Baguio,officially the City of Baguio,is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region,Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines",owing to its cool climate since the city is located approximately 4,810 feet above mean sea level,often cited as 1,540 meters in the Luzon tropical pine forests ecoregion,which also makes it conducive for the growth of mossy plants,orchids and pine trees,to which it attributes its other moniker as the "City of Pines".
Benguet,officially the Province of Benguet,is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. Its capital is La Trinidad.
La Trinidad,officially the Municipality of La Trinidad,is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Benguet,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 137,404 people.
Bokod,officially the Municipality of Bokod,,is a 4th class municipality in the province of Benguet,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 14,435 people.
Itogon,officially the Municipality of Itogon,,is a 1st class municipality in the province of Benguet,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 61,498 people.
Kapangan,officially the Municipality of Kapangan,,is a 4th class municipality in the province of Benguet,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 19,297 people.
Tublay,officially the Municipality of Tublay,is a 5th class municipality in the province of Benguet,Philippines. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 19,429 people.
The legislative districts of Benguet are the representations of the province of Benguet in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.
Mauricio "Morris" Gamsao Domogan is a Filipino lawyer and politician and is the longest serving mayor of the city of Baguio. A member of the Lakas Kampi CMD party,Domogan served three terms as mayor of Baguio,initially as acting mayor from July to October 1992,and officially as the new mayor in October 1992 after succeeding the mayoralty post from Ramon Labo after he was disqualified due to his citizenship status,until 2001,and again from 2010 to 2019.
Philippine Science High School Cordillera Administrative Region Campus (PSHS-CARC) is one of the two campuses of the Philippine Science High School System established in 2009. The other one is Philippine Science High School Central Luzon Campus located in Clark,Pampanga. The PSHS-CARC was established through the congressional efforts of Baguio Representative Mauricio G. Domogan.
Metro Baguio,also known as BLISTT,is an agglomeration of the city of Baguio and five municipalities of the Philippine province of Benguet,namely:La Trinidad,Itogon,Sablan,Tuba,and Tublay.
The Benguet Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Philippine province of Benguet.
The Aspiras–Palispis Highway is a Philippine major highway in northern Luzon that runs from the city of Baguio in the province of Benguet to the municipality of Agoo in the province of La Union.
The Benguet–Nueva Vizcaya Road,,is the road system that connects the provinces of Benguet and Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines.
Benjamin "Benjie" Bañez Magalong is a Filipino politician and retired police officer serving as the mayor of Baguio since 2019. Before entering politics,he served in the Philippine Constabulary and Philippine National Police (PNP) for 38 years. He was the chief of the Cordillera regional police office,the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG),and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM). He retired with the rank of Police Deputy Director General as the PNP's Deputy Chief for Operations.
Regional TV Weekend News is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA News TV,GMA Network and GTV. It premiered on July 27,2019,on GMA News TV and on March 21,2020,on GMA Network. The show concluded on GMA Network on May 2,2020. The show aired its last episode on July 24,2021,to give way for Regional TV News.
Eric Go Yap is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative for Benguet's lone congressional district since 2022,and was the district's legislative caretaker from January 2020 until he was elected in his own right. He was a party-list representative for ACT-CIS from 2019 to 2022,and is the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations since March 2020.
Local elections were held in Baguio on Monday,May 13,2019,as a part of the 2019 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for the local elective posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the congressman,and the twelve councilors
Local elections were held in Baguio on Monday,May 9,2022,as a part of the 2022 Philippine general election. Voters will elect candidates for the local elective posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the congressman,and the twelve councilors.
Local elections were held in Baguio on Monday,May 9,2016,as a part of the 2016 Philippine general election. Voters elected candidates for the local elective posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the congressman,and the twelve councilors
