For our own explanation on the origins and ideas behind the word “Uglification,” you may refer to the famous blog of Mr. Bill Bilig –

http://igorotblogger.blogspot.com/2007/06/chi-balmaceda-gutierrez-on-uglification.html
http://igorotblogger.blogspot.com/2007/04/in-case-you-want-peter-or-jack-to-be.html

Thanks and may the blessings be!

The story of Kafagway and its loss still have to be written. Part of the documents pertaining to the swindling cases that led to the US Court’s promulgation of the Cariño Doctrine are with the Cariño Foundation.

The City Hall land, the school campus nearby, and the Burnham Park, among others, were donated by Mateo Cariño to the cause of the Summer Capital of the Philippines.

This was published for six weeks during the election campaign in the Midland Courier.

On the other hand, Mrs de Guia was the vice-mayor of Dr. Jose Maria Cariño, the first Igorot mayor of Baguio. She took over Dr. Pepe when he suffered a heart stroke before the end of his term.

I did list him as a lawyer under “occupation” in the candidates list but this was disputed so I left it blank. I know his wife is a lawyer and teaches at UC, and was the one who exposed the leakage in the Nursing Board Exams last year. Of Mr. Yangot, I could not find anything. I never heard anything about cheating in school, as Mike mentioned in his comments earlier.

That’s why Bobby Ortega, who was so out of the Baguio political scene since 1992, is coming in such a close 3rd for vice-mayor to Farinas’ and Olowan’s votes. Baguio needs discipline. It has been the coddling of ’squatters’ on public lands that is making it ugly. I always say, it’s so much nicer and cheaper to squat here than, say, in Dagupan. Baguio’s attracting only the most needy, ill-mannered, uneducated type of people. Maybe Ortega should’ve run for mayor instead.

I agree that Baguio is fraught with problems. And I blame it on the mismanagement by the local government officials who keep dreaming up of the most awful looking “projects,” who are afraid to offend illegal vendors. And this is since the earthquake. A lot of these people keep getting re-elected, too. They love trade fairs, carnivals, carienderias on Burnham and all sorts of ugly, unnecessary businesses and infrastructure like fake pine trees, useless flyovers. Baguio used to be much classier than it is now. Used to attract big spenders for tourists. Nowadays, we get overnighters from the lowlands who sleep in their private jeepneys at Burnham Park and use those ubiquitous ‘clean restrooms.’ Also, they’re not wanting to do anything about the little criminal “frats,” except to require registration. We’re turning ‘jologs’ these days. It’s ok to keep prices down but not to cheapen Baguio.

As for the schools, don’t they owe students some fresh air and greenery for all the tuition they charge?

Lastly, about closing Baguio to outside investors. I disagree. If folks want to invest here, game! But why did Domogan and Vergara have to give SM City Baguio a local business tax holiday of 5 years?! In exchange for what? Whether or not they were given a tax break they would have created jobs anyway. Giving them an unfair advantage over others who have been doing business in Baguio for decades. In fact, the longer you invest here, the lower your taxes should be as an incentive. But instead the city treasurer raises your ‘gross receipts’ in her book by 20% yearly. The longer you do business here legitimately, the harder they make it for you. I know this for a fact. If folks want to invest here, as long as the businesses create good jobs and do not have an adverse impact on our environment, why not? To think, all income generated by SM redounds to the benefit of — ta da — Cavite! That’s where it has its head office, that’s where they pay their income taxes. Not in Baguio.

A massive depopulation of the non-Baguio people in Baguio is the answer… the outsiders are usually the ones who trash baguio. just look at how they manage their trash..that is so un-taga Baguio

Yaranon..I must agree with you. That old man keeps on yacking but what the hell did he do? Gave tolerance permit to those assholes who do not want to pay PROPER taxes, and who latag their smuggled goods during rush hours… more chaotic traffic…dirtier Baguio… prolifieration of theft of PUBLIC properties like street lights, trash cans… oh god.

Voice of the people? People didn’t like Jadewell, but the REAL people of Baguio didn;t want illegal peddlers, trash, mandurukots, massive water shortage, chaotic traffic as well too… come on yaranon?

Been hearing that mayabs si Bautista…hehehe… It’s weird that he’s been ordering closure of this and that when he can’t even close the karaokehans and imumans at Assumption road(yung tapat nung center..hello school zone..parang Otek street na ang assumption!) which is a few steps from his school and the one right in front of his school >>appears to be that many
businesspeople there do not have business permits>>> fair naman sana pagpapasara niya….(altough I must say na mas maganda cafeteria ng UB kesa sa SLU)

Bautista should also order closure of the second hand cellphone stores… god..kasabwat nila yung mga lintek na mandurukot na yan. He can’t kill the demand but he can do something about the supply! and the RTWs..na puro overpriced rejects naman ang benta.

