VOL. XXII NO. 10 Treated unfairly by newspapers August 31 - September 6, 2019 ISSN 0119-7487 that refuse to publish your Notice To The Public response? Write us. Want to know more about the PPI cult – Jehowah’s Witness? Visit www.carm.org/jehovahs-witnesses Philippine Press Council c/o Philippine Press Institute This advertisement is paid for Rm. 206 BF Cond. Bldg. by Pastor Jules Samaniego of A. Soriano Ave. WEEKEND the Good Samaritan Everlasting Intramuros, Manila Christian Ministry Email : Tel. No. 5279632 or 5274478 Fax 527-3390 [email protected] Email - [email protected] MABUHAY ANG PILIPINO!!! CITY AND LONG LIVE THE FILIPINO!!! LTFRB urged not to circumvent moratorium AGUIO CITY – Mayor admitted that the 200 taxi fran- BBenjamin B. Magalong chises on fleet management that expressed disappointment on was previously passed upon by the alleged attempts by certain the LTFRB is already a done deal sectors and concerned govern- but the local government will try ment agencies to circumvent the its best to prevent the further prevailing moratorium on the issuance of the remaining 200 issuance of franchises for taxis franchises so as not to further in the city to justify the grant of aggravate the traffic congestions additional franchises to interested in the city. applicants wanting to operate taxi Based on the data from the units plying the route of Baguio LTFRB-CAR, there are more city. than 3,200 registered taxi units The local chief executive operating in the city. cited as an example the pending Magalong wants to meet with LTFRB officials to discuss the pre- applications for the issuance of vailing issues on the issuance of taxi franchises with the route taxi franchises plying the city’s La Trinidad to any point of the route considering the prevailing Cordillera but will ply the Baguio moratorium on the issuance of City route. franchises in the city which was Earlier, he exposed that the issued over two decades ago. Land Transportation Franchising On the other hand, LTFRB Regulatory Board (LTFRB) plans officials also announced the to allow additional 400 taxi fran- agency’s plan to allow the Mayor Benjie Magalong expressed his disappointment as he learned today that there are efforts to chises in the city that will worsen operation of premium taxis in circumvent additional taxi franchises to have them registered in La Trinidad but continue to ply the the prevailing traffic congestions the city using the so-called luxury Baguio route, i.e. “La Trinidad and any point in Cordillera”. Few weeks ago, Mayor Benjie exposed in the different parts of the city. cars to allow high-end tourists to to the public that LTFRB plans to allow additional 400 taxi franchises in the city which will further However, the city mayor Cont. on page 3 aggravate the existing traffic problem./@pio.baguio City lines up activities for Let 110th Baguio Charter Day •page 2 celebration •page 8 heal – Magalong City eyes cooperative as partner Sablan to stage 5th in market development •page 7 Fruit Festival •page 3 Sale of Mindanao fruits along From Kafagway to be pursued •page 3 to Baguio •page 8 City reaches agreement with waste Mayor wants operation disposal violators at Slaughterhouse of Asin plants a flagship •page 3 compound •page 2 project DISPATCH FROM CRAME KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS The Junction News On the ongoing debate regarding the Si Jesus ang Diyos na

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GCTA Law • page 5 www.junctionnews.com • By: Sen. Leila De Lima By: Atty. Batas Mauricio The JUNCTION Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, 2019 2 WEEKEND NEWS Let Kennon Road heal the ongoing infrastructure works by the Department of – Magalong Public Works and Highways Cordillera. HREE TO FIVE years Kennon Road heal naturally. Magalong had been Tof closure may help the Hayaan muna na bumagsak pressing the DPWH to 34-kilometer Kennon Road ang mga loose soils at mag speed up the rehabilitation of recover and stabilize from stabilize bago simulan ang Kennon Road including sug- the risk of continuous soil rehabilitation works. Siguro gestions on more permanent erosions posing danger to kasya three to five years na solutions to the perennial life and property. hindi gagalawin ang Kennon landslides. This was the suggestion of Road,” Magalong said. Meanwhile, City Admin- Mayor Benjamin Magalong During the inspection istrator Bonifacio Dela Pena, after he led an onsite inspec- Magalong noticed that an engineer by profession, tion on the 114-year-old most of the high risk areas said he will collaborate with major route to the city during for landslide were aggra- concerned agencies including "COWBOYS COMMEND THE KING" - City hall officials headed by Mayor the height of monsoon rains vated by human activities the Mines and Geosciences on the third week of August. such as vegetable farms and Benjamin Magalong, Vice Mayor Faustino Olowan and Councilor Arthur Bureau to come out with Allad-iw present Resolution Numbered 210 (Series of 2019) commending Mixed Magalong said his piggery found on top of the permanent solutions to the technical team composed mountains. Martial Artist Danny "The King" Kingad for winning the One Flyweight World problems besetting Kennon Grand Prix Semi-Finals of the One: Dawn of Heroes held on August 2, 2019 in of engineers who were also He opined that these Road. with him during his inspec- human activities result to soil The city administrator the Mall of Asia Arena. "His astounding feat is worthy of commendation," stated tion have identified at least saturation making it prone to added that better soil protec- the resolution. - By Bong Cayabyab 22 critical areas falling landslide. tion should be implement- rocks, landslides as well as Kennon Road had been ed including the use of steel mountain fissures. He said totally closed to vehicular nettings, higher retaining Moratorium on put up of majority of the ciritical areas traffic late last year upon walls and the like for more identified are located within the recommendation of the permanent solutions against the political jurisdiction of Office of Civil Defense Cor- erosion./Jessa Mardy buildings in city backed Benguet Province. dillera due to continuous Samidan help in providing opportu- “I think we should let landslide incidences and AGUIO CITY – The rium on the construction nities for the environment BCordillera office of the of buildings will trample to recover from the series Housing Land Use Regula- on the rights of property of developments that have tory Board (HLURB-CAR) owners over their private introduced. City reaches agreement with waste disposal and the Chamber of Real properties, the purpose of the However, the HLURB Estate Builders Associa- temporary ban on the put up official claimed that it is still tion (CREBA) Baguio-Ben- of buildings is to allow the best to await the details of guet chapter expressed city’s environment to recover the proposed moratorium so violators at Slaughterhouse compound their all-out support to the which is for the general that the housing agencies will AGUIO CITY – Mayor proposed implementation welfare and the common be appropriately guided on during the meeting where become pro-active and be of a moratorium on the good, thus, the interest of the their future actions, especial- Benjamin Magalong and more aware of what’s going Bcity environment parks and the violators will shoulder construction of buildings in greater majority will prevail. ly concerning the implemen- equitably among themselves on in their jurisdiction. the city but the same should He stated that the housing tation of government-sup- management office acting Among the present chief Moises Lozano met the materials and labor for not affect the government’s agencies do not object to the ported housing projects in the construction of a sewage administration’s 15 point socialized housing projects proposed moratorium on the the city. Wednesday with residents of collective core agenda are barangay Sto. Nino Slaugh- pipe system by CEPMO. that are being planned in construction of buildings in For his part, CREBA Lozano said that the the revitalization of the envi- suitable areas around the city. the city considering that it is Baguio-Benguet chapter terhouse Compound who ronment, speeding up of gov- were earlier issued notices sewage pipe system will HLURB-CAR regional geared towards improving president Ramon Ernesto connect to the main ernment action and having director Jann Roby Otero the current state of the city’s Tagle pointed out that the of illegal waste disposal empowered and accountable violation by the city. Tobishima sewage line said that while it is true environment aside from proposed moratorium on the located near a creek in the barangay