Evangelista: Dr. Flavier's 'Yosi-Kadiri' slogan vs smoking
WITH the renewed campaign against smoking particularly in public places, government offices, eating places and transport vehicles, one remembers the catchy "yosi-kadiri" slogan coined by then Secretary of Health Dr. Juan Flavier. That was before his first term election to the Senate.
The...
Evangelista: Typhoon alert; draft Cordi organic act on the line
WITH four typhoons having hit the country since mid-May and up to this week with the emergence of typhoon “Dodong,” there is no longer any doubt that the annual wet or rainy season has finally descended in the country.
With the nation’s weather bureau saying that, at least, 18 typhoons...
Evangelista: Roadblocks for Cordillera Autonomy
A THIRD stab at Cordillera regional autonomy appears to have gained a favorable head start for the upland territory. However, the enthusiasm of autonomy advocates, particularly among provincial and city leaders, may be damped by certain developments concerning Cordilleran's themselves on the...
Evangelista: Separate Beneco, BAELCO good for development
(Second of two-part series)
SOONER or later, the inevitable will happen. A new electric system for Baguio will break away from the Benguet Electric Cooperative Inc. (Beneco).
For many Baguio power consumers, such an eventuality has long been in coming. For so long since...
Evangelista: Baguio wants out of BENECO franchise
FOR the first time since the founding of Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Beneco) on Oct. 5, 1973 official action was initiated by the Baguio City Council seeking the separation of Baguio from Beneco.
The council action came on the heels of a public controversy over a proposed salary...
Evangelista: Cordi Autonomy - Make or break 3rd poll
IS THE protracted quest for Cordillera regional autonomy finally bearing fruit?
Advocates for an autonomous regional government sounded optimistic that this time around, 24 years since the adoption of the 1987 Constitution which authorized the creation of an autonomous regional government...
Evangelista: Summer Break: The good and bad end of it
THE promise of an enjoyable summer vacation which started by the onset of the Holy Week is there for all to see with the series of activities lined up by the city government’s Summer Vacation (SumVac) program.
However, it may not be that rosy, particularly, for local residents who will...
Evangelista: Farmers' boon - P400M veggie trading center
HERE'S good news to vegetable producers and farmers in Benguet: A new, bigger and modern trading center complete with warehousing facilities, cold storage and processing equipment is to rise within a four hectare site in the strawberry fields in Betag, Trinidad at a cost of P400 million.
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Evangelista: Earthquake - Is Baguio prepared for a big one?
IN RECENT days, East Asia and the Pacific region have been visited by disastrous natural events causing loss of lives, destruction of properties and untold anguish to victims. Even now, northeast Japan which was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake which in turn triggered the sweeping tsunami over...
Evangelista: Cordi autonomy: Reality or dream?
THE formation of a Baguio Heritage Foundation may see the light soon. Meeting last Wednesday, former members of the Baguio Centennial Commission (CenteCom) seriously considered the setting up of the foundation.
A creation of the city government, CenteCom was tasked on the planning...
Evangelista: Float Parade: Panagbenga's greatest show
THE keenly awaited Panagbenga float parade, easily summer's greatest local show, unreels down Session Road this morning.
Starting at the Panagbenga Park at 8:00 o'clock in the morning, the float parade with top officials of the city, the Baguio Flower Foundation and other ranking...
Evangelista: After park, barangay streetlights next?
AT LAST, after years of being ignored and existing as the Asian version of darkest Africa, Burnham Park, particularly the lake periphery, got its much desired and sought after electric lights right on Valentine’s Day, February 14.
Thanks in large part to the Benguet Electric Cooperative...
Evangelista: Cordi autonomy: Do or Die?
ANOTHER attempt, the third, for Cordillera regional autonomy is in the works. Last Wednesday, February 2, autonomy advocates among local government officials in the region started the ball rolling with a briefing among barangay leaders and residents of Baguio. Barangay folks' interest on...
Evangelista: Kennon as an all-weather road
HISTORIC Kennon Road which first opened Baguio and the rest of the Cordilleras to outlying lowland areas in Luzon, including Manila, is on the brink of regaining its "old glory." And its development is indeed not only for patched up work. It is meant to convert the highway into an all-weather...
Evangelista: Avoiding commercialized Panagbenga
TO DATE, Baguio is probably the only highly urbanized city in the country, which employs two giant waste conversion machines to turn biodegrable waste into fertilizer. This also effectively does away with big dumpsite areas to accommodate city garbage which, to this date, is being transported...
Evangelista: Thieves, robbers and city hall
THE frequency by which city hall offices appear to be a favorite target of theft and robbery cases somehow gives the impression that the premier city government house is not secured and safe enough. It is recalled that days before Christmas, the north end of the sprawling city hall complex has...
Evangelista: The convention center and the city
ONE vital issue waiting for resolution is the case of the Baguio Convention Center. During the past city administrations there has been a tug of war over the ownership of the center. Originally, the center was owned and administered by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
Evangelista: Domogan: City firecracker safe next year
IT SEEMS that Mayor Mauricio Domogan's announced intent to disallow the sale of firecrackers next year on the occasion of the city observance of Christmas and New Year goes against the grain of local practice carried on over the years.
Evangelista: Yule gift for city: New waste disposal system
BAGUIO residents will be gifted by the city administration led by Mayor Mauricio Domogan with the operation of the programmed Environmental Recycling System (ERS) at the Irisan dumpsite, a garbage disposal process to eventually stop the prohibited cost of dumping city trash to a dumpsite in...
Evangelista: Burnham remains dark, dangerous; main roads glisten
THROUGH the years, locals looked forward to the day when Burnham Park will finally get its much desired facelift and restore its old grandeur and glory as one of the top attractions of Baguio.
In its prime, the park was not only the premier Baguio leisure estate where visitors, tourists...
Evangelista: City Xmas wear now minus mufflers, etc.
FLASHBACK. Christmas is mere 13 days away. Expectedly, people are in a most expectant and excited way. This once a year event never fails to rev up the feelings of people, awaiting as they do, the arrival of the day marking the birthday of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is on that day, December 25,...
Evangelista: Two car smoke test bodies bedevil motorists
LOCALS on December 1 and 2 welcomed the illumination of the main city streets of Session, Magsaysay, Harrison and Abanao with twinkling light bulbs to usher in the Yuletide season for the whole month of December.
Evangelista: Snowfall, B. Park, roads lighting 2010 surprises
OF ALL the months of the year, December almost always brings in the most, if not biggest surprise(s). Three days from today, Wednesday, December 1, the community shall witness the passage of Burnham Park from the world of darkness at night time to one of glitter and burst of light.
Evangelista: Baguio's first snowfall this Christmas?
IT'S 36 DAYS to Christmas and workers of the City Government have been seen hanging up miniature star-shaped Christmas lanterns on tree branches lining up lake drive of Burnham Park and Session Road. Somehow, this flurry of Christmas decors should provide city residents with the spirit of...
Evangelista: Fertilizer conversion machines for Baguio garbage
A SERVICE bonanza stands to benefit the City of Baguio and its residents during the Christmas season with the programmed installation of a garbage disposal and conversion technology at the local garbage dumpsite at Irisan.