Baguio should have an APPOINTED mayor to avoid bias…. kasi naman.. sa Baguio lupa ng may lupa pinamimigay ng lintek na nakaupo sa mga hindi taga-dito. My family is a victim of it. Actually, mayayaman naman mga iskwa sa Baguio..they’re just pretending to be poor…siyempre..ang lupa di nag dedepreciate(plus mahal ang bentahan ng lupa dito) … I’m very inclined to believe that the only thing that can save Baguio from damnation is a 1990-like earthquake…why? because there’d be a massive population reduction…not only out of death but repatriation of the immigrants(who make up more than half of the city;s population). Less economic activities will drive these people to go back to their “ili”..not only that.. the sinking areas(usually the most dense areas int he city) will sink! giving the asshole iskwa-nowhere to built their house in the city..leaving them with one choice — to go back to where they came from.

The BLIST proposal is something I am very much against…come on.. is Baguio planning to convert the farmlands in these area to subdivisions just like what Baguio did to itself decades ago? No way… But then, are these people serious about reforming baguio? I doubt it..the first step is to approve the heritage zone petition..but it seems dead now. Come on, the petition will give all the right to the city gov’t to demolish every squatter in the mentioned areas.(uhmm..kankanaeys..having ancestral lands in Baguio?..that’s a BIG joke.. come on..the kankanaeys were never natives of baguio…no wonder the Kankanaey areas never improve…they think that way. )

Jun Labo… the “fake” healer…hehe…

Vergara…. oh pease.. no more white elephants please. He might just want to bring a real elephant to Baguio.

Molintas is someone I can’t stand…I’d rather choose domogan. That Joemol guy is planning to give away other people’s land to the “rich” squatters. Come on..is the urban poor the marginilized? Hinde! The true marginalized people are the taga-Baguios. We pay the taxes but we do not rip the fruits of it..but the people who do not pay taxes… they want to talk about justice? Kahit kapwa pa siya Ibaloi.. I don’t like him..besides.. may issue siya sa Jueteng…

What Baguio needs to do is to close itself from OUTSIDE investment. As a commerce student I can clearly see the non-prioritization of LOCAL entrepreneurs… has the city gov’t helped the heritage businesses( the now closed casa vallejo..star cafe…good taste…rose bowl) come one.. mas -inuuna pa yung mga hindi taga dito na tinatakbuhan ang tax(The burnham trade fair…)! Who the hell are they kidding… the problem with the city gov is it drives away the Baguio people and invites the non-Baguio peeps..resulting to a trash-like Baguio. If I were to choose who’d be the appointed mayor. I’d go for Bobby Ortega.. Just look at how the Ortegas run San Fernando… mas matino pa nga mga trike drivers nila kesa sa mga taxi at jeepney drivers dito.

Thanks soooo much for dropping by and telling everyone more about the candidates. I have been kinda holding my tongue waiting for comments like yours to be able to start a lively discussion going.

I did hear about Yangot’s incident regarding waving a gun at the North Expressway tollbooth and getting arrested but could not find any news report about that. But everyone in Baguio heard about it but it seems the incident was hushed! Let’s see if we can come up with more info regarding the Burnham Carnival Bribe. Mike, when you say the names speaks for itself, did you mean that Yangot rhymes with kulang__ or that it sounds too close to “angot” (Ilocano for “smelly”)?

Yep, that million peso Christmas/Pine tree of Vergara’s is worthy of note. It was his project and yet the Baguio folk kept reelecting him afterwards!

The thing about Yaranon is that even when he was mayor already he still kept behaving as if he was campaigning. No to Jadewell, No to Casino, No to Everything. But he never did anything! No projects. I used to refer to him as “Mr. Madik.” (Madik in the Ilocano dialect means “I don’t want”)

Now, as for Jun Labo, I think he makes some money out of campaign contributions. Let’s see.. is he Filipino, Japanese, Australian (or maybe even Russian) nowadays?

I think Baguio needs major change. What if we throw out all the incumbents and replace them with new ones? But we can’t stop there! What if for the next 3 years we set up Baguio Watch and just blog (bug) the hell out of our local officials — like really look into all their projects and how they vote and behave? That should be fun!