Padyak para Sa Binhi ng Kordi Rides Again! on Jan 26, 2010 in baguio In November 2008. a group of young and adventurous Cordillera natives challenged themselves to ride 24 hours non-stop across rough mountain roads. To make sure they would accomplish what they set out to do they decided to do it for the Cordillera env...
The Awakening on Jan 13, 2010 in baguio What a week that was, the week we woke up. You see, Baguio City almost lost the Athletic Bowl, a 7 hectare property that includes the Pine Trees of the World area, the Monument of Peace Tower, the Php100,000,000.00 swimming pool that was built during...
Mayor, Council Okay 25-year Lease of Athletic Bowl to Koreans on Jan 6, 2010 in business & economy government & politics people & events baguio baguio elections 2010 burnham park mayor bautista As I was conducting a Values & Visioning Workshop yesterday for some candidates for the local elections to be held in May 2010, our discussion was interrupted by the arrival of one of the candidates bearing a thick set of documents that is contai...
Visioning on Jan 2, 2010 in baguio I have been asked by several quarters to be involved in their campaigns for the Philippine national and local elections in May 2010, just as I have been invited to write for a political blog to cover Baguio and neighboring areas, among other things.
The Best Bulalo in Baguio on Dec 20, 2009 in food & beverage restaurants & bars baguio restaurants rito's - Rito’s is a restaurant that I discovered eons ago as a hole-in-the wall at the LTO Compound in Engineer’s Hill. It first opened in one of the backstreets in the Central Business District off Session Road and was originally called Mapame...
Baguio Local Elections 2010: Candidates for Councilor on Dec 8, 2009 in government & politics There are 57 persons running for City Councilor of Baguio. With the new automated system of voting in the coming elections folks will shade the ovals beside the names of the candidates and those who shade more than 12 for this section will get their...
Baguio Local Elections 2010: List of Candidates on Dec 4, 2009 in baguio government & politics elections 2010 mayor 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 Decem...
Martial Law is Not a Substitute for Competence on Dec 4, 2009 in philippines martial law A very good friend of mine, Dean Marvic Leonen of the UP College of Law, who happens to be a Baguio boy too, published this statement this morning both at his blog and Facebook wall. He has offered it up as public domain for sharing. This is a most i...
Justice for the Ampatuan Massacre Victims on Nov 28, 2009 in philippines ampatuan ampatuan massacre Baguio and Maguindanao are on opposite sides of the Philippines and very few things that happen in either place affect the other. But the Ampatuan Massacre is a knife that is thrust into the hearts of every Filipino, wherever they may be in the world...
A Baguio Lover’s Lament on Nov 17, 2009 in baguio - I share with you an essay written by Mary Ann R. Raya and relayed by Joe Lansang, entitled “Where Have All the Pine Trees Gone,” a lament by a Baguio lover that many of us share regarding the way the pine trees are disappearing from Bag...
