SunStar Network News feed for Baguio, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:07:47 +0800 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:07:47 +0800 THE University of the Cordilleras (UC) Jaguars extended their winning streak to three after downing Benguet State University (BSU), 91-63, in the men's basketball division of the Baguio Benguet Educational Athletic League (Bbeal) at the UC Gymnasium Wednesday afternoon. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/29/sports/jaguars.rips.bsu.for.3rd.win.up.notches.1st.win.vs.pcc.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FOR five years now, two of Baguio City's basketball enthusiasts have gathered their resources to train possible basketball players not only to learn the basics but also to attain their dream of playing in the pro-league someday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/29/sports/training.for.upcoming.basketball.players.on.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roderick Osis FOR three decades now, the government has led efforts to enhance the competence of teachers in science and mathematics through various in-service training programs. Since the late 60s, in-service training programs on teaching have been conducted in selected training centers all over the country. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/29/oped/oscar.d..bautista.light.that.transforms.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Oscar D. Bautista Light That Transforms CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet -- The Police Regional Office in the Cordillera (Procor) is willing to field its mobile force to Mindanao if the need arises. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/29/news/car.police.okay.sending.of.group.to.mindanao.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified JUST as Typhoon Lawin started battering the region, an eagle from a rare species was released into the wild Thursday or after two weeks of being adopted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/29/news/hawk.eagle.released.back.to.the.wild.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AN INTER-REGIONAL watershed summit will be held this October to discuss how the Cordillera and regions dependent on the water production of this region can help conserve sources of the supply in view of the denudation of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)'s forests. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/29/news/inter.regional.summit.on.watersheds.set.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiña DUE to the recent arrest of a minor from Cavite with P140,000 worth of shabu, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional office in Baguio City has intensified its operations against drug traffickers using minors as pushers or couriers. A minor from Cavite was arrested while delivering 10 grams of shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride to a covert PDEA operative, who conducted a buy-bust operation in front of the Quezon Elementary School along Session Road Extension at 2:50 a.m. of August 25. Visit the Beijing Olympics 2008 blog http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/29/news/drug.syndicate.uses.minors.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. STAKEHOLDERS at the vegetable trading post agreed to implement a uniform, and an accreditation and ID system to standardize the practices within the facility. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/29/bus/traders.porters.agree.on.trading.post.practices.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig DESPITE a loss, the Pretty Pink Panthers assumed leadership of the 15-team International Mixed Bowling (IMBL) as games resume again on Thursday night. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/28/sports/panthers.wrest.lead.as.x.gen.falls.hard.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified I AM having the longest week ever. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/28/oped/regina.cajucom.serendipity.couch.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Regina Cajucom Serendipity Couch LET us not forget the Law School Professors who delighted in giving 20 or so loooooong cases, all to be read, understood, digested (summarized) and recited in class the next day. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/28/oped/annie.delen.jaded.mind.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Annie Delen Jaded Mind EVERY space in Baguio is occupied by structures. Even in areas identified as highly susceptible to landslides, houses are seen everywhere, even in forest and watershed areas. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/28/news/ngo.city.officials.tackle.land.issues.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiña ADDRESSING complaints from farmers on fake chicken dung products sold to them, the Benguet Provincial Board is seeking a periodic check on the quality of the supply delivered to the province. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/28/news/board.wants.chicken.dung.checked.regularly.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A FEMALE licensed civil engineer has recently taken her position as regional director of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in the Cordillera. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/28/news/cordillera.fire.bureau.has.woman.as.new.chief.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. AFTER extortion, it's now the problem on load limit bugging vegetable delivery traders coming from Benguet. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/28/news/unlawful.lto.fines.for.overloading.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig FOUR teams will battle it out when play resumes in the ongoing Baguio-Benguet Educational Athletic League (BBEAL) basketball-men at the University of the Cordilleras (UC) on Wednesday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/27/sports/uc.jaguars.eyes.third.win.against.bsu.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roderick Osis SAVORING the afternoon breeze while swinging on my hammock, and puffing the day away with my pipe last Sunday, the alarming incidents of theft, particularly snatching and pickpockets filled my thoughts. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/27/oped/nick.prill.calinao.free.and.easy.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nick Prill Calinao Free and Easy BAGUIO Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. left it to the City Council to decide whether to allow permanent use of Kennon Road. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/27/news/mayor.let.councilors.decide.on.truck.ban.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiña POLICE in the region denied the communist-led New Peoples' Army (NPA) is on a recruitment binge in the Cordillera. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/27/news/cops.deny.npa.recruitment.activities.