Panagbenga 2007 Float Parade

Posted on February 28th, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: Photos.

Participants of the Panagbenga Float Parade 2007

1. Float of Abanao

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Panagbenga 2007 Street Dancing

Posted on February 24th, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: Photos.

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Over 1T cops, volunteers mobilized for flowerfest parades

Posted on February 24th, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: News.

MORE THAN 1,000 uniformed personnel and civilian volunteers have been tapped to provide security for Saturday’s grand street-dancing and Sunday’s floral float parades.(more)

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Panagbenga 2007 Activities

Posted on February 21st, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: Schedule.

Theme: “Unity Towards the Centenary…Let a thousand Flowers Bloom”

Jan 28 to Feb 17 – The Flowers of Baguio Painting Contest – Abanao Square
Feb 1 – Opening Parade and Program – City’s main roads to Melvin Jones Grand Stand (more…)

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Panagbenga: The birth of a tradition

Posted on February 21st, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: Features, History.

IT ALL began in 1995 when lawyer Damaso Bangaoet, Jr., John Hay Poro Point Development Corp. (JPDC) managing director, presented to the JPDC Board of Directors the idea of their spearheading the holding of a flower festival in Baguio City.

The board, then led by Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) Chairman Victor Lim and JPDC President Rogelio Singson, approved the project immediately. It was also decided that the festival be held every February. (more…)

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Getting to and around Baguio

Posted on February 21st, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: How to Get There.

To get to Baguio from outside of Luzon, one would still need to pass through Manila or Clark airport and from there get to Baguio by either of the following ways:

By bus

From Manila

This is the most common and economical way to get to Baguio from Metro Manila. Several bus lines ply the Metro Manila to Baguio route with terminals scattered across the metro. It generally takes about 5 hours to get to Baguio by bus. An hour longer than it would by car due to stopovers along the way. (more…)

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A peek at Baguio City

Posted on February 21st, 2007 by mvg.
Categories: Uncategorized.

The City of Baguio (Ilokano: Ciudad ti Baguio; Filipino: Lungsod ng Baguio) is a first class highly urbanized city in northern Luzon in the Philippines. Baguio City was established by Americans in 1900 and created by the Philippine Assembly as the Summer Capital of the Philippines on June 1, 1903.

There is a presidential mansion, and supreme court and legislative offices in Baguio. Baguio is the seat of government of the Cordillera Administrative Region. The name of the city is derived from the word bagiw in Ibaloi, the indigenous language of the Benguet Region, meaning ‘moss’. The city is at an altitude of approximately 1500 meters (5100 feet) in a moist tropical pine forest conducive to the growth of mossy plants and orchids.According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 252,386 in 52,302 households.

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