North Luzon Monitor

03/09/2026

Happy Baguio Day! 🌲 Historic city, timeless stories, and 117 wishes for tomorrow.
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02/09/2026

𝗬𝗮𝗽 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀

Benguet Rep. Eric Go Yap expressed his deep gratitude to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. following the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) defense of major agricultural infrastructure projects for the province.

Benguet Rep. Eric Go Yap expressed his deep gratitude to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. following the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) defense of major agricultural infrastructure projects for the province. Yap praised Tiu Laurel for championing the needs of Benguet farmers after t...

02/09/2026

Links Philippines (LinksPH), a Baguio-based non-stock, non-profit organization, has been awarded the 2026 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award for its contributions to children’s literacy programs.

Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/yttmsrvy

📹🖋 Noemi Salatic, UC Intern

02/09/2026

The story of LinksPH

A non-profit organization is helping to make reading a way of life. Links Philippines (LinksPH), a Baguio-based non-stock, non-profit organization, has been awarded the 2026 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award for its contributions to children’s literacy programs.

🖋 Maria Elena Catajan, Noemi Salatic, UC Intern

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02/09/2026

Child Rights Network says NO to a blanket social media ban for children under 16

The digital environment is no longer separate from our everyday human experience. It is an extension of our offline world, where adults learn, search for information, and communicate with their peers – a space to express ourselves and take part in what’s happening around us. Children, just like adults, have rights in these spaces, too.

Read the full statement here: https://tinyurl.com/bdezuhkv

02/09/2026

Toll fees wavied for the San Fernando–Pulilan.

In a statement NLEX said the fees are waived for both northbound and southbound vehicles effective September 2, 2026, until all lanes are passable to all classes of vehicles.

The toll rebate will be credited directly to the motorist’s RFID account the day after the toll passage.

Link in comments 👇

02/09/2026

SNAP-Benguet, Aboitiz Foundation bring solar power to Benguet primary school

SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet, Inc. (SNAP-Benguet), in partnership with Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (AFI), officially turned over a 5 kWp hybrid solar power system to Kiweng Primary School in Barangay Ambuklao, Bokod, Benguet, bringing reliable electricity to the school’s 23 students and two teachers.

Read the full story here: https://northluzonmonitor.com/snap-benguet-aboitiz-foundation-bring-solar-power-to-benguet-primary-school/

02/09/2026

NLEX still flooded

Residents trying to get home still encounter flooding at the San Simon area braving almost 2 hours of a traffic standstill.

In a previous statement, the management of NLEX has vowed to focus on mitigating flooding and work with agencies to ease the commute and keep motorists safe.

Contributed video from Gigi Go

02/09/2026

Farrel Ventigan shares "As Baguio marks another Charter Day, the city’s official narrative will inevitably lean back on its favorite comfort blankets: postcard memories of a misty American-era hill station, romanticized pine-scented breezes, and the resilient spirit of the highlands. But step outside City Hall or peer down from any ridge, and the romanticism hits a hard, gray wall of concrete."

Read the full story here: https://northluzonmonitor.com/the-concrete-canopy-what-are-we-actually-celebrating-this-baguio-day/

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