BAGUIO CITY—The summer capital is getting another shot at amending its 1909 Baguio City Charter, after Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. announced that a new bill passed third reading last week. In a speech read by his son, Quezon City Rep. Christopher Belmonte, during the program for Baguio’s 105th founding anniversary on Monday. Belmonte said amending the 1909 charter was … [Read more...] about Baguio charter change measure passes House
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Aquino vetoes bill amending American-era Baguio charter
BAGUIO CITY—President Benigno Aquino III has vetoed a bill updating the 1909 Baguio City Charter, which the American colonial government enacted 104 years ago. City officials, however, have yet to receive any explanation for the decision to nullify House Bill No. 121, Baguio Rep. Bernardo Vergara said Monday. “I spent a year and six months talking to every senator about the … [Read more...] about Aquino vetoes bill amending American-era Baguio charter
Biden heads to Japan after warning on North Korea threat
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (centre L) and US President Joe Biden arrive for a state dinner at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on May 21, 2022. (AFP) SEOUL, South Korea – President Joe Biden flies Sunday to Japan for the second leg of a trip intended to reinforce US leadership across Asia in the face of a rising China and dangerously unpredictable, … [Read more...] about Biden heads to Japan after warning on North Korea threat
Biden greets Kim, but says US ‘prepared’ for North Korea weapons test
US President Joe Biden (2nd L), accompanied by South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol (L), tours the Air Operations Center’s Combat Operations Floor at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek on May 22, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) SEOUL — Before President Joe Biden left South Korea for Japan Sunday, he offered a brief message to Kim Jong Un, whose nuclear saber-rattling has risked … [Read more...] about Biden greets Kim, but says US ‘prepared’ for North Korea weapons test
Baguio’s gains, losses in modern charter
A CENTURY HENCE | Among the country’s cities, Baguio is the only one designed and built as a hill station by the American colonial government in the early 1900s. It was in the summer capital where the members of the Philippine Commission held their first session in 1904. But Baguio’s 1909 colonial charter was updated and replaced only this year, or some 113 years later. —Photo … [Read more...] about Baguio’s gains, losses in modern charter