governance./Gaby that the proposed morato- working on policies that will construction of buildings in They were joined in the Keith meeting at the barangay hall barangay. the city will definitely affect by several village officials He explained that if all the real estate industry con- and city veterinary office goes as planned, the sewage City lines up activities for 110th sidering that most of the head Brigit Piok, who filed pipe system will be finished condominium projects will the complaint against the this September where the be affected, especially of the 21 erring residents whose violators are expected to said structures have not yet disposal systems of their immediately connect the Baguio Charter Day celebration been started, but it is also houses or business estab- drainage systems of their AGUIO CITY – The Mapalo said the celebration Further, the Charter Day equally important to support lishments were found to houses or business estab- local government lined continues with old west- Jobs Fair will follow on the government’s efforts to have been connected to the lishments to on their own Bup numerous activities for ern-themed fiesta featuring September 14, 2019 at the ensure that the city’s envi- barangay’s drainage system expense. the month-long celebra- fun-filled whole-day activ- PFVR gymnasium while ronment will be sound for that flows to the Balili river. Magalong sternly warned tion of the 1110th Baguio ities, online games and the Balili river cleanup drive the benefit of the present and The city veterinary office the violators against commit- Charter Day celebration concerts along Session road, will be done on September future generations. and its facilities are located ting the infraction again and with the theme “Nurturing culminating with a grand 16, 2019. He revealed that the real in the barangay. asked them to tell their fellow the Environment for Sustain- fireworks at around 7:30 pm. On September 20-22, estate group decided to After a short discussion, barangay residents not to do able Development.’ He added the theme 2019, the city government support the efforts of the a “win-win” solution was the same. Ticking off the celebra- nurturing the environment will spearhead the put-up of local government to impose agreed upon by the parties The Mayor also advised tion and setting the theme of will be highlighted with a a cultural village showcas- a moratorium on the con- the barangay’s leaders to nurturing the environment, bonsai exhibit at the Igorot ing the different cultures of struction of buildings in the will be the launching of the Park. the citizens of Baguio, from city through a presidential The The Junction is printed and published Bambusetum at Dominican On September 2, 2019, the Ibaloi to other indige- issuance considering that JUNCTION by Farco Trimedia Ventures, Inc. 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Bagayan Atty. Batas Mauricio Mailing Address P.O. Box 1588, 2600 Baguio City Charter Day will start with the tribute to the World War On September 27, 2019, implementation of a morato- Annabelle Pedronio Emilio Liwanen Entered as Second Class Mail at the Baguio City Central the civic parade at around II veterans during the cele- concerned tourism stake- rium on the construction of Bradenburg Sawac Nestor A. Castro Post Office PCC-CAR 01-04-99 8am starting at the Melvin bration of National Victory holders will gathering for the buildings and the cutting of Jones grandstand up to the Day on September 3, 2019. 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Cont. on page 5 Cont. on page 5 The Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, 2019 JUNCTION NEWS WEEKEND 3 Sablan to stage 5th Sale of Mindanao fruits along Fruit Festival Session road to be pursued AGUIO CITY – The local cessful as many residents and chance to purchase the said government expressed tourists were satisfied with products at much cheaper Bsatisfaction on the outcome the outcome of the sale of prices compared to prevail- of the sale of assorted fruits the fruits from Mindanao on ing market prices. from Mindanao along the portion of Session road Under the proposed Session road last week con- that was closed for pedestri- agreement, the middlemen sidering the overwhelming anization. in the value chain will be support showed by residents He apologized for significantly reduced as the and tourists alike to the said whatever hitches encoun- fruits of Mindanao farmers endeavor that was done in tered by the public during the will be given to the Mindanao close coordination with the initial staging of the MINDA consolidator, with the same Mindanao Development fruit festival as the local gov- arrangement for Cordillera Authority (MINDA). ernment had only 4 days to products with a Baguio con- Mayor Benjamin B. prepare for the said activity. solidator, which will then be Magalong issued Executive Earlier, Piñol also apol- distributed to vendors in the Order No. 072, series of 2019 ogized for the inadequate respective venues. allowing the operation of supply of fruits brought to The MINDA chairman the city courtesy of the Phil- the MINDA fruit festival on claimed that the next delivery ippine Air Force that were Sunday, September 1, 2019 of fruits from Mindanao will sold along Session road and Fruity Float Parade is one of the highlights of the Fruit festival along Session road pursuant be a much bigger volume as celebration of the municipal government of Sablan. assured a bigger volume of they did not expect that the to Article 45 of the internal fruits will be shipped to the rules of procedures of the 22 tons of assorted fruits ABLAN, Benguet - - competitions for elementary Philippine good agricultural city for a repeat event in the Local government code that they brought to the city last This town is all set for and high school students at practice followed by an ori- coming weeks. allows the temporary closure Sunday was immediate- Sthe staging of its 5th Fruit the Municipal Building II. entation and updates from The city government and of any national or local road ly consumed in a span of Festival next week. The Agro-Industrial Trade the office of the Philippine MINDA will be forging for the conduct of indus- around 4 hours. Mayor Manuel Munar said Fair showcasing the town’s Crop Insurance Corporation. an agreement to formalize trial and agricultural fairs He stated that MINDA will the three-day event from produce and processed As the congress will serve the barter of Mindanao wherein the duration shall directly get in touch with the September 2-4 will feature products will also open. as a venue for learning, there and Cordillera products be specified. economic enterprise office fresh fruit medley serving for In the afternoon will be will be actual presentation to provide added markets The city chief executive that will be established by free public savoring. the search for best quality of specimen of soil samples for the products of the stated the first MINDA fruit the city government to ensure Fresh fruits such as fruits such as the heaviest and common pests and two regions and for people festival last Sunday was suc- in both place to have the consistency and sustainabil- pomelo, papaya, pineapple, banana bunch and jackfruit; diseases affecting agricultural ity in the implementation of guava, coconut, and sweetest papaya, pomelo, produce and how to prevent the barter program to benefit rambutan will be served guyabano, and pineapple; or combat such. both regions. garnished with rare fruits and fruit and berries plating The last day will be Mayor wants operation of On the other hand, the produced in the area such competition or the inno- devoted for competitions city government will evaluate as mabolo, durian, man- vative presentation of fruit on ground demonstration the outcome of the first and gosteen, and lanzones. The served in a platter. among elementary and high Asin plants a flagship project AGUIO CITY – Mayor second MINDA fruit festival fruit medley which will be A Diskwento Caravan school students and out-of- department on the city gov- Benjamin B. Magalong in the city to make proper served during the opening sponsored by one of the school youth and the civil ernment’s position on the Bwants an operating city- adjustments for forthcom- program is expected to serve popular supermarkets society organizations, and present status of the city- owned Asin minihydro ing similar events to address about 800 people like in the will take place during the awarding of winners in the owned power generation power plants as one of the issues and concerns raised by previous years, according three-day period beside the various competitions. plants to ensure that the city flagship projects of the city the public./Dexter A. See to Agricultural Technician