tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:50:11 +0000Our Lady of Lourdes ChurchPorta VagaChildren's Parkveggies and fruitsIlocanoopen sourceVOCAS / Oh My GulayhomeKennon RoadNaguilian Roadcomic bookChinese GardenSMVictory LinerPeople PowerLGTMughPope John Paul IIMarbayHilltopfamilyGood ShepherdreminiscevideoghostsDoloresLa TrinidadUniversity of BaguioOrchidariumcelebrationTerminologiesorigamiMaharlikaPuso ng BaguioCID Educational SupplyhumorweatherTam-awan Villagerecyclebusinesscity problemsChristmasLourdes GrottoSt Vincent Churchgraphic novelItogonPink Sisters ConventBoys HighgamingradarFilipinomovieWright Parkplay doughCathy'scraftsoftwareAll Soul's DayUkay-ukayvegetablesEaster Weaving SchoolmarketArevalo456 RestaurantBaguio Country ClubCathedralNational LibraryBaguio CondotelPhilippinessleeping lardCity Hall sirenSaint Louis UniversityUniversity of the CordillerasNew ZealandenvironmentmusingCafe by the RuinsMt. CloudBaguioadvocacymayfliesLentBurnham ParkDon Henrico'sConvention CenterFlorainternetNotre DameTea HouseBotanical GardenImelda ParkAthletic BowlPizza VolanteBonifacio StreetPanagbengaAbanaoFacebookSession RoadChalet TepeyacfriendsbirthdayCamp John HayBurnham LakeMarcosreunionPineSunshine ParkbooktoysBenguetfoodIgorotsMansion HousehobbyCentennial ParkgardeningFilipino-Japanese Friendship ParkPine Trees of the World ParkChona's DelightQuezonKudusamapapier mache'Post OfficeTeacher's CampukuleleSaint Louis School CenterWas: a blog about Baguio City and Dolores, Quezon in the Philippines. Now: weekend pursuits, hobbies, and interests.http://www.baguio-city.net/noreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)Blogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-4262172341609164540Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +00002012-05-26T06:00:01.211+08:00SMBaguiohttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/05/awit-ng-mga-puno.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-6086770666185431864Thu, 24 May 2012 09:57:00 +00002012-05-24T17:57:18.555+08:00SMBaguiohttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/05/luneta-hill-massacre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-2271799625825699773Wed, 23 May 2012 10:28:00 +00002012-05-23T18:28:00.970+08:00BaguioActually, it would now be 103 years as Baguio celebrated its centenary in 2009... regrettably we were already out of the country a year before that.  It would have been great to be there as well.  I missed the SLU celebrations as well :-( http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/05/baguio-city-100-years-in-making.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-902613102994276982Fri, 11 May 2012 04:57:00 +00002012-05-11T12:57:50.092+08:00SMBaguio http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/05/why-we-need-trees-and-not-bigger-malls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-5926577254641659728Thu, 10 May 2012 10:31:00 +00002012-05-10T18:36:15.231+08:00SMBaguio (click on the photo to enlarge) Source: salientfindingshttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/05/end-of-this-trees-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-6484576036186366515Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00:00 +00002012-05-08T07:00:03.451+08:00Igorots Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Feb.23,1942 p.1 cont. p.4) Credit to: Julius Panayohttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/05/igorots-slaughter-japs-in-bataans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-8160881380259918543Sat, 05 May 2012 23:31:00 +00002012-05-06T07:31:12.498+08:00Baguio http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/05/enlightenment-on-issue-at-slu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-1402395768688229669Fri, 04 May 2012 04:59:00 +00002012-05-04T12:59:34.909+08:00SMBaguioTake note:  SM has tagged a tree #88 due for earthballing.  Its circumference is about 3 adults holding hands wide, and is estimated to be about 100 years old. MANILA, Philippines - “Earth-balling” has repeatedly surfaced in the news recently, but few know what exactly it entails – or why it has been associated with trees and the environment.  SM Baguio started earth-balling trees from a http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/05/what-is-earth-balling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-4545106118242726499Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:22:00 +00002012-04-25T13:22:22.889+08:00SMBaguioAt SM Baguio, security guards don't just inspect bags of people entering the mall as part of their daily routine. Nowadays, they also take pictures of protesters rallying against the mall's plan to remove more than 100 trees in Luneta Hill to pave the way for the construction of a parking lot and entertainment plaza. "Sige lang! Kunan nyo lang kami at ipakita nyo sa mga boss nyo na marami rito!http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/sm-baguio-security-guards-photograph.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-7965578546130739745Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:14:00 +00002012-04-24T17:14:57.086+08:00SMBaguioby Michael A. Michaelbryant Bengwayan  Definition Earth-balling or Earth and Burlapping is a practice of transferring trees that has grown beyond the seedling stage, often three feet high (having a trunk diameter of less than 5 inches or 13 cm.t chest level). It is often done in nurseries, not in natural-growth areas. The objective is to save the roots of the tree so that these are planted http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/earth-balling-misunderstood-and-wrongly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-6001147166712578341Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:41:00 +00002012-04-20T12:41:35.864+08:00Baguio Dong Abay Live! An Earth Day Jam! Saturday April 21 6PM UP Baguio Auditorium Free eventhttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/dong-cut-trees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-7613059359172988219Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:24:00 +00002012-04-20T12:35:37.459+08:00Baguio Theme: "Fight for our Land, Life, and Rights!  In Harmony with Nature and People's Well Being" April 22 (Earth Day) 8.30AM - 6.00PM UPB Auditorium Baguio Environmental Summit April 23 9.00AM Pine Trees of the World / Lions Club Park Tree Planting Seedling to be provided by Cordillera Ecological Center Bring your own cleaning / digging tools. Picnic after planting (potluck) April 24 8.30AM -http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/join-1st-baguio-environmental-summit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-3425370926636278517Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:21:00 +00002012-04-20T12:21:29.593+08:00SMBaguioSM is quickly earning a reputation as a bully. Nowhere is this more evident than in the case of hundreds of pine trees it wants to cut or ball in its property in Baguio. SM wants to put a parking lot in the place where the pine trees are. Baguio residents and environmentalists everywhere are outraged. Cut mature pine trees to give way to a parking lot? In other countries, parking lots and other http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/what-is-baguio-without-pine-trees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-8545081010444905273Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:21:00 +00002012-04-19T20:21:35.694+08:00SMBaguioTime and again, SM said that they are not killing the trees, they are simply earthballing and transferring them. And they are in close coordination with DENR and they have experts for this sort of thing.  