MJ BURNING -- Rain failed to stop city vice mayor and CADAC chair Daniel Fariñas,  PDEA-CAR OIC C/Insp. Edgar Apalla, and their subordinates from burning around P5.4 million worth of dried marijuana leaves at the Melvin Jones football grounds last Thursday. -- Harley Palangchao

TOURIST-ORIENTED COPS -- Clad in native tapis (wraparound native skirt), the all-female tourist-oriented cops led by Insp. Arlyn Abastillas (c) has gained the support of local and foreign tourists as well as the proud people of Ifugao. PNP Chief Jesus Verzosa through PRO-Cordillera director C/Supt. Eugene Martin (l, last row) has indicated that he wants the program to be strengthened further. -- Harley Palangchao

MONEY FROM GARBAGE -- Products made from tetra packs in the form of bags, vests, aprons, caps, etc., are displayed by the Gibraltar Sariling Sikap Organization led by its chair Juliet Flores (behind). The recycled by-products were on display at SM Baguio during the launching of Indigenous Peoples Month, Consumer Welfare Month, Productivity Month, and National Statistics Month. -- Harley Palangchao

BALIK SCIENTIST PROGRAM -- DOST’s answer to counteract the “brain drain” syndrome is to bring back Filipino scientists from abroad to share their expertise in local schools, like Dr. Norberto Ison (c), a statistician based in California who, for the past six months, has been serving UP Baguio. He is flanked by UPB College of Science Dean Wilfredo Alangui and DOST program director and Asec. Ma. Lourdes Orijola.-- Leia Castro

THE BAGUIO STONE MARKET, 1934, completed in 1917, survived the World War II bombing raids and a market fire in 1970. It was demolished in the mid-1970s and in its place now stands the Maharlika Complex. This image is part of the exhibition “The Baguio Public Market: A Photographic History, 1908-2008,” ongoing until Dec. 31, 2008 at the Gallery, Lower Basement, SM City Baguio. -- E.R. Alcantara

BEE CONVENTION -- Proponents of the upcoming 7th National Conference on Beekeeping have invited beekeepers and other bee enthusiasts to the conference on Oct. 23 to 25 at the SLU Burgos Gym. Shown (l-r) are CBF member Alvin Ayugat, SLU Dean Reynaldo Bautista, NARTDI director Dr. Apolonio Sito, DOLE regional director Ana Dione, BAPI president Engr. Orlando Balloguing, and SLU-EISSIF chair Dr. Edmund Benavidez. -- Leia F. Castro

TRIPLE FLYERS punctuated University of the Cordillera’s classy act dominating the Northern Luzon regional qualifying tournament of the National Cheerleading Championships held last Sunday at the UC gymnasium. Pines City National High School and Baguio City National School also booked tickets to the NCC finals in Manila set next year. -- Jogin C. Tamayo