Municipal Hall. The festival was conceptu- will be able to benefit from government maximizing Arthur Mariano. Activities for Sept. 3 alized during the term of now the eventual operation of Energy will be the potentials of the plants The festival will kick include a Farmers Congress. Vice Mayor Arthur Baldo the said plants mothballed resolved within three weeks in providing added income off on September 2 with Lectures in the morning will as the local chief executive for over 6 years now. before the formal issuance to the city. a Eucharistic celebration be on citrus production and to help promote the fruit He said energy officials of the required renewable The city chief executive and a fruity float parade. root crops protection by the industry of the municipal- assured him the pending energy service contract in recently made represen- This will be followed by an Benguet State University and ity. Sablan is known for cases involving the city gov- favour of the city, thus, tations with the energy opening program at 9:00 am presentation of the Provin- its sweet pineapples, and ernment and Global Goldlink Cont. on page 5 at the Municipal Gym with cial Veterinary Livelihood for some years now, the Governor Melchor Diclas as Program by the Provincial town has been emerging as the guest speaker. Veterinary Office. The producer of different fruits DPWH-CAR proposes P3 B for Alongside the opening afternoon will be have Office such as rambutan, lanzones, program will be a canvass of the Provincial Agricultur- gayubano and even durian. painting and poster-making ist for the presentation the It is being primed as the fruit Kennon Road slope protection BAGUIO CITY - The Kennon Road , Dacwag protection interventions basket of Benguet. (JDP/ Department of Public Works which are being done in some SCA-PIA-CAR, Benguet) presented that as of August LTFRB urged not to... and Highways – Cordillera 2019, there are 21 critical portions of Kennon Road is proposing more than P3 and other road networks in from page 1 Local officials fear that sections along Kennon with the way the prevailing billion for the slope pro- Road covering Baguio City the Cordillera ensure stability be able to avail of the services of such taxi units in going to moratorium on the issuance tection of Kennon Road to and Tuba, Benguet that need of the road terrains. and from their desired destinations in the different tourist of franchises in Baguio city ensure safety of motorists the proposed more than P3.7 He added that at least five destinations inside and outside the city. is being circumvented, the and residents. B funding. sections of the first priority Previously, the local legislative body requested the LTFRB number of public utility DPWH-CAR Engineer Of the 21 critical sections, areas need bigger interven- to impose a moratorium on the issuance of franchises for vehicles that will ply the Arnold Dacwag presented an at least 14 sections have been tion such as building of public utility vehicles operating in the city following the city’s route will continue updated plan for the rehabil- identified as first priority or rock sheds because of the alleged proliferation of fraudulently issued certificates of to increase that will have a itation of Kennon Road with areas that need immediate perceived rock mass that public convenience that resulted to the sudden surge in the serious negative impact to placement of various slope action due to the imminent tend to erode. number of public utility vehicles operating in the city that the efforts of the local gov- protection methods that are danger while the seven Dacwag said that these caused the worsening traffic congestions, especially within ernment to improve the appropriate and are needed sections are in the second slope protection measures do the central business district area. current traffic congestions, for the slopes and terrain of priority. not necessarily make Kennon Under the prevailing moratorium on the issuance of especially in the central the different sections of the Dacwag explained that Road into an “all-weath- franchises to applicants interested to operate public utility business district, consider- 34-kilometer Kennon Road. the critical areas need rock er road” but this would vehicles, no certificates of public convenience will be issued ing the enormous volume of During the recent Cordil- netting with slope trimming, make Kennon Road as a by the LTFRB without the official endorsement of the local vehicles that have to occupy lera Regional Disaster Risk retaining walls, crib walls, safer road for residents and government in the form of a resolution that will be passed the narrow roads around the and Reduction Manage- and soil nailing. These slope non-residents who would be by the local legislative body. city./Dexter A. See ment Council – Task Group Cont. on page 5 The JUNCTION Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, 2019 4 WEEKEND OPINIONS Duterte and the POGO dilemma By: Bob Herrera-Lim (www.rappler.com) Beijing has asked that POGOs be closed, but their departure would in the near term adversely affect the bottom line of several of the Philippines’ largest real estate firms. It’s for President Duterte to save the sector. When President visits China this week, he is expected to intercede on behalf of POGOs, which are the Philippine-based backroom operations of online gambling sites that service Chinese players on the mainland. Beijing has asked that they be closed, but their departure would in the near term adversely affect the bottom line of several of the country’s largest real estate firms. The burden will be on him – unfairly, it must be emphasized – to save the sector.

Fundamentally, the POGOs are in a bind. Gambling is officially illegal in China, and Chinese officials know that these firms target the mainland and thus skirt the core of the Chinese gambling ban. This makes it difficult for them to formulate policy on POGOs outside of the binary outcomes of tolerance or closure. KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS But the rise of the POGOs is also a lesson for the Philippine government and industry on how to not disregard the social effects of large flows of migrant workers, whether Si Jesus ang Diyos na bumaba for temporary employment or otherwise – especially in sectors such as tourism or mula sa langit construction. POGOs primarily provide marketing, customer service and IT support for online By: Atty. Batas Mauricio gambling sites, mainly by hiring Chinese employees. The Philippine government estimates INSPIRASYON SA BUHAY: “…`kung tunay na kilala ninyo ako, makikilala din that there are about 130,000 of these imported workers in the country, but the number ninyo ang aking Ama. Mula ngayon, kilala na ninyo at nakita na ninyo siya… sinuman ang could easily be twice that. POGOs are primarily located in Manila and Makati. They nakakita na sa akin ay nakakita na sa Ama…” (si Jesus, ang ating Diyos at Tagapagligtas, can be found clustered in large condominium developments, residential subdivisions or na Siyang Diyos Ama, Anak, at Espiritu Santo, sa Juan 14:7, 9, Bibliya). re-purposed buildings, and are driven around in dedicated staff vehicles. -ooo- Under the policy radar KAIBAHAN NG MGA AND KNK: Ang isang bagay na matinding pinaniniwalaan ng POGOs started taking off around 2016, but for much of the past 3 years have largely mga kasapi ng Simbahang Anak ng Diyos Kadugo ni Kristo (AND KNK) ay ang kanilang flown under the policy radar. This suited the kaibahan sa ibang mga mananampalatayang Kristiyano, bunga ng kanilang pagkakaroon industry. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming ng matitibay na pruweba mula sa Bibliya na si Jesus ang Diyos at Tagapagligtas, at Diyos Corporation (Pagcor) earned its fees, and real Ama, Anak, at Espiritu Santo. EDITORIAL estate developers and property owners benefited Ito ay nagmumula sa kanilang masusi at regular na paghimay at pagbubulay-bulay sa from the higher demand. It also meant fewer Bibliya na kanilang isinasagawa sa kanilang araw-araw na buhay. Inuutusan kasi ang regulations and less public and media attention. mga kasapi ng AND KNk na basahin ang kanilang mga Bibliya araw-araw at, kung may But this view was too narrow and neglected the political and social dynamics that panahon pa sila, hinihingi ding dumalo sila sa mga pagtalakay ng Bibliya na isinasagawa now drive perceptions of the industry. ng Simbahan tuwing Sabado at Linggo. When China looks at gambling, it sees mainly social and financial risks. Beijing is Ang layunin ng ganitong regular o araw-araw na pagpapalalim sa Bibliya ay gawin ang averse to people and families losing their savings or falling into debt. It is also likely bawat kasapi ng AND KNK na lubos na makaunawa ng mga katibayang nagmumula sa concerned about the domestic backlash if Chinese workers here become victims of crime Banal na Aklat na si Jesus ang Diyos at agapagligtas, na Siyang Ama, Anak, at Espiritu and extortion, in much the same way that the treatment of Filipino OFWs can become Santo, upang silang lahat ay makakatayo saan man o anumang oras, upang ipaliwanag ang a national rallying cry. kanilang pananampalataya ukol kay Jesus. The Philippine proposal to create POGO hubs may also be generating images of -ooo- ghettos for its citizens, which is inconsistent with its rise as a global power. DISIPLINADONG PAG-AARAL NG BIBLIYA MAY DALANG PAGPAPALA: Ang On the financial side, since it cannot officially license gambling, no revenues accrue ganoong klase ng disiplinadong pag-unawa sa Bibliya ay may dalang hamon at kahirapan, to the Chinese government, with the money of its citizens leaking into unknown cracks bagamat ito ay nagbibigay din naman ng malaking pagpapala. Tunay nga, napakahirap of gaming or corruption, instead of consumption or saving. Beijing may also be worried ipaunawa ang Bibliya sa mga taong ni wala halos pinag-aralan dahil nakatapos lamang that the financial infrastructure for online gaming can be used for money laundering sila ng high school, at tunay namang hindi nasanay sa araw-araw na pagbabasa, at kulang or fraud as well. ng sapat na kaunawaan sa mga bagay na pang-espirituwal. The belief that POGOs would remain uncontroversial in the Philippines was also Magkaganunman, ang ganitong mga pagkilos---ipaunawa ang bibliya sa mga maliliit at fanciful. The large-scale influx of people will always have a social effect. walang talino---ay nagdadala din ng napakalaking biyaya sa hanay naming nagsusumikap Impact on communities mapagtagumpayan ang lahat ng mga balakid upang maipaliwanag ang misteryo na si Jesus Improperly managed, it can trigger nationalism or worse, xenophobia. POGO workers ang Diyos at agapagligtas, at siyang Diyos Ama, Anak, at spiritu Santo, na nagkatawang- have settled in the densest parts of the metropolis where many people live cheek by jowl tao dahil sa kanyang malabis na pag-ibig sa kanyang mga nilalang. and in a country where a large percentage of the population – and even the military – is Totoo nga, pagpapala ang makita ang pagbabago ng mga ordinaryo at mga walang distrustful of their home country’s geopolitical intentions. Thus, the interaction between pinag-aralang lalaki at babae, kasama na ang mga batang kahihiwalay lamang halos sa the locals and newcomers, or the lack of it, often magnifies perceptions. dibdib ng kanilang mga ina, na nagiging matikas na tagapagpahayag na ng katotohanang Although POGO workers do not take jobs from because of the language si Jesus ang Diyos at Tagapagligtas, at, batay sa pagbabago nilang ito, naaagaw nila ang requirement, this is not the only context for their stay. Their demand for staff housing mga taong naipagkasundo na sa apoy ng impiyerno dahil sa kawalan ng pananampalataya. has driven up housing and rental prices, which is a sore point for Filipino workers or -ooo- their families wanting to rent or buy near their workplaces. SI JESUS ANG DIYOS NA BUMABA MULA SA LANGIT: Kasama sa mga Until recently, income taxes were not being collected from POGO workers, which katibayang hawak ng mga kasapi ng AND KNK, batay sa Juan 14 ng Bibliya, ay ang stoked a sense of unfairness. And then there are the cultural differences which can pagpapatotoo ng mga alagad o disipulo ni Jesus na sina Tomas at Felipe, sa pamamagitan become exaggerated. It is unfair to taint Chinese workers or tourists as a whole because ng kanilang pakikipag-usap kay Jesus. Sa usapan nilang ito, naipakita na si Jesus talaga of how some of them have behaved, in the same way that our OFWs should not be judged ang Ama. Kay Tomas, halimbawa, sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya na ang sinumang nakakita na because of the inevitable bad apples. sa Kanya (kay Jesus), ay nakita na din ang Ama. But in a world of Instagram or Facebook, viral videos of Chinese tourists and POGO Para kay Felipe naman, ang kanyang hiling kay Jesus ay ito: “Ipakita ninyo ang Ama sa workers become the focal point of emotional online discussions. Some of them have amin at ito ay sapat na.” Ang sagot ni Jesus ay nakakayanig, gaya ng sagot niya kay omas: bordered on racism. “Sinumang nakakita na sa akin ay nakakita na sa Ama.” Totoo nga, walang duda kung ano Addressing these issues needs effort and coordination. Our government has learned ang ipinapahayag ni Jesus dito, gaya ng malaon na niyang sinasabi: Siya at ang Ama ay iisa. to provide cultural and social briefings for OFWs traveling abroad, and our embassies Ang mga patotoong ito mula kina Tomas at Felipe ay kumukumpirmang si Jesus ang and foreign services officers are primed to respond to conflicts between employers and Diyos Ama na bumaba mula sa langit at tumungo sa lupa sa anyo ng tao, may laman at OFWs in their host countries. dugo, dahil sa kanyang pag-ibig sa ating lahat. Ang layunin Niya ay tanggapin ang parusa What government needs to do para sa ating mga kasalanan, upang ang mga mananampalataya sa Kanya na Siya ang Diyos Pagcor should have encouraged POGOs to be similarly mindful of the potential for Ama, Anak, at Espiritu Santo, ay mapatawad, at magkaroon ng Cont. on page 6 cultural conflict. They could have warned against Chinese language-only restaurants, even if they may not be illegal. And they could have worked out Contact Nos. (0917) 5069123, (074) 422-4215 a way for POGO workers to pay taxes from the outset, instead of waiting Tired of Graft & Corruption? or you can write to P.O. Box 1588, 2600 Baguio for the Department of Finance to come chasing. Linis Gobyerno is an anti-graft, City e-mail: [email protected] website: Western foreign investors often engage in community relations to build corruption prevention and detection office. www.linisgobyerno.org Cont. on page 5 Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, 2019 The COMMENTARIES JUNCTIONWEEKEND 5 City lines up activities... the SC decision in Inmates of NBP v. de Lima, et DISPATCH FROM CRAME al was promulgated, must have been or should be from page 2 On the ongoing debate regarding the old law prescribing shorter period of allowable the GCTA Law GCTA deduction. It could not be the increased Miss Baguio will be held on September 28, 2019. GCTA under R.A. 10592 because the retroactivity Completing the highlight of the month-long celebration By: Sen. Leila De Lima will be the Baguio Charity Ball, a civic gathering of bene- It should be emphasized that the most crucial point in the of the amendatory law came about only after the SC factors, donors and friends in support of the city’s programs ongoing debate and confusion about the issue of entitlement decision which struck down as invalid the provision for children, and the promotion of culture and arts, to be for release under R.A. 10592, or the Expanded GCTA Law, of the IRR which prescribes prospectivity. held at the Baguio Convention Center on September 29, is the question of “Good Conduct”. All these questions must be pointedly asked and 2019 at around 6 pm. The IRR of the law defines “good conduct” as “the clear answers given in the congressional inquiry Baguio City was declared as a chartered city by the Phil- conspicuous and satisfactory behavior of a detention separately conducted by both Houses into the ippine Commission during its session held in the city on implementation of R.A. 10592. September 1, 1909 and evolved into one of the well-developed or convicted prisoner consisting of active involvement cities and a prime tourist destination in the country, as well in rehabilitation programs, productive participation in as a melting pot of different cultures to date./Dexter A. See authorized work activities or accomplishment of exemplary SALE OF PUBLIC LAND deeds coupled with faithful obedience to all prison/jail rules Notice is hereby given that the Patent and Deeds, DENR-CAR at PENRO Benguet, Wangal, La Moratorium on put up... and regulations. (Rule III, Sec. 1 [p]) The grant of GCTA Trinidad, Benguet will sell through oral bidding at exactly 10 o’clock (10:00) A.M. on December 23, 2019 or expanded GCTA is envisioned to be “a reward for good the tract of land described below: from page 2 conduct and exemplary behavior.” (Rule III, Sec. 1 [q]) It Location: Res. Sec. “L”, Irisan, Baguio City order providing for the guidelines in the implementation is likewise stressed that “in all instances, the detained or Description: RESIDENTIAL LAND of the moratorium was already submitted to the Office of convicted prisoner must faithfully obey all prison/jail rules the President through Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu Area: 232 Square