PERENNIAL PROBLEM -- Damaged steel gratings at some busy thoroughfares in Baguio such as Abanao Road seem to be a common problem among motorists and commuters. DPWH through the Baguio City District Engineering Office might consider inspecting all steel gratings in the city for corrective measures.
-- Harley Palangchao

REGREENING BAGUIO -- Around 20,000 Benguet pine saplings were planted by SM City Baguio at their adopted site at the Busol Watershed in line with the company’s commitment to plant 500,000 trees in five years. An additional of 30,000 saplings/seedlings will be planted by Deyan Construction, SM’s contractor, to complete the 50,000 pine trees which the mall’s managenent committed to plant at the site. -- Contributed photo

GIVING SAVES LIVES -- Mayor Abraham Akilit of Bauko, Mountain Province (right), a regular blood donor, proudly shows his collected blood to his participating constituents in support to the Provincial Blood Donation Month and National Blood Donors Month with the theme of the year, “Give Blood, Give Now, Give Often” held at Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital in Abatan on July 11.
-- Coney Nibaten

UNITY FOR AUTONOMY -- The growing call for autonomy in the region is bolstered by the unity of the six provinces and two cities of the Cordillera as shown by these cultural dancers during the kick-off ceremony of the annual unity gong relay at the Benguet  Capitol last week. Lawmakers in the region has asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent House Bill 8343 or the act that sought to establish the autonomous region of the Cordillera.
-- Ofelia Empian

HYDROPOWER EXPANSION -- Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, shares insights with AboitizPower subsidiary Hedcor Inc. executives Bill Haboc and Darlene Arguelles during the opening of the 2nd Philippine Hydro Summit and Exhibition at the Makati Diamond Residences on July 12. Gatchalian backs the government’s thrust of supporting hydropower developers by streamlining and simplifying permit processes.
-- Contributed photo

WBC-OPBF CHAMPION — Journeyman Carlo Magali is now the new WBC-OPBF super featherweight champion with a technical knockout victory against Sandeep Balhara in their championship bout in Malaysia. — Brico Santig