Baguio Insider

Representative Mauricio Domogan, who is on his 6th year as congressman after having served 3 terms as Mayor of Baguio, is backing the City Council’s move for the reduction of the number of barangays from a whopping 129 to just 47. AFTER AT LEAST 15 YEARS IN PUBLIC OFFICE, he finally realizes that most barangays in Baguio City do not meet the Philippine Local Government Code’s requirement of having at least 5,000 inhabitants.

All I can say is WOW! Some people cannot — or never really wanted to — do the math.

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Baguio’s Burnham Park: Then and Now
by Jonathan Best

Today, Burnham Park is facing severe challenges from commercial developers, ill-conceived municipal projects and poor maintenance.

When American architect Daniel Burnham first drew up his city plan for Baguio in 1904, he saved the very best piece of real estate for a public park. His thinking reflected the progressive social values of the time. Government was expected to serve the people and provide for their health and recreation. A large public park with open fields and an artificial lake was considered a necessity for a modern urban environment. Even for a small city such as Baguio, which was only expected to grow to around 25,000 people, a park was considered of prime importance.

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Will the real lion please stand up? This large rock naturally-shaped like a lion’s head was the original landmark that greeted all visitors to Baguio City. The Lion’s Club commissioned in 1971 the sculpting of the much larger one made out of limestone a few meters past it.

Kennon Road remains the Baguio locals’ preferred access route to Baguio City. Not only is it a more familiar road, it’s also, in my opinion, way prettier than Marcos Highway. The route is shorter by about 15km, plus the bends are easier on your vehicle. Those cars outfitted with inclinometers can tell, for example, that when the road curves to the left, the road also tilts to the left, thus making it easier to navigate.

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Pardon the long silence, please. What, you may ask, has gotten in the way of blogging? Hmmm, lemme see, how about we call it — LIFE? Isn’t it ironic? To be able to blog effectively you need to live life fully and, when you do, there’s just not enough time to blog! I take hundreds of photos, say of Malaysia, and then get too tired to edit them and publish a post about the fun trip my family took late in June 2007.

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