In the past, a provincial fiesta was held based on the need to honor a Catholic saint’s feast day. But then came the Baguio Flower Festival, or Panagbenga in 1995, which changed the rules by becoming the first secular fiesta, after Bacolod’s popular Masskara, during the month of February.
Despite protests, a home-grown corporation has partnered with two South Korean companies to develop a mini-hydro facility that is expected to help provide clean and cheap electricity for the province.
Rice producers and traders are to export rice in May, the first time the commodity would be exported in large volumes in 40 years, a high official of the Department of Agriculture announced here on Saturday.
The summer capital’s next-door neighbor gets its share of summer tourists each year because of strawberries. In 2003, strawberry farmers helped La Trinidad bake the world’s largest strawberry cake as its entry to the Guinness Book of World Records, hoping to draw attention to the berrys’ potentials.
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—A probinsyano (someone who grew up in the province) understands the needs of a fellow probinsyano. This has been the mantra of GoshenLand Capital Inc., a Baguio-based real estate company that has been attracting niche markets in its developments in the summer capital and nearby regions in northern Luzon. Lawyer Alexander [...]
In Pangasinan, a province famous for its seafood and fresh vegetables, a couple dared to be different and established this city’s first steak house.
A shipment of 446 used luxury cars, sport utility vehicles, sedans and vans arrived at Port Irene here on Saturday, even as a controversy continues to rage over the legality of such importations in the face of a government ban upheld by the Supreme Court and despite a moratorium that the government has issued against their registration.
Government foresters said gold producer Philex Mining Corp. is criminally liable for building a road through a Benguet watershed without securing proper clearances like an environmental compliance certificate (ECC).
A ship loaded with about 400 imported used vehicles is arriving next week at the Cagayan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (CSEZFP) despite the newly affirmed ban on such an importation by the Supreme Court.
When the Panagbenga, or the Baguio Flower Festival, was started in 1996, it was designed to bring back business to a city ravaged by the 1990 earthquake.
Two years ago, then 22-year-old Crystal Matias quit her job in a family-run business and started selling cheesecakes.
The Philippines’ shopping mall chains have virtually taken over the provinces, branching toward every urbanizing town or city to offer products that provincial customers used to buy only from Metro Manila stores.
