BAGUIO’S CONVENTION CENTER -- The 110th Charter Day celebration of Baguio City was celebrated Sept. 1 at the Baguio Convention Center. The 40-year old facility, which is presently under rehabilitation was opened just for the charter celebration, is targeted to be finished this year.
-- Ofelia Empian

REGREENING -- Mrs. Eco International 2019 Shiela DeForest together with seminarians and residents and officials of Pacdal and Purok Liteng planted bamboo seedlings at the mountain slopes of the Saint Francis Xavier Seminary on Aug. 31. DeForest also joined the group in cleaning the Siapno creek in an effort to inculcate the importance of saving the environment.
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SMOKE - FREE COMMUNITY -- Smoke-free advocates composed of medical experts, policy makers, journalists and law enforcers observed the first Smoke-Free Baguio Convention on Aug. 27 at Venus Parkview Hotel. The stakeholders were updated on the global and local situations of the tobacco-free campaign and recognized model barangays in implementing the Smoke-Free Baguio Ordinance.
-- VJ Catacutan

BEST FLOAT -- Barangay Banengbeng won this year’s best float and best booth during the fifth staging of the Fruit Festival of Sablan, Benguet last week. Floats adorned with locally grown fruits were paraded along the stretch of Naguilian Road before they were parked at the municipal open gym for public viewing.
-- Harley Palangchao

WASTE-TO-ENERGY -- City Mayor Benjamin Magalong and Philippine National Oil Corp. Renewable Corp. President and CEO John Arenas signed on Aug. 30 the memorandum of understanding formalizing the joint commitment to solve the city’s garbage problems through the conduct of a detailed feasibility study of a waste-to-energy facility in in the city. The study aims to determine if WTE is applicable in the local setting and what technology or set of technologies would be appropriate in the city.
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WORLD’S TOUGHEST ULTRA RACE -- Baguio ultra-runners James Tellias and Sandi Abahan were successful finishers in two categories of the Ultra-trail du Mont-Blanc, the world’s toughest ultra race in the European Alps. Tellias conquered the 171-kilometer event while Abahan finished the 101-km. category.
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