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SP declares LT dung ordinance as invalid |
Another structure is being constructed in the Busol Watershed Reservation even as the other illegal structures remain standing despite the final demolition order from the Supreme Court.
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The provincial board of Benguet chaired by vice governor Cresencio Pacalso last week declared as invalid an ordinance passed by the municipal council of La Trinidad that sought to govern and regulate the sale and disposal of chicken dung. |
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Twenty-five former faculty members of the Easter College who were sued by nursing dean Marites Golocan-Calugan for libel executed joint affidavits last week to testify that assistant prosecutor Elmer Sagsago never bothered to hear their side and even failed to appear in a preliminary investigation scheduled on March 19. |
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| The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has offered to pay the ballooning share of the city government from the lease rental of Camp John Hay in kind. |
| The Office of the Ombudsman set aside the complaint of Jadewell Parking Systems Corporation against the city mayor for alleged inaction on its request to retain the Jadewell structure at the parking lot at Ganza area in Burnham Park in deference to the court case filed by the parking firm. |
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THEY’VE BEEN WARNED -- Dangling television cables and telecommunication wires get entangled with a back hoe along the Camp 8, Kennon Road rehab site. The companies concerned have been notified time and again to relocate their cables and wires but apparently opted to inconvenience their customers some more.
-- Harley Palangchao |
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FILL ’ER UP -- A participant in the Gotad ad Ifugao scooter race jokingly waits for his wooden scooter to be ‘gassed’ up in the capital town of Lagawe as the province marked its 43rd founding anniversary last week.
-- Ariel Arcaina / PIA-Ifugao |
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THOUGHTLESS AND INSENSITIVE -- Cable and telephone companies cut costs by using a mature pine tree to prop up their lines in front of one of the cottages of Baguio Country Club, all in line with their mission, vision and social responsibility, it would seem.
-- Redjie Cawis / PIA |
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A THERMAL SCAN of students at the University of Baguio is one way to detect the presence of fever which is one of the symptoms manifesting in any prevailing infection, including influenza A H1N1. To minimize the risk of spreading a potential communicable disease, the university has also curtailed the use of elevators. -- Jogin Tamayo |
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BAGUIO PRIDE NETWORK composed of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender advocates rally for equal human rights, enjoining the public to respect them as persons during their Pride Week gathering at the People’s’Park last Monday. -- Harley Palangchao |
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TRADEMARK APPROVED -- A trademark bearing the quality seal of the CAR Small-Medium Entrepreneurs has been approved and awarded by Intellectual Property Philippines to CAReSME, here represented by its chair Thadeus Bernardo Sr. Also in photo are (l-r) Bureau of Trademarks director Atty. Leny Raz, DTI-CAR director Myrna Pablo, and DTI-CAR ARD Carmelita Usman. IP Philippines grants patents and trademarks and supports the creative industries in its advocacy of a vibrant IP culture.
-- Art Tibaldo / DTI-CAR Info |
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LUZPROBA CHAMPION Rey Megrino (4th from left) of La Trinidad pose with fellow boxer Elmer Francisco (2nd from left) after winning their respective bouts. Also in photo are coach Gerry Lagria, Atty. Greg Abalos, and manager Brico Santig.
-- Jogin C. Tamayo |
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