Baguio Insider

Padyak para Sa Binhi ng Kordi Rides Again!

lisa — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:31:25 +0000

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 environment, seeking pledges for seedlings or cash for every kilometer they were able [...]

The Awakening

lisa — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:07:39 +0000

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 the time either Mauricio Domogan or Bernardo Vergara was mayor (I [...]

Mayor, Council Okay 25-year Lease of Athletic Bowl to Koreans

lisa — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:36:31 +0000

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 contained a copy of Resolution 515 dated December 21, 2009 approving a Memorandum [...]

Visioning

lisa — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:15:55 +0000

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. And important decisions and directions like these have been given deep [...]

The Best Bulalo in Baguio

lisa — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:37:16 +0000

- 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 Mapamela’s. Rito’s was one of those interesting, surprising finds in the most unlikely of places where [...]

Baguio Local Elections 2010: Candidates for Councilor

lisa — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:48:46 +0000

- 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 ballots canceled. So do get to know your candidates and their [...]

Martial Law is Not a Substitute for Competence

lisa — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:43:58 +0000

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 important issue that involves all Filipinos, [...]

Baguio Local Elections 2010: List of Candidates

lisa — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:41:28 +0000

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 December 1, 2009. Marie Balangue had very kindly posted photos in Facebook (follow [...]

Justice for the Ampatuan Massacre Victims

lisa — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:32:18 +0000

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. I have not been able to sleep well because I have [...]

A Baguio Lover’s Lament

lisa — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:59:29 +0000

- 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 Baguio City. WHERE HAVE ALL THE PINE TREES GONE? Filipinos arise! Rekindle pride [...]