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Philippine National Police chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr.

Acorda hopes next PNP chief will have longer tenure

Philippine News Agency

Nov 13, 2023

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Randy Samonte, supervising administrative officer of the Drug Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (DATRC) Mountain Province (MP) facility, in a press conference on Thursday (Nov. 9, 2023), said they expect to receive the permit to expand their services before end-2023. He said the facility can accommodate at least 100 in-patient persons who used drugs (PWUDs) by 2024 when construction of the dormitory is completed.

Drugs rehab center in Mt. Province to cater to more clients

Philippine News Agency

Nov 10, 2023

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Dr. Joseph Alunes, a family and community medicine practitioner at the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC), in a press conference on Thursday (Nov. 9, 2023), said a study by the World Health Organization in 2022 showed an increase in the usage of alternative medicine among the population to 88 percent from 20 percent 20 years ago. He is hopeful that the practice of modern and alternative medicine will co-exist and provide patients with alternatives, especially in cases where conventional treatment is no longer available.

Filipino patients now appreciating alternative medicine

Philippine News Agency

Nov 10, 2023

1 min read

ECO WARRIORS. Students of the University of Baguio attend the city government-initiated eco-consciousness and sustainability lecture for college student-leaders last September. Members of the city’s Climate Change Council has been going to major universities in the city since last July to drum up environment protection and preservation and get inputs on how the youth can contribute to the worldwide initiative.

Baguio students push for Mondays as Earth Day

Philippine News Agency

Nov 09, 2023

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Representatives of line agencies and state universities and colleges in the Cordillera Administrative Region converge in Baguio City on Monday (Nov. 6, 2023) for the second session of the regional gender and development formulation workshop. Leo Quintilla, regional director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, said they will come up with a plan that will include a community-based gender and development awareness.

More GAD programs in IP grassroots communities eyed

Philippine News Agency

Nov 08, 2023

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BANCO DE NUEVE. The Rural Health Unit of Peñarrubia, Abra gives free bamboo coin banks to expectant mothers on their first pre-natal checkup to encourage saving up before they give birth. Municipal health officer Dr. Elsa Gonzales said in an interview Monday (Nov. 6, 2023) that the program contributes to zero neonatal deaths since 2012.

Coin bank program helps eliminate neonatal deaths in Abra town

Philippine News Agency

Nov 08, 2023

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EPIRA LECTURE. Lawyer Delmar Cariño, acting manager of the Benguet Electric Cooperative, on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, lectures about the Electric Power Industry Reform Act to media practitioners in Baguio as part of the continuing education of the cooperative. In an interview, he assured that the cooperative's continuing maintenance of the powerline distribution will help prevent technical systems loss. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot)

Beneco assures steady supply of electricity amid El Niño

Philippine News Agency

Oct 18, 2023

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Baguio wins Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control

Baguio wins Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards for Global Tobacco Control

Jun 25, 2025

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Over 1K jobs up for grabs on June 12 in Baguio, Tabuk cities

Over 1K jobs up for grabs on June 12 in Baguio, Tabuk cities

Philippine News Agency

Jun 10, 2025

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