Archive for February, 2008

News: Arroyo names Centeno as new city prosecutor

Friday, February 29th, 2008

AFTER almost three months since the Office of the City Prosecutor was vacated, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed a new city prosecutor in the person of lawyer Alfredo Centeno.

Business: Farmers told to learn marketing

Friday, February 29th, 2008

INSTEAD of relying on middlemen to market their products, farmers were told to learn the art trading to improve their living conditions.

News: Council to unify anti-vending measure

Friday, February 29th, 2008

THERE maybe several ordinances and resolutions, restricting the use of passageways for vending, but putting a stop to it remains a cat-and-mouse game between peddlers and the government.

Business: Benguet to record more tourists if documented

Friday, February 29th, 2008

BENGUET could boast of more tourist arrivals if only the province has a way of documenting the actual number of visitors arriving in the locality.

Opinion: Herbolario: Service standards for local governance

Friday, February 29th, 2008

THE municipality of Tuba in Benguet serves as a model town for arriving at Service Standards that may become a springboard for benchmarking by other municipalities in the Cordilleras.

News: P700M needed to finish Halsema highway

Friday, February 29th, 2008

MORE than P700 million funds will be needed for Halsema Highway’s phase two rehabilitation for this year and 2009.

News: Dalog asked to run as Mt. Province’s congressman

Friday, February 29th, 2008

IF SPECIAL elections were to be conducted today to fill the vacancy left by former Mountain Province Representative Victor Dominguez, current Governor Maximo Dalog would win hands down.

Opinion: Delen: Country Music 2

Friday, February 29th, 2008

LAST time, I wrote about my love for country music.

News: Yap to guvs: Dev’t to reach Cordi provinces soon

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

AGRICULTURE Secretary Arthur Yap appeased Cordillera governors who earlier complained of “inequitable distribution” of Department of Agriculture (DA) funds.

Lifestyle: The First Burnham Photographer

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

BAGUIO CITY — While some photographers are virtually “accidents of nature,” William Ang is simply, “a work of art.”