Baguio Insider

Today’s headlines are shouting: “Garbage Problems Did Not Dampen Arrival of Visitors - Official” This was at the close of November 30, a legal holiday in the Philippines, Revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio Day, the start of a long weekend.

Of course they would not affect ARRIVAL — no one but WE knew how bad things have been the past two months. But thanks to the heavy influx of visitors, now THEY know how dirty Baguio is these days. And thanks to blogging, I would not be surprised if more photos of UGLY BAGUIO will be posted in the next few days.

Question is: Will they RETURN? And how many people will they COMPLAIN to, whose decisions to come up will be affected? (more…)

One should not stop at calling attention to the deplorable current state of affairs in Baguio. I am sure that Baguio residents, current and past have many desires for a better life, that starts with a better natural environment that leads to a better economy for all.

How many persons are there currently living in Baguio who have seen this city at its peak in the 70s and 80s? And how many of them know the ‘old formula for success?’ Not very many. A lot have migrated to other lands. We are left with those who have sought political office for personal gain, like million-peso cars while others languish and starve. (more…)

In the midst of all the fretting about the local government I’ve been subjecting myself to in the past few months, would you believe I’ve managed to redesign the whole of Go Baguio!, except for the Baguio Directory pages, which will have a new look within the week? (more…)

Chi alerted us to the most recent issue of the city council voting to use public funds to issue themselves cars. By the way, we noticed she has switched from Chi from the Coooooool Clouds to Chi from the ‘Hot’ Clouds when commenting, and understandably so. Here’s the news link and there are animated discussions in two wonderful and influential blogs: Bill Bilig’s From the Boondocks and Jack Carino’s where you can head on over and vent, if you wish.

I am only going to join in as far as commenting in these gentlemen’s blogs, and chronicling here how these greedy people voted. Of course, with all the furor this recent move has made, “Mr. Clean” Peter Rey Bautista, who was not party to the shenanigans present during the deliberations is expected to veto it if just for his own (political) good, upon his return from China. (more…)