Meters and regulations.” (Rule V, Sec. 4). Appraised Value of Land: Php1,775.00 per square meter and Interior and Local government Secretary |Eduardo Note that good conduct here is not mere “passive” good Anyo but the same has not yet been signed to date. conduct or absence of bad behavior in the sense that the PDL Improvements: Php 1,950,000.00 The implementation of the moratorium will also pave the Reference: TSA 131102-2230 way for the review of the city’s comprehensive land use plan has not violated any prison rule, but contemplates active or and zoning ordinance to prevent the further construction of pro-active good conduct exemplified by active involvement HILARIO REGNER DIOQUINO high rise buildings that will have a serious negative impact in rehabilitation programs and authorized activities and No bid shall be accepted that does not equal at least two-thirds (2/3) of the appraised value of the to the city’s state of environment in the future./Dexter A. See exemplary works, on top of adherence to prison rules and land. In order that a person may be entitled to participate in the bidding, he must, before the commence- regulations. ment thereof, make a deposit of at least ten percent (10%) of his bid. A person bidding in representation Kakampi mo ang batas Ang tanong dapat natin ngayon ay ito: Sinunod ba o of another may do so under a duly executed power-of-attorney and presentation of any authorized identi- sinusunod ba ang batayan na ito hinggil sa “good conduct” fication card. During the bidding, the bidder has to make an additional deposit every time his bid is raised from page 4 sa pagpapatupad ng batas? Did the 11,000 or so PDLs slated lugar sa Paraiso sa buhay na walang hanggan. to complete the 10% of his raised bid; otherwise, such bid as raised shall not be accepted. The chairman for release in the advent of the SC ruling on the retroactivity of the Bidding Committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Only deposits in cash, postal money -ooo- of R.A. 10592 truly qualify based on the above definition REAKSIYON? Tawag po sa 0977 805 9058, of “good conduct”? order, certified check, cashier’s check and manager’s check can be accepted. 0918 574 0193, 0933 8251308 o sa aking Messenger Malinaw sa atin na ang mga katulad ni ex-Mayor Sanchez All persons interested to participate in the scheduled public auction sale shall submit pre-qualification account sa Facebook: Melanio Lazo Mauricio Jr. Email: na nahulihan ng shabu at iba pang mga contrabands sa requirements and subjected to pre-qualification screening on or before fifteen (15) days prior to the day [email protected], [email protected]. kanyang selda at yung mga NBP convicts-witnesses in the of the auction sale as provided for under the provisions of DENR Memorandum Circular No. 2007-11, Maaari din po kayong mag-post ng inyong mga reaksiyon drug cases against me na umamin nga sa pagkakasangkot series of 2007. sa aking Facebook page, www.facebook.com/attybatas. nila sa illegal dug trading inside NBP at nahulihan rin ng Any bidder must possess all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to acquire a parcel of Editorial mga contrabands noong Dec. 15, 2014 major raid, ay hindi land in consonance with the provisions of law; he or his spouse should no be an owner of any home lot karapat-dapat bigyan ng GCTA. within the City of Baguio; he must be equipped with a Certificate of No-Home lot to be secured at the City from page 4 Muli, ang tanong: Ilan pang mga ala-Mayor Sanchez o Assessor’s Office and a Voter’s I.D. (to verify citizen); marriage contract; and birth certificate, which ever local ties, but POGOs try as much as they can to insulate mga notorious inmates na patuloy ang mga paglabag sa batas is applicable to be presented to the Bidding Committee before the start of the bidding. non-compliance at mga patakaran ang kasama sa listahan ng BuCor ng mga themselves from local communities. thereof will be an outright ground for disqualification of any interested bidder. Not everything that matters to a local population has to supposedly qualified PDLs for release under R.A. 10592? As to the reported actual release of more than 22,000 The successful bidder, if other than the applicant, shall reimburse the latter within a period of 120 do with economic numbers, but with the sense of fairness days from the date of bidding of the total value of the improvements, the expenses for the publication of and community. – Rappler.com prisoners over the past 5 years, it must be asked: How Bob Herrera-Lim is the Southeast Asia analyst for the many of these were released under the old law on GCTA, the notice of auction sale and the survey cost of the land. New York-based firm Teneo. i.e. Art.97 of the Revised Penal Code, and how many under DENR-CAR, Wangal, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines ,18 JULY 2019. the new law, R.A. 10592, which increased the creditable (SGD) CARLOS S. ARIDA, SR., PHD Mayor wants operation... period for GCTA? PENR Officer This question is important because the basis for Aug. 17, 24, 31 & Sept 7, 14, 21, 2019 from page 3 the release of qualified PDLs during or between the what will be left for the cityto address is the contract period April 2014 or thereabouts (when the IRR DPWH-CAR proposes... with Kaltimex Energy Philippines. took effect) and June 2019 or thereabouts when Further, he requested the City Legal Office to from page 3 recommend what is best action to take on the matter operated the same. The city government took from HEDCOR the passing the scenic road. of the city government’s contract with Kaltimex whose Of the proposed more than P3.7 B proposed funding, judicial restitution is now pending before a local court. operation of the Asin minihydro power plants after the lapse of the 25-year contract entered into by the at least P640, 000 has been funded and to be implemented The city government is studying the most appropriate this 2019 which includes rock netting with retaining wall action to take to ensure the city-owned power genera- parties in 1981. tion plants will be operational the soonest. From 2006 to October 2012, the city government and slope trimming. Magalong also directed those in charge of the operated the power plants until it was issued a cease- Aside from the immediate slope protection methods for operation of the Asin minihydro power plants to facil- and-desist order by the Energy Regulatory Commission Kennon Road, Dacwag presented another future proposal itate the immediate transfer of the task declaration of (ERC) because of the lack of the certificate of compli- for the road line which is the building of series of tunnel and the units of equipment of the plants to the local govern- ance from the regulating agency. bridges with a length of more than 19 kilometers estimated ment which are still under the Hydroelectric Develop- Vice Mayor Faustino A. Olowan said the City Council at P38 B. ment Corporation (HEDCOR) that previously will leave the matter to the sound discretion of Mayor Meanwhile, during the CRDRRMC- Task Group meeting, Magalong and will support with legislative action CRDRRMC Chair OCD-CAR Regional Director Albert The whatever direction he will take. Mogol presented the Task Group Kennon Road to Baguio Ad Rates JUNCTION Baguio city is the only local government in City Mayor Benjamin Magalong and explained the role 1 page : P19,000.00 www.junctionnews.com the country that owns power generation plants, of the task group which aims to provide a framework for 1/2 page: 9,500.00 Paper/Page Size: 10” x 13” such as the Asin minihydro plants located cooperation among member agencies for a safe and efficient (25 cm x 33 cm) within the jurisdiction of Tuba, Benguet. movement of road users along Kennon Road through 1/4 page: 4,750.00 1 column length: 29.75 cm The city government wants to ensure all the 1/8 page: 2,375.00 pertinent documents shall have been complied well-coordinated administration and regulation of access @ 7 columns per page for and incident management activities judicial ads by the winning developer of the power genera- 1 col. cm. 85.00 Mogol said the various member agencies signed a mem- Above rates are for black and white. For colored Ads, add 30%. tion plants before the same will be operational Generous rate discounts available depending on volume of ad to prevent legal impediment that may arise. orandum of understanding that provides the role and com- placements. The rehabilitation and operation of the power mitment of each agency and LGUs down to the barangay Judicial Publication Rates: 80% of commercial advertising rates as per plants was bidded out by the city sometime in level for the implementation of the serious control of vehicles PD 1079 and SC A.M. No. 01 1-07. 