SunStar Network News feed for Baguio, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:53:44 +0800 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:53:44 +0800 THE Baguio Tigers, a motley team of locals and foreign students formed out of a common love for football at the Burnham Park grounds, will go for a straight third victory in the national Alaska Cup on November 15-16 in Alabang, Muntinlupa. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/sports/tigers.in.3.peat.attempt.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ORGANIZERS of this year's 59th edition of the Fil-Am Golf Tournament are ready to hit the greens when the annual sporting event tees off at the Baguio Country Club (BCC) and Camp John Hay (CJH), respectively. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/sports/all.systems.go.for.59th.fil.am.golf.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roderick Osis DID you know that Baguio's main thoroughfare, Session Road, was built by a US Army engineer William M. Haube? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/oped/gerry.evangelista.sr..centennial.updates.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gerry Evangelista Sr. Centennial Updates PINE trees may soon be diminished with the infestation of their barks by the six-spined beetle called ips calligraphus. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/oped/nonnette.bennett.stories.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nonnette Bennett Stories LA TRINIDAD Mayor Artemio Galwan has banned minors inside the town's vegetable trading post, one of the seats of economic activities in the locality. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/news/minors.banned.from.lt.trading.post.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified "HAVING a healthy mind and body is like winning the lottery. You gain more than the price of gold by shedding off a little fat and perspiration, stress and anxiety, and never have to pay for doing so." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/news/cops.to.do.regular.exercise.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE operations of mini-hydros are not spared from the problems brought by climate change. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/news/climate.change.to.also.affect.hydro.operations.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig COUNCILOR Elaine Sembrano showed her disapproval Saturday to the move of her colleagues during their City Council regular session of allowing ambulant vendors back in the market again. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/news/council.allows.peddlers.to.sell.at.market.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. THE Korean Association in Baguio led the first ever Korean Festival in SM Baguio Event Center, which began last November 6 and ended last Saturday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/life/first.korean.festival.at.sm.baguio.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Richard Samuel Imong and Jennivie Matias LAGAWE, Ifugao -- Leading the youth in efforts to help cushion the impact of global warming and financial crisis, two senior Girl Scouts here will be awarded with medals by no less than President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on November 28, 2008 in Malacaņang. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/09/life/arroyo.to.honor.2.ifugao.girl.scouts.html Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified BECAUSE of its offensive firepower, people sometimes tend to overlook Tea House's defense. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/08/sports/tea.house.hands.dangwa.first.defeat.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roderick Osis ANSWERING the call for the internationalization of higher education in the Philippines, Saint Louis University (SLU) aggressively continues to forge linkages with other Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and those that she believes will promote her vision/mission. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/08/oped/rosario.m..marzo.light.that.transforms.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rosario M. Marzo Light That Transforms A PRIVATE aggregate crushing plant operator in Tuba was ordered to relocate her plant, claimed to be endangering some infrastructures in nearby areas. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/08/news/operator.told.to.move.crushing.plant.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig WITH the provision of financial assistance to Bakun and Kibungan towns in Benguet, it is hoped that residents in both municipalities would turn "drug free" like those in neighboring Kapangan. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/08/news/2.benguet.towns.get.money.to.turn.away.from.marijuana.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. MAYOR Reinaldo Bautista Jr. asked the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to study if plans to use the Antamok open pit is feasible as a landfill site. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/08/news/antamok.open.pit.study.sought.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiņa THE development of the mining industry would not interfere with the protection of the watersheds, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) assured. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/08/news/denr.assures.safety.of.watersheds.from.mining.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PLANS will be pursued for the transfer of the city abattoir to the Dairy Farm, in Green Valley. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/08/bus/bautista.wants.sharing.with.da.on.abattoir.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified NURSES applying for jobs abroad shy away from jobs in Saudi and prefer working in American states and European countries. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/08/bus/city.nurses.shy.away.from.me.placement.html Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified COUNCILOR Erdolfo Balajadia is seeking a discussion on the status of the city's 18 Barangay Solid Waste Management Clusters and the condition of the Irisan dumpsite before the City Council. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/07/news/balajadia.explain.garbage.solutions.to.councilor.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. THE Baguio City Government has identified the company which would haul the city's wastes until the end of the year. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/07/news/2nd.bid.result.winner.may.still.lose.hauling.job.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiņa COUNCILOR Erdolfo Balajadia is seeking a discussion on the status of the city's 18 Barangay Solid Waste Management Clusters and the condition of the Irisan dumpsite before the City Council. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/06/news/balajadia.explain.garbage.solutions.to.councilor.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. THE Baguio City Government has identified the company which would haul the city's wastes until the end of the year. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/06/news/2nd.bid.result.winner.may.still.lose.hauling.job.html Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiņa COUNCILOR Erdolfo Balajadia is seeking a discussion on the status of the city's 18 Barangay Solid Waste Management Clusters and the condition of the Irisan dumpsite before the City Council. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/05/news/balajadia.explain.garbage.solutions.to.councilor.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. THE Baguio City Government has identified the company which would haul the city's wastes until the end of the year. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/05/news/2nd.bid.result.winner.may.still.lose.hauling.job.html Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiņa IN PRESERVING the region's natural resources, localities are still the best protectors of their environment. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/04/news/local.forest.protection.measures.pressed.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A MEMBER of the Municipal Council of Itogon clarified that the local government did not give its final nod to the use of the Antamok open pit as the site for the construction of an engineered sanitary landfill for Baguio City. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/04/news/councilor.says.antamok.offer.not.yet.final.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig COUNCILOR Erdolfo Balajadia is seeking a discussion on the status of the city's 18 Barangay Solid Waste Management Clusters and the condition of the Irisan dumpsite before the City Council. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/04/news/balajadia.explain.garbage.solutions.to.councilor.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. THE Baguio City Government has identified the company which would haul the city's wastes until the end of the year. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/04/news/2nd.bid.result.winner.may.still.lose.hauling.job.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiņa OZZIE, as he was fondly called by his immediate family and closest childhood friends, was born in Manila to a Filipino-Chinese lady and a Norwegian retired major of the US Army on May 26, 1938. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/04/feat/a.true.legacy.of.a.leader.of.the.band.html Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE proposal to amend the Philippine Constitution and shift to a federal form of government is not a cure to all the problems of the country, admitted the proponents for Charter change. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/03/news/advocates.cha.cha.not.a.cure.to.all.ills.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiņa A GROUP separate from the Senate or from the Philippine National Police (PNP) should be formed to investigate police officials involved in the release of the 105,000 euros, which was intercepted by airport authorities in Moscow, Russia. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/11/03/news/senator.independent.body.should.probe.euro.generals.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified