CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Members of the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinaas (Pamalakaya) said they were disappointed with Senator Loren Legarda for taking the lead in the ratification of Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (Sovfa) between Australia and the Philippines. In a press statement, Pamalakaya vice chairperson Salvador France said […]
THIRD District Representative Aurelio Gonzales Jr. donated Wednesday some P100,000 to some 150 local farmers from at least four barangays in Sta. Ana town during the Farmers Day. Gonzales said the event aimed to provide farmers a venue to air their concerns on farming support and other issues concerning farm inputs and assistances. The event […]
ANGELES CITY – This city will join the entire nation in the celebration of the 114th Proclamation of Philippine Independence on June 12, with Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez as guest of honor and speaker. Angeles City, which is the location of the historic Pamintuan House, is privileged to be one of the seven permanent sites […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – First District Board Member Tarcicio Halili took the plane Wednesday with Fourth District lawmaker Ricardo Yabut to join other legislators in the national conference of the Provincial Board Members League of the Philippines (PBMLP) in Boracay. Halili is the PBMLP Central Luzon chairman while Yabut is the regional public relations […]
ORANI, Bataan- Landowners claiming payment for the school lot padlocked on Saturday a public elementary school threatening to dislocate more than 700 pupils on their first day of classes on Monday. Ronaldo Acuna, barangay captain of Kaparangan in Orani, said that the Kaparangan Elementary School was padlocked with the lot owners demanding payment for the […]
DINALUPIHAN, Bataan- Hundreds of school children availed themselves of the free haircut conducted Saturday and Sunday here preparatory to the opening of classes on Monday. Barangay Captains ElizaldeTorno and Danny dela Cruz of Saguing and San Ramon, respectively, said last Saturday alone in Barangay Pinulot, more than 300 children were given free haircut under their […]
BALER, Aurora – A member of the House of Representatives’ panel that prosecuted Chief Justice Renato Corona said the search for his replacement should be broader than the Supreme Court premises and the evaluation of the candidates’ qualification be open to the public. Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara of the lone district of this province who […]
CLARK FREEPORT—Hong Kong-based Metrojet Engineering Clark will open today its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in a three-hectare area at the Clark Civil Aviation Complex here. Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) President and CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano said that Metrojet will start catering to “Fixed Based Operations for Corporate Jets” in their first […]
ANGELES CITY- Farmer-leaders in Central Luzon accused yesterday the Cojuangco-controlled Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) of conjuring up its own list of 4,000 purported land reform beneficiaries in an alleged move that could eventually pave the way for Pres. Aquino’s family to regain control over the vast estate in Tarlac. The Alyansa ng Magbubukid ng Gitnang […]
CLARK FREEPORT – Philippines AirAsia will launch its second international flight in July, offering daily trips to Hong Kong via the Clark International Airport (CIA). AirAsia Chief Executive Officer Marianne Hontiveros told journalists last week that their daily Clark-Hong Kong flights came to realization with the air operator certificate issued to them last February. On […]