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MMDA TO HELP EASE BAGUIO CITY TRAFFIC WOES – MAGALONG

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong has asked the help of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to ease the worsening traffic in the city through the use of its traffic simulation software. “Kinausap ko na si [MMDA Chairman] General (Danny) Lim kasi natatagalan ang team nila (I have talked to General Danny Lim). I asked if they can give us […]

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REHABILITATE LOAKAN AIRPORT TO BOOST BAGUIO TOURISM, BUSINESS – ANGARA

Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is backing plans by the national government to embark on a P492 million rehabilitation of the Loakan Airport, but also wants to include an access road upgrade as part of a comprehensive approach to improve the city’s infrastructure necessary to further boost its local business and tourism. Angara, who was in […]

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TUBA CAN BE NEW EDUCATIONAL HUB TO DECONGEST BAGUIO CITY – GORDON

Senator Dick Gordon sees Tuba or any of the other four municipalities of Benguet to comprise the proposed Greater Baguio, as the new educational hub to decongest Baguio City and enable it to reclaim its old glory as the country’s Summer Capital. During the recent hearing and public consultation on Senate Bill No. 1692 or […]

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BILL CREATING BODY TO DEVELOP BAGUIO, BENGUET TOWNS TO BE RE-DRAFTED – GORDON

The Government Corporations and Public Enterprises Committee of the Senate recently conducted a public hearing on the proposed creation of the Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay Development Authority (BLISTTDA), which the Department of Tourism (DOT) sees as an opportunity to come up with a sustainable plan covering Baguio City and its adjacent […]