Baguio, Philippines News

Director Topel Lee reveals the boxera s ad lib humor BY ROME JORGE LIFESTYLE EDITOR Ita s December 9, the last day of shooting of superhero movie Wapakman with boxer Manny Pacquiao.

The preeminent American architect at the turn of the 20th century, Daniel Burnham created hundreds of major buildings with his partner, John Wellborn Root, and as a city planner he designed Baguio City in the Philippines and organized the 1909 Plan of Chicago that helped keep the lakefront accessible to all.

Napiya un egaw tako losan! This is a blessed day for all of us the members of Cindewoll because this is the first time we come face to face with the illustrious Don Emilio Yap and adopt him as son/brother of the Cordillera.

THE Professional Regulation Commission Baguio Regional Office successfully conducted the recent Nurses Licensure Examination in cities of Baguio and San Fernando on November 29 and 30.

BAGUIO CITY The United States government will extend whatever assistance to the efforts of the negotiators of the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as they go back to the negotiating table for the possible formulation of an agreement to put an end to the armed conflict in Mindanao, outgoing US Ambassador to the Philippines ...

While at Philippine Christian Books Store in Baguio City shopping for prayer books as holiday present to some people I know, I came about John Maxwell's "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" . I thought what need do I have for leadership books.

Have I gone anywhere else aside from Baguio and Manila? Yes. I'm glad to say, I've also been to Batangas.

The United States government is giving an additional $10 million in food aid for the victims of three deadly typhoons that affected the Philippines, US Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney said Thursday.

There was a slight tremble of the voice of Philippine Star correspondent Edith Regalado as she talked about her colleague, Bong Reblando, who was among the 12 journalists and 36 persons who died in the grisly Maguindanao massacre.

The Cordillera office of the Commission on Elections here disclosed that the six provinces and one city in the region have 300,000 new voters, exceeding the earlier predicted 200,000 additional voters in the region.

The number of nursing graduates who will take the licensure examination this month went up by 16,733 to 95,305, prompting the Professional Regulation Commission to add two more examination sites in Central and Northern Luzon to spare the examinees the hassles of expensive and rigorous travel to the testing centers.

The Professional Regulation Commission Wednesday announced that 2,257 out of 4,878 passed the Civil Engineer Licensure Examination given by the Board of Civil Engineering in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, and Tacloban this month.

Hounded by rumors. Boxer Manny Pacquiao walks ahead of actress Krista Ranillo , who disembarks from a vehicle at the Camp John Hay Club House.

In years past, Christmas started as early as September, with Christmas lanterns and other yuletide decorations already appearing everywhere.

Some people just couldn't help but be tickled with the latest rumor in the winning Pacman's life.

AFTER consultations with the National Disaster Coordinating Council and oil players, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera yesterday recommended the lifting of Executive Order 839 which puts a cap on the prices of oil products.

I have a feeling that this is a growing trend part of the sex tourism scene in the Philippines where young pimps visit the Malls and ply their services to tourist and foriegn residents.

After the IRS imposed exile to Baguio, followed by the malaise of Manila, trainer Freddie Roach was satisfied with where his charge, Manny Pacquiao, was- physically and mentally- as they headed down the home stretch of their training camp at their familiar haunts of the Wild Card Boxing Club, last week.

AUSTRALIA A Filipino woman shares some useful tips when filling up balikbayan boxes to send to relatives back home in the Philippines for Christmas.

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. bid farewell to the cadets of the Philippine Military Academy last Saturday during the PMA's 111th Foundation Day, as he called on the future armed forces officers to live up to the traditions and foundations of their alma matter.