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig A MINOR from Cavite was arrested by Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents, after he tried to sell P140,000 worth of shabu to them along Session Road Extension on Tuesday afternoon. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/27/news/minor.nabbed.with.p140k.in.shabu.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. MANKAYAN, Benguet -- The Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company is facing a government probe for allegedly polluting rivers along Mankayan town in Benguet, Cervantes town in Ilocos Sur and all the way to the Abra River in Abra province, one of the five biggest rivers in the country. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/27/news/lepanto.probed.for.polluting.rivers.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ace Alegre NO MOUNTAIN too high, no valley too low can stop these three bikers from pursuing their dream of bringing back the lush and green mountains of the Cordillera. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/27/life/cyclists.bike.for.24.hours.to.save.mountains.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified WITH proper knowledge and application, vegetable farmers could address a major disease on crucifer crops. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/27/bus/organic.fertilizers.seen.to.end.clubroot.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Miners clawed their way back from an 11-point deficit in the third period to cruise to their second win against a defeat, 105-88 in Bracket B of the ongoing Baguio Centennial Cup Basketball Tournament at the Coyeesan Sports Plaza, Sunday evening. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/26/sports/miners.hands.fivers.fourth.defeat.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE University of the Cordillera (UC) Jaguars relied on the heroics of Carlo Domingo in overtime to steal a win against the University of Baguio (UB) Cardinals in the ongoing Baguio-Benguet Educational Athletic League (Bbeal), 94-92 Sunday evening to remain unscathed in the tournament. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/26/sports/jaguars.nips.cardinals.in.overtime.in.bbeal.games.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roderick Osis (Grace Bengwayan guest writes today's R4D Corner) http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/26/oped/dr..rogelio.colting.r4d.corner.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Dr. Rogelio Colting R4D Corner IN MANAGING solid waste, reduction is still key. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/26/news/stores.pressed.to.use.biobags.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified A TEENAGER was jailed, after he failed to shoot the assailant of his companion, who was shot during a free-for-all rumble along Teodora Alonzo Street, an hour after midnight last Thursday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/26/news/teen.jailed.after.failing.to.shoot.friend.s.attacker.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. THE leadership of the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) is planning to auction the mini dump trucks bought by past officials of the association because some parts are deteriorating and the vehicles are not registered with the Land Transportation Office (LTO). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/26/news/bingo.trucks.up.for.auction..html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiña THE deadline for the submission of entries to the Save our Women poster making contest for high school and college students region-wide has been set on Tuesday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/26/life/save.our.women.poster.making.contest.ends.tuesday.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified PRODUCTION of high-value commercial crops is seen to increase with the provision of seed subsidy to 778 Benguet farmers. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/26/bus/seed.subsidy.to.boost.veggie.production.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig IF YOU are an accountant, practicing lawyer, designer or any profession in a solo practice, here are some ways to raise revenues. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/25/oped/trinidad.a..cayading.d.biz.news.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Trinidad A. Cayading D'Biz News OVER P130,000 worth of computers and a still undetermined amount of cash were stolen, after still unidentified burglars broke into the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) office along Labsan Street early Wednesday morning. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/25/news/baguio.immigration.office.robbed.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THREE young men were arrested after being chased by policemen who saw them riding wildly on a motorcycle and breaking bottles along Cariño Street around midnight Friday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/25/news/3.bike.riding.drunks.nabbed.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. A LAWYER has asked the City Council to rescind a resolution allowing a private firm to collect real property taxes in Baguio. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/25/news/private.tax.collector.opposition.grows.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiña VARIOUS schools here have been tapping call centers for the language skills training of their students. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/25/bus/call.centers.to.teach.english.to.civil.servants.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified INCREASING business taxes of establishments serving liquor is being eyed in La Trinidad. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/25/bus/tax.hike.on.liquor.business.mulled.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified FOR A medium-sized city like Baguio, in-immigration is identified as the leading factor for population growth. This trend has likewise contributed to an increase in the number of urban poor. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/25/bus/urban.poor.market.summit.set.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified AFTER the introduction of vegetable-enriched noodles in the market, the Benguet State University (BSU) is looking forward to venturing into the production of same commodity using organic crops. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/25/bus/benguet.su.ventures.into.organic.noodles.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig THE city’s top three schools trounced their respective rivals to win in the men's basketball during the opening of the Baguio Benguet Educational Athletic League (BBEAL) at the jam-packed University of the Cordilleras Gym Saturday afternoon. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/sports/uc.slu.ub.win.in.bbeal.opener.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roderick Osis MY CHILDREN have grown up. I will recollect a few incidents & share with you. I have twin boys. When they were 3-4 years old, I used to buy similar clothing for both of them, as it is appealing to the eyes and I liked the thought of giving equal significance to both of them. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/oped/trinidad.a..cayading.parenting.pinoy.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Trinidad A. Cayading Parenting Pinoy PAUL realized that he preached with his actions as well as with his words. Like or not, Paul knew that he set the example for what it meant to be a Christian for his converts. They had no other pattern to follow. For that reason, the things he did and said were calculated to set the right example. We have a small example of how Paul's life was affected by role modeling in today's lesson from Thessalonians. He taught his followers to be responsible for themselves rather than to sponge off the community. To drive his message home, he worked day and night, laboring to the point of exhaustion, so he would not impose on any of them for his livelihood. Even though he had a claim as their religious leader to their support, he relinquished that claim in order to an example that they could imitate. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/oped/fr..jose.alipio.the.yoke.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Fr. Jose Alipio The Yoke IF YOU have already read Michael Crichton's State of Fear, then - like myself - your environmental consciousness is probably at least a little shaken… but this piece is not about the book. It is in part about one particular word I encountered while reading it: “complected” (gosh, my computer underlines it in red, refusing to recognize it as a legitimate word).  http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/oped/linda.grace.cariño.paradigm.shift..html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Linda Grace Cariño Paradigm Shift BAGUIO musicians were belting out folk, country, pop and rock last night, in Barangay Pacdal’s covered but open multi-purpose court. The venue allowed anybody with ticket or not to come, watch and listen to what was billed as a concert for a cause. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/oped/ramon.dacawi.benchwarmer..html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ramon Dacawi Benchwarmer INDIVIDUALS claiming to be members of the Cordillera Peoples Liberation Army (CPLA) in the guise of carrying firearms are not excused from apprehension. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/news/cpla.members.not.immune.from.gun.ban.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified APAYAO, Ifugao and Kalinga were reported to be the safest Cordillera provinces. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/news/apayao.ifugao.kalinga.are.safest.places.in.cordillera.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. and Mau Victa THE Cordillera police are seeking the public's cooperation to enhance its image. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/news/police.seek.public.support.to.enhance.image.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig HOW many hectares of real property does the City Government own? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/news/gso.ignorant.of.city.owned.properties.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiña THE practice of using tampered weighing scales in the market has become so rampant that a councilor in Baguio City said permits of businessmen caught consistently tampering with weighing scales should be cancelled altogether. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/24/bus/traders.to.lose.permit.if.they.tamper.with.scales.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE region's premiere colleges and universities face off in various sports categories when the Baguio-Benguet Athletic Educational League (BBEAL) opens on Saturday at 9 a.m. at the University of the Cordilleras (UC) gym. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/sports/baguio.benguet.college.wars.begin.on.saturday.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Roderick Osis DID you know that Mirador Hill, as we know it today, was originally designated as an observation point of the Spaniards in these parts? http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/oped/gerry.evangelista.sr..centennial.updates.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Gerry Evangelista, Sr. Centennial Updates Taken from Rowena Reyes-Boquiren's UP Professorial Chair Lecture entitled The Nature of the Land Problem in Baguio. Boquiren is Executive Director of the Baguio Historical Society. (The material may be photocopied and disseminated with proper acknowledgement of the source.) http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/oped/nonnette.bennett.stories..html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Nonnette Bennett Stories THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc affirmed the earlier decision of the Comelec Second Division to disqualify former Councilor Rufino Panagan from running as South Sanitary Camp barangay chairman in the last village polls. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/news/comelec.en.banc.rejects.panagan.s.fourth.term.bid..html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ernie N. Olson Jr. IFUGAO police are still having a hard time identifying three cadavers dumped in the town of Lamut last month. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/news/ifugao.cops.yet.to.identify.salvage.victims..html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified TRANSFERRING involved policemen to Abra will not solve the mystery of the missing marijuana bricks in Kapangan, Benguet Board Member Rogelio Leon said. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/news/leon.cops.relief.won.t.solve.mj.mystery.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jane Cadalig COMMUNITIES where trucks carrying tons of garbage pass by are complaining of the stench emanating from decaying waste, Baguio Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. said. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/news/local.waste.haulers.reap.complaints.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rimaliza Opiña GEORGE Lee, then a waiter at Sunshine Lunch at the side of Malcolm Square, did not live long enough to see his daughter Veronica fully recover from a kidney transplant. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/feat/kidney.patient.eager.for.2nd.chance.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ramon Dacawi THE Department of Agriculture (DA) continues to invest in the development of the region's agricultural infrastructure projects. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bag/2008/08/23/bus/da.delivers.on.farm.road.commitments.to.car.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Robert L. Domoguen