What’s hot and what’s not in cool, cool Baguio City Philippines
The City Council approved on final reading Tuesday, the ordinance that mandates payment for use of the old auditorium site for the next six months, which takes effect once Mayor Bautista signs it. Read More…
Hot! Hot! Hot!
Councilor Sembrano opposes Mayor’s move to build parking building on Burnham Park, saying that it is doomed to go the way of Mines View Park, that it will affect vendors in the market and in the malls.
In a news article here, it seems that Mayor Peter Rey Bautista wrote PTA Chairman Robert Dean Barbers asking for 6M subsidy for his proposed parking building. Read More…
I have it on good authority that each and every post emanating from Baguio Insider is printed out and a personal copy handed to the Mayor.
To this I say Yehey - I have his eye!
So here, Mr. Mayor and members of the Baguio City Council, is a funky suggestion for an ordinance that will make Baguio City some money, will not cost much, and may make some folks angry but in the long run make folks admire you for your courage and determination. It does not discriminate against the ‘poor,’ is perfectly legal, and a very creative way to clean up Baguio to a large extent.
Politicians have been calling for the development of the Baguio La Trinidad Itogon Sablan Tuba areas (BLIST) for a Metro Baguio, but they are proposing only residential communities there. All big business is still concentrated in the Central Business District — and I’m not talking about hotels and restaurants.
Baguio Schools Must Move Out of the Center of Town
The big businesses that contribute greatly to the congestion of Baguio would be the schools, with small campuses relative to their extra-large populations. The students have to be transported, fed and housed on a daily basis. Thus all auxiliary services such as carinderias, dormitories, copy centers, school supply stores, internet gaming shops will mushroom all around the schools. Read More…
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? Read More…