2014 with Kaltimex winning and being awarded passing through Kennon Road. All Baguio and Benguet Judicial Publication Rates are standard as agreed with the IBP and RTC as follows: Baguio City – P180/column inch; the contract in 2015 but it took the City Council During the meeting, DPWH-CAR Regional Director Benguet – P160/ column inch. over a year to confirm the required memoran- Tiburcio Canlas reminded that Kennon Road is open to Published every weekend except during election season when dum of agreement (MOA) for the said project/ residents only and remains closed to non-residents as rec- publication is on a bi-weekly basis. Dexter A. See ommended by the Task Group. (JDP/ RMC- PIA CAR) The JUNCTION Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, 2019 6 WEEKEND LEGAL/JUDICIAL NOTICES Republic of the to conduct a Child From kafagway to Baguio Philippines and Home Study and Extrajudicial Settlement of the Estate of submit to this c ourt her from page 7 REGIONAL REPORTS, incorporat- TRIAL COURT, with the US Army close to eighty years ago were an adventurous lot the late Delia Aquino Campomanes ing therein her findings who stayed behind to make their fortunes, mostly in mining within BRANCH 9 and recommendations, the Benguet area. Among these pioneers was Phelps Whitmarsh, an (FAMILY COURT and furnishing copies Englishman correspondent for a New York magazine. Another was Notice is hereby given that the estate of Delia Aquino thereof to the Office Tex Reavis, a colorful sour-dough who used to drive his horse up from FOR BENGUET of the Solicitor General his stake at Antamok to the old Pines Hotel where he would deposit PROVINCE) and to the Office of Campomanes who died on October 7, 2016 at Notre Dame his pouch of gold dust at the bar and invite everybody to rounds until FIRST JUDICIAL the Provincial Prosecu- it was time to ride back to his place. REGION tor of Benguet. The said Hospital, Baguio City involving BPI Saving Account number offices may or may not In 1903, the Benguet consolidated Mining Company was founded La Trinidad, file the Comment to said by the soldiers Nelson Peterson and Henry Clyde, putting up their 0573-2379-86 had been the subject of an extrajudicial Benguet REPORTS. respective claims in Antamok in favor of the corporation. The REPORT of the Another mining firm which began operation in 1905 was Baguio settlement among the heirs as per Doc. No. 99, Page No. IN RE: PETITION Court Social Worker Gold. should be submitted to In the 1930’s, described by historians as the decade of the Gold Rush, 60; Book no. XXXVII; Series of 2019 dated August 22, 2019 FOR ADOPTION OF this court at least fifteen things became better. There were only 94 mining locations registered THE MINOR PETER (15) days befor e the in the Mountain Province in 1929. In 1931, mine taxes amounted to of the notarial registry of Robles G. Calabias of Baguio City JOSH GABRIEL initial hearing of this close to half a million pesos. In 1939, it was P7.9 million pesos, the August 24, 31, & Sept 7, 2019 PORTE PLACIDO, Petition, which shall bulk of which came from the Baguio-Benguet area. be on October 9, 2019 Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company in Mankayan, Benguet at 9:00 o’clock in the was founded during the mining boom and grew to be the biggest Extrajudicial Settlement of the estate of SPOUSES PERRIE morning. copper producer in the Far East. Spouses Damian and Angelita Domalsin with NINA ANGELIE Let this ORDER be On June 21, 1958, the mill at Philex Mines in Tuba, Benguet was P. RAMOS AND published at the expense inaugurated. simultaneous Waiver of Hereditary Rights of the Petitioner in the MICHAEL D. These developments, however, should not wipe out the fact that THE JUNCTION, a Notice is hereby given that the estate of spouses Damian and RAMOS, the igorots were actually the first in the islands to produce gold. Their newspaper of general method of panning gold persists to this very day. -Petitioner circulation in Baguio Angelita Domalsin who died on January 5, 2017 and September 6, City and Benguet THE PERIOD OF RECONSTRUCTION 2012, respectively at Baguio General Hospital Baguio City pertaining Province and the Cor- From the chaos wrought by the Second World War, came -versus- dillera Administrative the confusion of the period of reconstruction. Appointed as the first to a Cogonal land with tax declaration number 7394 located at Loklok Region, once a week mayor of Baguio under the Philippine Republic was Pedro Armena, LOCAL CIVIL for three (3) consecutive Gawana Barlig, Mountain Province is the subject of an extrajudicial followed by a native son of Baguio, Dr. Jose Carino. Under Mayor REGISTRAR weeks. The first publica- settlement of estate with simultaneous waiver of hereditary rights tion to be made not later Carino, the new auditorium was built, the Santo Tomas waterworks OF BAGUIO than August 25, 2019. All was completed, a loan for six buildings at the city market was secured, among the heirs as per Doc. No. 25; Page No. 03, Book No. XXXVII; CITY, PHILIP- interested persons may the new city hall was begun and the Asin Hot springs was opened. PINE STATIS- come to court and show Several government buildings were also reconstructed. series of 2019 of the notarial Registry of Notary Public Robles G. TICS AUTHORITY, cause, if any, why this Mayor Gill Mallari followed next. As city mayor, he tried to cut Calabias of Baguio City on August 14, 2019. Petition should not be down unnecessary expenses as a measure of pulling out the city from August 17, 24, & 31, 2019 AND AURELIO G, granted. the red. For a short while, Mayor Benito Lopez took over, followed PLACIDO JR., Furnish copies of this by Alfonso Tabora. -Respondents, ORDER, together with Mayor Tabora initiated artesian wells to complement the water Notice of Extrajudicial copies of Petition and its supply of the city. His other biggest achievement was the confine- annexes, to the Office SPECIAL ment of the problem of squatters. He was also particularly known of the Solicitor general; for planting islands to separate directions along main roads. Similar Settlement PROCEEDINGS the Office of the Pro- to those cities he visited in Europe. CASE NO. vincial Prosecutor of Dr. Bienvenido yandoc was the last to serve Baguio under the Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of 19-SP-1992 Benguet; the Local Civil old charter, but his tenure was short. Then lawyer Luis Lardizabal Registrar of Baguio City; was elected to become the longest-serving Filipino mayor. Except the Philippine Statistics FELICISIMO ESTEBAL, who died on February 9, 2011 x------x for a four-year turnover to Mayor Norberto de Guzman, Lardizabal Authority; and the Court continued as chief executive. The tenure of mayor de Guzman was Social Worker. Furnish marked by vast immigration to newly opened areas in the city such at New York City, NY U.S.A was extrajudicially settled ORDER copies of this ORDER as Aurora Hill. to THE Junction and the by the heirs on August 6, 2019 as evidenced by Doc. petitioners and counsel. Petitioners, through BEFORE AND AFTER FEBRUARY REVOLUTION counsel, filed a verified History has still be settled about the period from the declaration of, SO ORDERED. No. 76; Page No. 17; Book No. X; Series of 2019 Petition for Adoption, martial law by deposed President Ferdinand Marcos to the time the praying that after due people’s revolution catapulted President Corazon Aquino to power. notice, publication and IN CHAMBER, this before the Notary Public Vicente Jose M. Angeles. 