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Sunday, August 14, 2022

Benguet town mayor to subject miners to drug tests

Itogon, Benguet mayor Victorio Palangdan wants to subject small-scale miners in the town to random drug tests. He said he is already coordinating with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on how and when to start these tests. “We have thousands of miners here; we will definitely remove those caught positive during the drug test,”...

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Banaue parking building to push through, says mayor

Banaue, Ifugao Mayor Jerry Dalipog stood firm that the controversial parking building near the Banaue rice terraces will proceed as planned. The mayor said he has already informed the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) that the project site is not within a heritage site. “We informed NCCA that the project is not...

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Guv Fongwan: Benguet’s shortage of teachers DepEd’s own doing

Benguet Gov. Nestor Fongwan is blaming the Department of Education (DepEd) for the serious lack of school teachers in the province. Fongwan said this is because of a DepEd circular than prohibits local school boards from hiring new ones. “While the school board is very much willing to help hire classroom teachers, we cannot do...

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Baguio dad pushes 16-hour work hours to speed up road works

Incensed by the delay in road construction projects in the city, a Baguio councilor is pushing for a mandatory 16-hour work hours for contractors of public infrastructure works in the city. Councilor Isabelo Cosalan, Jr. said his proposed ordinance will speed up the snail-paced completion of all types of road works and excavations that have...

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