Why did the city government of Baguio pay in full a lot property intended for landbanking and later a housing project that is currently classified as an agricultural land, one that is a subject of a pending case, has no access road, and without a clear agreement on the obligations between the parties on who
BAGUIO CITY – The city of Baguio has suspended Monday (Sept. 26) classes from pre-school to senior high school in both public and private schools after signal number 2 was declared in the city due to Typhoon ‘Karding.’
Acting Mayor Faustino Olowan issued an executive order for the safety and welfa
ALLOWANCE HIKE. Baguio City Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan, shown in this undated photo, wants the stipend under the city's educational assistant grant for poor but deserving students to be increased to PHP10,000 from PHP6,000 per semester so they could cope with the higher cost of living and education. He said Tuesday (July 26, 2022) an additional PHP20 million would be added to the 2023 fund if his proposal gets approved. (PNA file photo) BAGUIO CITY - Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan said Tuesday there is a need to increase the stipend of students to allow them to cope with the higher cost of living and education. "The increase in the stipend given to the student per semester will allow beneficiaries to cope with the increasing cost of living and expenses in education," Olowan said as he pushed for a proposed measure he authored amending Ordinance 116-2019, which provides for the city government's college education financial assistance grant program to students. "The in
BAGUIO CITY – Real property owners in the city might soon reap the benefits of tree planting as the city government looks at granting tax incentives to properties that maintain trees. City Council information officer Jordan Habbiling, in a media release on Tuesday night, said the measure was broach
(File photo) BAGUIO CITY - Real property owners in the city might soon reap the benefits of tree planting as the city government looks at granting tax incentives to properties that maintain trees. City Council information officer Jordan Habbiling, in a media release on Tuesday night, said the measure was broached during the latest city council meeting where the officials discussed the increase of real property taxes as a result of the 2020 ordinance that increased the market value of lands from 1 percent to 300 percent to as high as 4,000 to 5,000 percent. Habbiling said an owner of a hotel along Leonard Wood Road who was allowed to speak during the session described the increase in real property tax as "inequitable and exorbitant." He said according to the resource speaker, some property owners have resorted to converting their green areas and cutting trees to build structures or use them for economic activities to raise the money for real property taxes. "Vice Mayor Fa