Events

Diocese of Baguio sets First Baguio International Music Festival

Nov 11th, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events

The Diocese of Baguio and Benguet sees a significant improvement in the congregational singing through the use of a fine pipe organ, as it supports the singing and does not compete with human voice like what the synthesized electronic organs do.
The pipe organ of the Baguio Cathedral of Perpetual Atonement, according to Father Benedict Castañeda, [...]



Mount Pulag Climb 2008, Kabayan jump-off

Oct 21st, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events, Featured

The Kabayan local government through its mayor Faustino Aquisan is inviting nature lovers and people who want to experience a different kind of adventure to join the three-day invitational climb dubbed: “Pasiyal Mwan Shi Kabayan” from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.



Recognition Day for 271 members of PMA BAGWIS Class 2012 held

Oct 21st, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events, Featured

Two- hundred-seventy-one members of BAGWIS (Bagong Kawal Na May Iisang Lakas) Class of 2012 of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) were formally recognized as members of the Cadet Corps of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday, October 18.



First Baguio National Defense Exposition 2008 starts October 23

Oct 21st, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events

“We pay them with our taxes; they repay it with their lives.” Thus, flaunted Francisco “Ka Kiko” Calado’s t-shirt as he briefed local officials, on the rationale behind the 1st Baguio National Defense Expo, October 14 at the Mayor’s Office, City Hall.
Ka Kiko is Project Director for “Lente” of the Defense Press Corp [...]



Baguio Flower Festival (Panagbenga) 2009 launched

Oct 19th, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events

The Baguio Flower Festival ‘Panagbenga’ 2009 shall be a “big event, and to be done on a grand scale,” as to participation, activities and audience, as promised by Baguio Country Club’s Anthony de Leon during the simple launching ceremonies of the Baguio Flower Festival last Monday, Oct. 13.
De Leon is the Baguio Flower Festival Foundation, Inc. (BFFFI) [...]



Baguio City celebrates it’s 99th Birthday!

Sep 1st, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events

Baguio celebrates its 99th Charter day anniversary this Monday, September 1 and at the same time launches the year-long schedule of activities for the centennial anniversary next year.
The local government in coordination with the barangays, national line agencies, the veterans group, the academe, non-government agencies, and the Baguio Centennial Commission (BCC) has come up with [...]



One-year Countdown to Baguio City Centennial on September 1st

Aug 23rd, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events

September 1, 2008 is officially the 99th Baguio Charter Day anniversary celebration. Corollary, it is “day zero” - the start of a long line of centennial activities leading to Baguio’s grand 100th.
Realizing the September 1 fête “is likewise the onset of the Baguio centennial celebration,” mayor Reinaldo Bautista, Jr. last week issued Administrative Order (AO) 135, series [...]



Philippine Military Academy 2008 Entrance Exams

Jul 25th, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events

FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – The Philippine Military Academy, the county’s premier military training institution, is again inviting aspiring cadets to take the PMA entrance examinations on Aug. 31.
There will be 30 exam centers nationwide, said Lt. Col. Joseph Villanueva, PMA assistant chief of staff for civil military operations.
“The PMA is offering a well-rounded, free college education [...]



Session Road in Bloom 2008

Feb 22nd, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events

A major part of the Baguio Flower Festival 2008 (or as the barriotic call it, the Panagbenga 2008) is the regular closure of Session Road, Baguio City’s main thoroughfare, from vehicular traffic and its conversion into a large swath of sidewalks cafés, food stalls, flower shops, micro performance venues, and more food stalls.
You’ve been [...]



Baguio Flower Festival 2008

Feb 1st, 2008 | By iBaguio Army | Category: Events, Spotlight

THE 13th version of the Baguio flower festival or Panagbenga 2008 was launched at the City Hall lobby last Monday with City Government officials and employees in attendance, and with the theme “Celebrating 13 years of Caring.”
The program moved on with the presence of Baguio Representative Mauricio Domogan, while Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. declared the [...]