Baguio CIty Hall. (PNA file photo) BAGUIO CITY - The city government is looking for other ways to generate income for the city's development projects aside from being dependent on taxes for its funds. "The city government is eyeing several projects that will allow it to raise about PHP600 million per year," said Aileen Refuerzo, chief information officer of the city, in an interview on Monday. She said among these projects include a parking facility, an intermodal transport terminal, market development, and a digital transformation center, which could give the city government a steady source of income. The officer said that amid the pandemic, the city government has also approved the increase in the fair market value of real properties which would also increase the tax dues, something that several sectors have assailed for being "untimely," with many, if not all, property owners financially affected by the pandemic. She said that officials have said that the eco
GO WOMEN. The campaign logo used by women protection advocates is printed on this Presidential Communication Operations Office shirt in Baguio City March 2018. The city government has raised concern over the 29 documented cases of violence against women and their children in the first quarter of 2022. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The city government on Thursday said it has begun working with a network of organizations to come up with a unified database for cases of violence against women and their children (VAWC). Chief city information officer Aileen Refuerzo, in a message on Wednesday evening, said the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) made the initiative after the city recorded 29 VAWC cases just in the first three months of 2022. With the help of its partners, the CSWDO said the database aims to bridge gaps in the reporting of the status of VAWC cases and ensure victims are well-attended and accounted for at all levels, from the barangay, hospital, an
“The case then traveled to a university in Quezon City and then to Baguio City to conduct seminars. Nine days after her arrival in the country, she experienced mild symptoms such as headache and sore throat,” the Health department said in a statement. “She then tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 via Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) the next day.
NO DEATHS. A Baguio resident avails of the city government's free drive-thru vaccination in this undated photo. On Monday (April 18, 2022), the local government said the city is on its 27th day without any deaths from the coronavirus disease 2019. (PNA file photo) BAGUIO CITY - The local government here said the city is on its 27th day without any person dying of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The city's Public Information Office chief Aileen Refuerzo said on Monday the statistics are based on the daily report of the city's Health Services Office (HSO). "Zero deaths in Baguio City in the last 27 days", the post on the city's PIO social media page said on Monday morning. The HSO report released on April 17 shows that Baguio has four active Covid-19 cases after the addition of one new case on the same day. Records also show that the city has logged a total of 830 deaths and 41,447 total cases since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Earlier, Dr. Rowena
SMOKING DEATHS. The harmful effects of smoking are displayed in the packaging of these cigarettes in this undated photo in Baguio City. On April 21, the Smoke-Free Baguio group will open an art exhibit in the Central Business District, featuring 321 pairs of footwear, representing the 321 Filipinos killed by smoking daily. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - The city health services office plans to drum up its anti-smoking campaign by displaying 321 pairs of footwear in an art exhibit to represent the 321 Filipinos killed by smoking everyday. In an advisory, Baguio's Public Information Office (PIO) said the shoes and slippers will be on display at Malcolm Square on April 21, with the help of the Smoke-Free Baguio, a consortium composed of government and non-government organizations fighting the ill effects of smoking. "The art installation calls for stronger tobacco control policies and reminds the public that tobacco companies are neither friends nor allies," the