14th day of August 2019, There were no elections until 1979 and relative peace and stability hearing, judgement be seemed to have taken root. There were slogans and programs, clean- August 17, 24, & 31, 2019 rendered declaring minor at La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines. liness in our physical surroundings and in type daily operations of Peter Josh Gabriel Porte the local government seemed to be the order of the day. weeks and months lived in tents on streets and open spaces, Placido the child of peti- Mayor Lardizabal continued until be was replaced by former Air returned to pick up the shattered pieces of their homes and tioner Michael D. Ramos (SGD) MARIETTA S. force Ernesto Bueno. Bueno was responsible for bringing into the city lives and shed off their mourning clothes. and that the adoptee BRAWNER – CUALING Judge coffers P21 million which was mostly spent on the concreting of the People who saw the extent of the devastation thought shall be known for all Baguio would never fully recover from the tragedy. Then Vice- purposes and registered major city roads. Under Lardizabal, most of the public utility systems August 17, 24 & 31, 2019 which were installed by the Americans were ceded to private as well mayor-elect Mauricio Domogan took over from Mayor Labo in the Civil Registry of after the 1992 elections and immediately pursued calamity Baguio City as PETER rehabilitation projects and service delivery programs. He JOSH GABRIEL PORTE as quasi-government entities. After the February revolution set in 1986, OIC-Mayor Francisco Paraan took over and addressed underscored honesty and dedication, unity and cooperation RAMOS. as guideposts to his administration. WHEREFORE, finding himself immediately the problem of squatters. The transition was perhaps the most peaceful in Today, the city has gone far beyond erasing the traces of the Petition to be suf- the country as Bueno readily yielded the reins of the local government. Paraan brought along ficient in form and with him the management expertise of the private sector. For a time, he was able to contain the the 1990 tragedy, mainly through the combined efforts of substance, the petitioners proliferation of squatters. Mayor Ramon Labo, Jr. was the first mayor to be elected under the local and national leadership. With sustained support from are directed to meet and constitution. He immediately started working on restoring the city’s image as a prime tourist President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose special concern confer with the Court destination and, as philanthropist, spent his own funds for the uplift of depressed communi- for Baguio has been concretely manifested by her frequent Social Worker for the ties and individuals. visits to oversee the multi-million peso projects funded by his conduct of the Child and THE 1990 EARTHQUAKE AND BEYOND administration, the unprecedented pace of concrete and social Home study in relation Mayor Jaime Bugnosen was at the helm when a devastating earthquake hit on July 16, 1990. infrastructure boom were carried on thought the adminis- to this Petition. The Two hundred sixty five people died in that tragedy that leveled numerous high-rise buildings trations of Mayors Bernardo Vergara, Braulio Yaranon, Peter Court Social Worker and isolated the city from the rest of the country. Economy was at a standstill while relief oper- Rey Bautista and the returning Domogan who all worked to therefore is directed ations continued even after the aftershocks had long died out. Slowly, residents who had for sustain Baguio’s programs. Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, 2019 The LEGAL/JUDICIAL NOTICES JUNCTIONWEEKEND 7 From kafagway to Baguio from page 8 City eyes cooperative as partner uidation of its assets and its By the end of the first decade, Baguio found itself the eventual termination.” proud possessor of a city hall, a storehouse, a corral, market The mayor then directed buildings, a hospital-sanitarium, cottages for government in market development the preparation of the con- AGUIO CITY – The city the project. Financial Rehabilitation and officials, an automobile station, a garage, a plumping plant government is looking As to the Uniwide Sales ceptual plan and eventually and laborers’ quarters. B Insolvency Act of 2010 par- a master development plan into the possibility of a part- Realty and Resources Cor- ticularly section 113 which nership with the existing poration (USRRC), the city’s that would transform the THE IMMIGRANT stipulate that with the liq- trading center into a true market cooperative in expe- co-party in the botched uidation order, USRRC is While the first immigrant to the general vicinity were diting the market modern- market development deal, show window of the city. deemed dissolved and all The original plan approved probably traders and personnel of the Spanish Comandancia ization project. the mayor said the city has contracts entered into by Mayor Benjamin taken action to assert the ter- under the lease agreement in La Trinindad (now capital of Benguet province), the first the company are also deemed forged in 1995 provides for to Kafagway came up with the construction of the Kennon Magalong told the City Hall mination of the deal based on terminated. Hour-Ugnayan press briefing existing statutes. a six-story building with a Road. The mayor also informed total cost of P1.7 billion with Tuesday that the city received He said a letter was sent the liquidator that that it will Motley of races manned this construction, notably the an offer from the market to Justice Martin Villarama Uniwide to operate the upper Chinese, Japanese, British, Americans, natives of the old not agree to any assignment floors for 30 years and the group for a possible joint Jr., the court-appointed liq- of the market contract to any Mountain Province, and Ilocanos from Eastern . venture on the project and uidator in line with the dis- city to continue to supervise The Chinese and the Japanese, who were earlier recruited subsidiary or affiliate of the the first floor where the main the city is considering the solution of the companies company. for the Benguet Road, got immediately assimilated into the same. belonging to the Uniwide market place and legitimate Earlier Asst. City Legal vendors will be housed. city’s lifestyle. They were mostly traders and merchants but The mayor said the city is Group of Companies which Officer Melchor Carlos now in the process of com- include the USRRC as per the However, the develop- later also found themselves developing the multi-million-pe- Rabanes suggested that the ment project was not imple- so highland vegetable industry in the hinterlands of Benguet. pleting the plan with the liquidation order dated Nov. city consider the Design- help of the private sector and 23, 2017. mented due to the protract- They were later joined by the old trading partners of the Build-Lease agreement with ed legal battle involving the Councilors Mylen Yaranon, In said letter, the mayor Uniwide “as terminated and/ Ibaloi-Ilocanos from La Union and Ilocos Sur – who plied Philian Weygan and Joel asserted the city’s intention legality of the contract and their trade via the newly opened Naguilian Road They also or breached in view of the later the dissolution of the Alangsab who the mayor said to avail of the provisions of declaration of the (company) engaged in trade and barter, aside from joining the govern- have been actively pursuing Republic Act 10142 or the Uniwide companies./Aileen ment service or as a teachers in the numerous schools which as insolvent, hence, the liq- P. Refuerzo were put up for the city’s primary and secondary education. Serafin Devesse, built – small parish church and attached a Japanese soldiers arrived. The Japanese immediately began The Indians came in profusion shortly after the Second small school to it in 1911, and purchased some land over- policing the city but left Mayor Valderosa in office. World War, and the Batanguenos soon after. The Muslims looking Campo Filipino. So, from modest beginnings did St. On November 11, 1944, the 66th Infantry under Dennis from the south, the Pampangos, the Visayans and the Louis University start as well as the old Holy Family Colleges. Molintas raided Baguio, cut communications, and fired at the Bicolanos came soon after. Easter School was founded in 1906. Maryknoll Convent Pines Hotel, the Furukawa oil dump, the military garrison Together with the Americans who stayed behind, these School (Marishan) was established in 1938. The Seventh at Pacdal, the Baguio Country Club and other targets. On immigrants developed a lifestyle which is uniquely that of Day Adventists founded their school in 1948. The Philip- January 6, 1945 japanese at the market were strafed by Baguio. pine Bible College was founded by Ralph E. Brashears in American planes bombed city hall and other parts of the July that year. The united Church of Christ pioneered in town. On March 15 came awful carpet bombing to drive THE EARLY YEARS the field of pre-school education in the early sixties. Baguio our the Japanese . One of the fatalities was former Mayor After the first sale of residence and business lots took is, perhaps, the first place in the country where ecumenism Halsema who was buried at the city cemetery. place on May 28, 1906, the next 30 odd years demonstrated took an early and firm root. On April 25, 1945, two American tanks belonging to the immense development. This was mainly due to the efforts Perhaps the highest point in the city’s history of mission- 130th Infantry appeared at Quezon Hill and a few days later, of the visionary American Mayor, Engr. Eusebius Halsema. ary endeavor was the visit by Pope John Paul II in February Baguio was liberated. The telephone system was inaugurated earlier in 1903. 