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Mayor, Council Okay 25-year Lease of Athletic Bowl to Koreans

lisa — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:36:31 +0000

Baguio Local Elections 2010: Candidates for Councilor

lisa — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:48:46 +0000

Baguio Local Elections 2010: List of Candidates

lisa — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:41:28 +0000

I walked to the Commission of Elections (COMELEC) compound in Baguio on Governor Pack Road this afternoon and secured for myself a copy of the list of candidates who filed their Certificates of Candidacy on or before the deadline of midnight on December 1, 2009. Marie Balangue had very kindly posted photos in Facebook (follow [...]

Farinas Wants to Distribute Baguio Land to Squatters

lisa — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:21:34 +0000

Responsible Parenting Will Stop the Street Gangs

lisa — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:44:49 +0000

Who Should Be the Next Mayor of Baguio City?

lisa — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:11:54 +0000

“He who does not seek power is the most qualified to hold it.” – Plato The Man of the Hour of the Philippines is certainly Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. His mom’s passing a month ago served to unify those who remember the ideals and principles we fought for in 1986, when we deposed the dictator Ferdinand [...]

New Garbage Hauling Issues

lisa — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:43:27 +0000

“It seems Cepmo doesn’t want to use the trucks,” Tabora said. “The problem is not the maintenance, but the people. I smell a rat,” Councilor Nicasio Palaganas said. “Talaga atang may pera sa basura,” added Councilor Rocky Thomas Balisong. Baguio City bought seven (7) dump trucks from an auction in Subic, which were delivered since July 2009 but [...]

Juana Change “FIXER” – Familiar?

lisa — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:37:48 +0000

I wrote recently that I have been doing some repairs and remodeling for a commercial property in Metro Manila, and for the past decades we have been very good about paying our permits, taxes and complying with whatever old and new requirements the government foists upon its people (e.g. VAT, e-VAT, increase in local tax [...]

Should Priests Run for the Presidency?

lisa — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:25:24 +0000

This post covers a topic that we used to shy away from during drinking sessions at PCED in UP Diliman, while we were studying Law, as there can be no end to the debates and discussions thereon: Religion and Politics. But recent political developments have in fact brought issues of religion and politics to the [...]

Goodbye Baguio Convention Center

lisa — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:08:47 +0000

“Have you seen Baguio lately?” This was a question one of my UP Law classmates asked another friend of ours at Gilbert Teodoro’s birthday bash at The Fort last Saturday night (yup, the Department of National Defense Secretary and I were blockmates in law school — and even then we knew he was planning to run [...]