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unusual facts about Baguio City



Benjamin P. Ablao, Jr.

His parents were both of Filipino heritage, with his father being from the Philippine capital, Manila, and mother from the Philippine "summer capital", Baguio City.

Braulio Yaranon

Yaranon was elected to his first term as mayor of Baguio City in 2004, defeating the incumbent, Bernardo Vergara.

Convergys

Convergys has approximately 89,000 employees in 70 customer contact centers and other facilities in India (New Delhi, Pune, Thane, Hyderabad, and Bangalore), the Philippines (Manila, Cebu City, Davao City, Baguio City, Santa Rosa and Bacolod), Vietnam, Indonesia, United States, Canada, Costa Rica, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Joyce Jimenez

On September 29, 2008, Jimenez suffered serious injuries in a car accident in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan (coming from a Baguio City taping for ABC TV5's "Philippine’s Scariest Challenge").

Lester L. Westling, Jr.

Following this early work in the United States, in January 1960 he continued his ministry overseas in the Republic of the Philippines, serving as Director of Easter School (Baguio City) and St. Elizabeth's School (Benguet Mines) in addition to circuit riding a dozen outstation missions in the Mountain Provine of Luzon.

Metro Baguio

Metro Baguio or BLIST is an agglomeration of Baguio City and four surrounding Municipalities of Benguet namely: La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, and Tuba.

Partas

It operates a 24/7 service for passengers and freight (known as "waybill") between Metro Manila and northwest Luzon (the Ilocos corridor), with services also running to Baguio City and the Central Luzon plains (Pampanga and Nueva Ecija provinces).

Philippine Chinese Baptist Convention

The missionaries settled in Baguio City where they started their work in converting the local Chinese there before eventually establishing churches in Dagupan City, Manila and Davao City in 1952.

Philippine College of Ministry

Philippine College of Ministry (PCM) is a four-year undergraduate Christian Bible college in Baguio City, Philippines.

Pugo, La Union

The project would benefit not only La Union but also Benguet and Baguio itself since Barangay Palina shares a part of the Jose D. Aspiras Highway (formerly Marcos Highway), the main route to Baguio City.

Pulong Buhangin National High School

Michelle Salinas won third in radio broadcasting group contest at the S.Y. 2006-2007 National Schools Press Conference held at Baguio City, just a year after Francisco Bautista won a championship title in the same contest.

Tapuacan River

Tapuacan River (also known as Pugo - Cleanest Inland River of the North, Region I) is located in Barangay Cares, municipality of Pugo, La Union, Philippines (the smallest/inlet town which is sited in the foot Santo Tomas mountains range and about an hour away from Baguio City passing through the Aspiras, formerly Marcos Highway leading to the Ilocandia Region).


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Araceli Aipoh

Born and raised in the Philippines as Araceli Banez, she graduated with a degree in Mass Communication (major in Journalism, minor in Comparative Literature) from the University of the Philippines, Baguio City, Philippines.

Gateway Church

Gateway Community Church, a diversified denomination church in Baguio City, Philippines