1981. Before a crowd that drew from all walks of life and On September 3, 1945, General Yamashita formally sur- The marker was established in 1913. The rock crusher was religion, the Pontiff said that Baguio played a very special rendered the Japanese forces in the Philippines at Camp installed in 1916. The vegetable market was completed in role in the history of evangelism especially those who are John Hay. 1918. The concrete pipe factory was established in 1920. The classified as ethnic authorities. first hydroelectric plants were completed in 1924, so with The true symbol of the faiths contributing to a single THE GOLD RUSH the Baguio auditorium was finished in 1924. The Baguio landmark in Baguio is perhaps the Baguio Cathedral. At the The Americans who first came up Central School was completed in 1924 and an expansion of Cont. on page 6 the sanitary sewer beyond the Trinidad irrigation system time of its construction, all faiths, Anglicans, was completed in 1929. Lutherans, Roman Catholics, even the pagan Governor General Leonard Wood wrote in 1926: Baguio native, contributed to its cause. has 50 percent more people this summer than ever before and a good deal of building. We have a good many conven- WAR AND LIBERATION tions here this summer and tremendously large number of On December 8, 1941, a group attendance of Teachers Camp. Camp John Hay is packed to of Japanese planes bombed Camp John Hay the limit. Think we can count on Baguio as a real fixture. before proceeding to their main target at Clark More and more Filipinos come every year; and in fact it is Air base in Pampanga. When the Japanese almost impossible to house all of them this year. The gov- main invasion force landed in Lingayen on ernment center is now being used for insular government December 22, 1941, Filipinos joined the employees and authorities and others cannot find a place Americans by staying put in their positions. to stay. I think as the years go on, Baguio will be more and On December 23, the United States army more summer capital of the Islands. evacuated Camp John Hay after instructing The permanent population of Baguio was estimated in the civil government to continue in office. On 1927 at eight thousand souls, while the number of visitors that day, too, the Americans commander, Maj. during the preceding year was estimated to be over sixty Donald van N. Bonnet, ignorant of the efforts thousand. of the USAFFE troops in holding the Bagu- io-Rosario junction at Saitan, moved across the THE MISSIONARY THRUST mountains to the Cagayan Valley and left Lt. In the summer of 1902, Anglican Charles Col. John Horan to face the advancing enemy. Brent sailed to the Philippines, his island diocese, while the Horan already knew of the Japanese landing in government was already starting to construct the Benguet the north. Before pulling out, Horan wire gen. Road. That same year, Brent sent Rev. John Staunton to look Douglas MacArthur with the message: ‘My into the possibility of building a rest house for American right hand in my vise, my nose in an inverted missionaries and of converting the Igorots to Christianity. funnel, constipated my bowels, open my south Staunton chose a site which later would be known as “Con- paw,” On December 24, Horan was ordered to stabulary Hill”, from which he went daily to La Trinidad save his command. where he opened a school for Ilocanos and Igorots. Bishop In the morning of December 26, the Brent later on went on to establish the Baguio School for Japanese arrived at kilometer 4 on Naguilian Boys and Brent International School as it is presently known. Road. Around 11:20 in the morning, three Meanwhile, the fathers of San Patricio or the Belgian Fathers truckloads of Japanese soldiers entered the came to the Philippines at the invitation of the bishop of city without firing a single shoot. Late in the Nueva Segovia. The priest assigned to Baguio, Fr. evening of December 27, eight hundred more

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would claim that there were more than 21 houses, with a meeting hall. The disparity could be accounted for the fact that most of the people of Kafagway withdrew to the outskirts of From Kafagway to the city to avoid the final confrontation between the Americans and the Spaniards. Kafagway was inhabited by the Benguet Ibalois. Of the Benguets, then Minister of interior Worcester wrote: They were kindly, industrious, self respecting, silent tribe of agricultur- ists. They never indulged in head-hunting or caused any serious disturbance of public Baguio By Freddie Mayo and Ramon Dacawi order, and had persistently refused to give up their ancient beliefs. When I first visited their country, I found their men clad in clouts, supplemented, in the case of the wealthy, (Note on the authors: Frederic G. Mayo was one of the best feature writers and broadcast by cotton blankets. The woman usually wore both skirts and upper garments, with bound journalists from Baguio and the Cordillera who died in New York in 1997. Ramon Dacawi towels over their heads as turbans. was a veteran journalist, environmentalist and philanthropist who passed on in July this Kafagway, on which the original Baguio townsite stands, means rono or grassy clearings. year. Both were pioneering members of the City Government Public Information Office. It was first mentioned by the Spaniard Quirante’s report on the district of Antamok in 1624. PRE- HISTORY THE COMING OF THE AMERICANS Evidence shows that the general terrain on which the city of Baguio now stands rose The drafter of Baguio’s charter, former Justice George Malcolm, said that his favorite city from the sea several million of years ago. Fossils of crustaceans identified during the 1950s was still Baguio although he had already seen Simla in India. show that the latest that the area was underwater was during the Pliocene Age. Limestone Baguio could truly be called an American creation. The trip up originally was made in formations of three or more layers measuring 20 meters thick contain coral fossils and have two stages. The first was by streamer from Manila to San Fernando, La Union. The second cracks from which form caves that are extremely permeable to water. from San Fernando through the towns of Naguillian Sablan by horseback and then either Over these rock formation is red mud, known as Terra Rosa which contains a large up to Kafagway or La Trinindad which was then established as the capital of the Spanish quantity of animal remains. comandancia. Then vegetation appeared in the eastern part of the city. The assortment of its vegetation In order to shorten the trip up to Baguio from Manila, work on the Benguet Road began is still a mystery. How the Benguet pine or Pinus Insularis, the Brazillian chayote or sayote, on January 5, 1901 after the Philippine Commission appropriated US$50,000 for the con- the Australian everlasting, the Benguet Lily and the native under-sized passion fruit or struction of a connection from Dagupan, Pangasinan. The final cost would come to US$2 masaflora found their way into Baguio’s environs is still a mystery. million and it would take Col. Lyman Kennon to complete it four years later. In January True enough, later species of flora which grew only in the temperate and seasonal climate of 1905, Col. Kennon rode up on the first wagon to reach the place over the newly construct- the northern hemisphere could be traced to the introduction of these plants by the Chinese, ed road, now named after him. Due to the initial enthusiasm of the first Philippine Com- Japanese and the American, but the greater number of species are still unaccounted for. mission, the early development of the city was not only well planned but also well funded. Even before the Americans finally decided to set up a rest and recreation center in this In 1904, Architect Daniel Burnham who laid out the city of Chicago, visited Baguio and section of the Cordillera, the Spaniards had already accumulated enough data about Baguio’s made a plan for its future development. climate, plants and animal life, and its terrain to pre-empt any plan to establish a highland In the spring of 1905, the Baguio country Club was organized. The clubhouse was a “rude, post in the place originally called Kafagway. grass-roofed shed made of pine slabs”. A member of the First Philippine Commission, Dean Connant Webster, heard that the In 1908, a modern hospital and the governor-general’s residence (now , the place exists, from a Spanish forester while the latter was hunting tamaraw in Mindoro in 1892. officials summer residence of the president) were built. He came to verify these reports only on 1900, and immediately fell in love with the place. In April, 1908, there was opened a “Teacher’s Camp” to which came American school Later records would show that Kafagway was only composed of about seven teachers from all over the islands. houses as a rancheria of La Trinidad, Benguet. But then an observer’s report Cont. on page 7