PAF probes crash of trainer aircraft in Benguet

Priam Nepomuceno - Philippine News Agency 05/20/2026

MANILA – A trainer aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed in Benguet province on Wednesday morning, killing its two pilots. In a message to the Philippine News Agency, PAF spokesperson Col. Ma. Christina Basco said…

Benguet river sweeps SUV; 1 missing, 5 hurt

Kimberlie Quitasol 03/27/2026

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — One person has been reported missing while five others were injured after a sport utility vehicle (SUV) was swept away by Agno River in Sitio Tabu, Barangay Dalupirip, Itogon, Benguet, on Friday afternoon,…

Benguet forest fire affects 14 hectares in Mt. Posdo

Kimberlie Quitasol - Correspondent 02/08/2026

BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera region enters another season of forest fires, underscored by a blaze that hit Mount Posdo in Mankayan in Benguet last week, which is the latest in a string of fires recorded in…

Questions shroud Cabral death; PNP scrambles for evidence

Gabryelle Dumalag, Kathleen de Villa, Vincent Cabreza 12/20/2025

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) sought to retrieve whatever evidence may have been left behind by former Public Works Undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral, whose death on a deep ravine below Kennon Road in Tuba,…

Benguet burial custom of burying dead near their home still alive

Liza Agoot 11/01/2025

BAGUIO CITY – The belief of Benguet province’s residents that their departed loved ones continue to provide guidance and safety to the family members lives on to this day.  Many of the townsfolk thus still bury the dead…

Contractor behind ‘useless’ Kennon Road project is Marcos ally

Dexter Cabalza 08/25/2025

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vowed to address the controversies surrounding the botched, if not nonexistent, infrastructure projects implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) before he steps down in three…

DepEd OKs LGBTQ restroom in Ifugao school; more soon

Vincent Cabreza - Reporter / @Inquirer_Baguio 03/16/2023

BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — There is now a restroom for LGBTQ pupils of an Ifugao high school that will be opened next week as part of a “gender-friendly” innovation being developed for Cordillera schools, an official…

The mystical Lake Tabeo of Benguet and indigenous people’s rights

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 01/10/2023

KABAYAN, Benguet — It was in the early 1990s when I first climbed Mount Pulag, which is considered as Luzon’s highest peak at 2,928 meters (9,606 ft) above sea level (asl) covering an area of 11,550 hectares…

La Trinidad wants to learn and adopt Mandaue’s climate change programs

Mary Rose Sagarino 09/22/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The municipality of La Trinidad, Benguet wants to learn Mandaue City’s programs regarding climate change. On Wednesday, September 21, officials of the municipality including councilors and barangay captains visited Mandaue City to learn…

COVID-19 positivity rate up in Metro Manila, 9 other areas — OCTA

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 07/01/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 positivity rate from June 25 to June 29 in 10 areas in the country has increased, independent pandemic monitor OCTA Research said on Friday. Seven of the areas also breached the World Health…

‘Poging lineman’ on his love and commitment to his work

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 02/08/2022

CEBU, Philippines—Typhoon Odette (internationally name: Rai) had brought so much damage to homes and livelihood in some parts of Visayas, Mindanao, and Palawan after its landfall in December 2021. It also caused darkness as it wiped out…

‘Out-of-the box’ tracing helps Baguio contain COVID-19 spread

Vincent Cabreza - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/28/2020

    BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — Computer-aided contact tracing and information gathered by police and medical investigators are helping the city stem the local transmission of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As of Tuesday, no new…

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