EASED TRAVEL. Sagada Mayor Felicito Dula during a press conference in the late afternoon on Tuesday (Aug. 9) in Baguio City said the municipal government of Sagada has eased travel to their town as a come-on for tourists to start visiting their town and see the attractions like the landmark St. Mary's church in this photo taken on July 2022. The mayor said they have lifted the testing and vaccination requirement including the payment of management fees for visitors to the town. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The local government of Sagada said it has decided to lift all requirements for tourists that were put in place when the town reopened its doors in 2021 after the nationwide lockdown due to the pandemic. "We have suspended the requirement so that the tourists will not have an additional expense to think of," Sagada Mayor Felicito Dula said in a press conference in the late Tuesday here. He said that the registration and requirement of test results includin
PAG-IBIG. Officials of the Pag-IBIG Fund from the Ilocos area, at a press conference on Tuesday (July 5, 2022) in Baguio City, say members can borrow the agency's funds, especially during emergencies. Mervin Pereda (right) said they offer low-interest rates without filing fees and without deducting advance interest from the loan amount. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - Officials of the Pag-IBIG Fund in the Ilocos Region have expressed hope that their more than 400,000 members in the region and neighboring provinces will avail of the agency's low-interest emergency loans which are easy to avail of and get released in just two days. Mervin Pereda, area head for Pag-IBIG-Ilocos Region, said that of the more than 400,000 members in the "Ilocos areas" that cover Baguio City, Benguet, Mountain Province, Abra, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, La Union, and Pangasinan, only about 19,000 are availing of loans. In Baguio, Benguet, and Mountain Province alone, out of the 130,