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.
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.
453 health workers in Abra vaccinated with Sinovac
BAGUIO CITY, March 13 (PIA) - - The Coronavirus disease (COVID – 19) vaccination rollout got big support from Abra with 453 eligible health workers from hospitals and infirmaries in the province already inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine.
NPA couple killed in Kalinga encounter
BALBALAN, Kalinga, March 18 (PIA) - - A New People’s Army (NPA) couple was found dead in an encounter with the military on March 15 at Sitio Babacong, Gawaan, this municipality.
RTF–RIATF pushes for stricter border control,human mobility in CAR
BAGUIO CITY, March 29 (PIA) - - The Cordillera Regional Task Force and the Regional Inter-agency Task Force on COVID – 19, in a joint resolution moved for a uniform border control and or quarantine checkpoint policy in the region, in adherence to the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) Resolutions 101 and 106 that aim to address the current surge in COVID – 19 in various parts of the country.
Construction of irrigation dam in Kalinga ELCAC area resumes
PINUKPUK, Kalinga, March 30 (PIA) - - Construction of the Wagod-Ammacian-Taggay Communal Irrigation Project (WATA-CIP) funded under the National Irrigation Administration’s Small Irrigation Project resumed after about two years of delay.
PRLEC Abra launches dev’t programs in Sallapadan barangay
SALLAPADAN, Abra, Apr. 6(PIA)--With poverty and unemployment identified as two of the main reasons why the communist-terrorist groups (CTGs) take advantage in penetrating local communities, the government is responding to this concern by bringing livelihood programs to these areas through the Executive Order No. 70. of President Rodrigo Duterte institutionalizing a “whole-of-nation” approach to end local communist armed-conflict towards the attainment of sustainable and inclusive peace.
COVID cases surge seen in some Benguet towns
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, (PIA)-- Upsurge of COVID-19 cases has been recorded in some municipalities placing the province at high epidemic risk level for the past two weeks and resulting to overwhelmed health system in hospitals and health facilities.
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.
Ifugao police officers hold Valentine's Day outreach activities
MAYOYAO, Ifugao, Feb. 23 (PIA) - - Police officers in the province conducted various outreach activities to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Baguio cops nab man who delivered shabu-laden adobo to inmate
BAGUIO CITY – The Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) arrested a person who was identified as the one who brought the shabu-laden adobo (pork stew) for an inmate of the Baguio City Jail Male dormitory (BCJMD).
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.
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.
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.
Tabuk City receives 5000 COVID-19 aid packs from DSWD
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, Feb. 24 (PIA) – The city received 5,000 food packs and 99 hygiene kits from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) during the recent three-week lockdown due to increase in COVID-19 cases.
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.
DOST Kalinga trains partners during Science for the People Caravan
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, March 30(PIA) - -The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC), in partnership with concerned local government units , conducted series of training-workshops to their stakeholders from March 8-26 aimed to accelerate the adoption of technology for a resilient countryside and attain an innovation-driven economy.
Baguio City conducts COVID-19 vaccination simulation
BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 17 (PIA) - - The City Health Services Office led the first COVID – 19 vaccination simulation at the University of Baguio gymnasium on Monday (February 15) , and got a good rating from invited observers that include officials from the city government, the Department of Health- Cordillera Regional office (DOH – CAR) and other private health sector partners.
Cut flower, vegetable farmers to benefit from solar powered irrigation system in Alno
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, April 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform formally turned over and inaugurated the new solar powered irrigation system to cut flower and vegetable farmers in Barangay Alno in this capital town.
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.
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.
Prov'l IATF issues policies to address spike of COVID cases
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 31(PIA) - - The Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (PIATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease issued an advisory on policies to be enforced to address the recent spike in COVID 19 cases and as the province reverts to General Community Quarantine status for the whole of month of April.
Candlelighting and peace rally held in Baguio City
BAGUIO CITY, March 31 (PIA) -- Government line agencies and law enforcement agencies led a simultaneous candle lighting and peace rally in different locations in the city as part of the information drive on the government’s actions against the atrocities by the New People’s Army (NPA) on Monday (March 29).
Tabuk-LGU employee bags gold in 13th World Taekwondo Expo
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, April 16(PIA) --An employee of the city local government who represented the country bagged the gold medal in the recent 13th World Taekwondo Culture Expo in South Korea.
Abra town inaugurates own Balay Silangan for drug offenders
DAGUIOMAN, Abra, Feb. 23(PIA) -- Drug offenders in this town can now take shelter in the newly established Balay Silangan where their reformation process starts.
DSWD releases livelihood grant to 300 families in Kalinga
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, March 13 (PIA) - - More than three hundred beneficiaries from four municipalities affected by the pandemic received capital assistance of Php15,000.00 each under the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development this first quarter of 2021.
DSWD conducts SocPen payout to 96K indigent senior citizens in CAR
BAGUIO CITY, Feb. 18 (PIA) - - The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Field Office Cordillera (DSWD - FOCAR) is currently conducting payout the first semester 2021 social pension of indigent senior citizens in the region.
Baguio to temporarily stop entry of tourists from 'NCR Plus'
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Monday announced that tourists from the National Capital Region and nearby provinces would temporarily be banned following the latest travel restrictions enforced amid the rising COVID-19 infections.
Mt. Province PLGU sustains livelihood program for FRs
BONTOC, Mountain Province, March 8(PIA) -- Governor Bonifacio C. Lacwasan, Jr. recently signed the memorandum of agreement sustaining the Provincial Livelihood Program for Rebel Returnees.
Bokod remains closed to tourists
BOKOD, Benguet, March 13(PIA) -- Tourism sites in this scenic municipality remains closed.