BAGUIO CITY, May 29 -- The capital town of the province of Benguet will return to a five-day workweek effective June 1 to provide better services to the public while still observing energy- and cost-saving efforts.

Mayor Roderick Awingan issued Memorandum 178-2026 on May 25, a copy of which was released to the media on Thursday, entitled "Lifting of the compressed work schedule and directing the continued adoption of the energy efficiency and conservation measures."

In a message on Friday, Awingan said, "It is a clamor among the constituents and the employees because of the clientele of the local government who are mostly in the agricultural industry sector who find it more difficult if there is no local government office to assist on...