforts to provide additional source of income to beneficiaries and attain food security especially this time of COVID-19 pandemic.
Stay disciplined, do good deeds, new PRO-Cor chief tells cops
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet,April 16(PIA)-- The newly installed director of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera(PRO-Cor) called on Cordillera police officers to continue to stay disciplined as he vowed continue the good practices started by his predecessors.
'Do not let our guard down as we prepare for COVAX rollout- RTF chair
BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) - - As the National Vaccination and Deployment Program rolls out soon to strengthen the country’s fight against the Coronavirus disease, the public should not put their guard down and continue with the PDITR or Prevent, Detect, Isolate, Treat and Reintegrate strategy.
Cordillera RTF adopts enhanced reg’l action plan vs COVID-19
BAGUIO CITY, April 15 (PIA) - - The Cordillera Regional Inter-Agency Task Force and the Regional Task Force COVID – 19 have approved a joint resolution adopting an enhanced Regional Action Plan(RAP) against the Coronavirus disease.
Bokod remains closed to tourists
BOKOD, Benguet, March 13(PIA) -- Tourism sites in this scenic municipality remains closed.
2,222 BGHMC health workers inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines
BAGUIO CITY, March 16 (PIA) - - The Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center(BGHMC) , the primary referral health facility for Coronavirus Disease cases in the Cordillera, gave overwhelming support to the national vaccination and deployment program with 2,222 of its health workers and hospital employees volunteering to be vaccinated with the Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines.
Cops destroy P21.5-M marijuana plants in Benguet, Kalinga
BAGUIO CITY – Police personnel from the Cordillera continue to cut the possible supply of marijuana by uprooting the plants and destroying them.
Filmfest, food fair and bike circuit set in Baguio
BAGUIO CITY, March 17 (PIA) - - City folks and visitors may look forward to some exciting events this month and in April set by the Department of Tourism –Cordillera(DOT-CAR) and its partners.
Vaccines will give back confidence in health care, hospital admin says
BAGUIO CITY, March 7 (PIA) - - The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers will bring back confidence to the health care system, both to the public and the health care providers.