Tag: Baguio

First COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12 case detected in Baguio City: DOH

DOH says first case also traveled to QC (Eagle News) — The COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12 has been detected in Baguio City, the Department of Health announced on Wednesday, April 27. According to the DOH, the sublineage was detected in a 52-year-old Finnish female who arrived in the country on April 2. The DOH said the patient was not required to undergo routine isolation in a quarantine facility because she was asymptomatic and was fully […]

Cold weather, frost hitting vegetable farms in Benguet worry farmers

(Eagle News) — Vegetable farms in Benguet are affected by the extremely cold temperatures being felt there due to the northern monsoon in Northern Luzon, particularly in the Cordillera region. Baguio City and the rest of the Cordillera region are feeling the cold weather, but the lowest temperature felt so far since December was in Atok, Benguet at six degrees Celsius (6⁰C). In Baguio, the coldest temperature felt this January was at around 10 degrees […]

Storm Pepito brings rains to landslide-prone Cordillera provinces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRoCEM8xvs&feature=youtu.be   (Eagle News) — Baguio City and some provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) were affected by rains and winds brought about by storm Pepito on Wednesday, Oct. 21 as can be seen in this video. Most of these CAR provinces were under Signal No. 1 on Wednesday, but was later lifted as “Pepito” moved over the West Philippine Sea. Local officials in these areas, where landslides usually occur during storms, were on […]

Isang bahagi ng bundok sa Bontoc-Baguio Road, gumuho

BONDOC, Mountain Province (Eagle News) – Bunga ng biglaang pagbuhos ng malakas ng ulan sa Mountain Province ay gumuho ang isang bahagi ng bundok sa Bontoc-Baguio Road sa may Brgy. Chachakan, Bontoc, Mountain Province. Hindi agad naalis ang lupa at mga bato sa daan dahil sa tuloy-tuloy na pagbagsak ng mga bato at lupa sa kalsada. Nagdulot ito ng matinding pagka abala sa mga biyahero dahil tumagal ito ng ilang oras. Ang iba sa mga biyahero ay […]