SM started the procedure on the night of 10 April 2012. Let the photos decide. Thanks to Gideon Omero for the permission to post these. One very effective way to kill a tree - CUT the http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/luneta-hill-scene-of-crime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-4928099126048354352Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:44:00 +00002012-04-17T18:44:03.955+08:00SMBaguiohttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/grupong-tutol-sa-pagtatanggal-ng-mga.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-7132667014398922491Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:38:00 +00002012-04-17T18:38:35.065+08:00SMBaguio Protesters, mostly university students, staged a lightning rally also known as a "flash mob" inside the SM Megamall Friday evening to register their support for efforts by residents of Baguio City to stop plans by the shopping mall firm to uproot 182 pine trees to make way for an extension building. Copyright 2012 Luis Liwanaghttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/megamall-flash-mob-dont-cut-trees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-6144771637799340021Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:34:00 +00002012-04-17T18:34:43.399+08:00SMBaguioMANILA, Philippines - Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo played referee on Monday, April 16, in a dialogue among parties fighting over the cutting and earth-balling of trees to make way for an expansion project of SM Baguio. No less than Hans Sy, SM Prime Holdings president, attended the dialogue to rebut the accusations hurled at his company. Hans Sy is a son of the Philippines's richest man andhttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/robredo-fails-to-break-sm-protesters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-9219073964982961994Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:26:00 +00002012-04-17T18:26:59.260+08:00SMBaguioIn anger and frustration, thousands of Baguio residents and students marched to SM, fueled by the knowledge that public officials like the mayor, some city councilors and the whole of DENR just stood by as 40 fully grown alnus japonica and pine trees were massacred by SM.  (Photo by Dean Cuanso.  source: Boycott SM Malls on Facebook. Photo dated 15 April 2012)http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/people-power-baguio-vs-sm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-3176770351935411653Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:47:00 +00002012-04-14T06:47:57.339+08:00SMBaguioMANILA, Philippines - Not only for 3 days but until their complaint is heard. Baguio protesters scored another legal victory in their fight to save trees that will be cut to give way to an SM mall's parking facility and entertainment plaza in the country's summer capital. At 5 pm on Friday, April 13, Judge Antonio Estevis, presiding judge of the environmental court of the Baguio Regional Trial http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/court-extends-sm-baguio-tepo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-6333422612662072441Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:45:00 +00002012-04-14T06:45:16.184+08:00SMBaguioDEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo said Thursday SM management, DILG, the City Government of Baguio and environmental groups in the city will meet on April 16. The meeting to be held at the National Police Commission office in Makati aims to resolve issues regarding the mall giant’s expansion project. Robredo also revealed the desire of the president of http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/sm-baguio-mall-expansion-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-7219631245825813023Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:53:00 +00002012-04-13T20:53:38.564+08:00SMBaguioMANILA, Philippines - The protest movement to save the tress that will be cut in the Summer Capital of the PHilippines has reached Metro Manila, the country's capital. Protesters held a lightning rally in SM Megamall on Friday night, April 13, in support of the people in Baguio who are opposing the cutting of 182 trees on Luneta Hill to pave the way for SM Baguio's new parking facility and an http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/protesters-occupy-sm-megamall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-8166068910073607815Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:06:00 +00002012-04-13T20:06:08.683+08:00SMBaguioMANILA, Philippines - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is monitoring SM City Baguio's compliance with a 72-hour Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) from the court which stopped the retail giant from uprooting 182 trees in its property. Environment Secretary Ramon Paje said he has sent a representative to look into any attempt to defy the court order. Despitehttp://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/pnoy-orders-review-of-construction-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-7090893575970544472Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:43:00 +00002012-04-13T12:43:16.280+08:00SMBaguioAfter shedding off true colors of prioritizing profit that benefit only them over a green forest that benefits every living thing that breathes, they were recently found out to be spreading true lies. After all, what proponent SM had been saying about having “teamed up with the US Green Building Council” has been denied by Jennevine Kwan, USGBC Vice President for International Operations. This http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/true-lies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-8865224213063894582Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:35:00 +00002012-04-13T12:35:53.485+08:00 Wow, what logic!http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/todays-quote-is-brought-to-you-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395753.post-3702903580862286586Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:27:00 +00002012-04-13T10:27:46.953+08:00SMBaguioBAGUIO CITY, Philippines -- (UPDATE - 8:08 p.m.) Residents of Baguio City opposed to the removal of 182 trees by SM scored an early win after the mall acceded Wednesday to a court-issued Temporary Environmental Protection Order that it had earlier refused to accept. Baguio residents had asked for the TEPO after the mall began removing the trees Sunday night. The TEPO was served on April 10 but http://www.baguio-city.net/2012/04/baguio-folk-win-skirmish-vs-sm-as-mall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nick Ballesteros)0