ANGELES CITY – The Lewis Grand Annual Invitational golf tournament will be held on June 1 at the Mimosa Golf and Country Club in Clark, organizers said on Tuesday. At least 80 players have registered to join the first-ever promotion of Louis C. Yakich, founder of Lewis Grand Hotel here. Tournament organizer Christopher Pettit disclosed […]
PORAC, Pampanga – The major rehabilitation of the Porac District Hospital has started and will be finished within six months, Mayor Condralito “Carling” De La Cruz said Monday. De La Cruz said Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid and the Department of Health (DOH) gave a total of P38 million for the repair work at the district […]
BALANGA CITY- The first pedestrian overpass funded for P17 million is soon to rise in this component city of Bataan to service more than 4,000 students and teachers of the Bataan National High School as well as other pedestrians crossing the Roman Superhighway. Rep. Albert S. Garcia of the province’s Second District said the overpass […]
ANGELES CITY—Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan is planning to put up a new public cemetery that will include a crematorium and a chapel but will offer services seven times lower those of private facilities. “We’re planning to put up a new public cemetery that will also include a crematorium and a chapel,” Pamintuan said during a press […]
MALOLOS CITY—Itinangging pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Bulacan na naka-baon ito sa P1-bilyong utang sa mga suppliers nito. Ngunit inamin ng mga opisyal na may mga pagkakataon na naaantala ang pagbabayad nila katulad nitong buwan ng Mayo. Ito ay dahil mas inuna nilang ipagkaloob ang mga benepisyo ng mga kawani bilang paghahanda sa pagpasok sa paaralan ng […]
This was the brief comment of House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II to Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s explanation of her acquittal vote on ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona. Defensor herself used the “Wah!” remark when the prosecution panel decided to rest its case and drop five of its eight articles of impeachment. On Tuesday, the senator […]
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III fulfilled his promise to the 1.1 million government employees to release the fourth tranche of the Salary Standardization Law III (SSL III) as early as June. Budget Secretary Florencio Abad confirmed Thursday that salary increase is ready to be implemented on June 1, one month ahead of its original schedule. “President […]
MALACANANG on Thursday expressed optimism that the Aquino administration could sustain the economic growth as it grew by 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said the government welcomed the rise in the country’s Growth Domestic Product (GDP) attributing it to sustained investors confidence and accelerated infrastructure spending. “The […]
THE Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) will convene on Monday to discuss the selection process for the next Chief Justice, a position vacated by Renato Corona this week after he was removed by the Senate. “The Chief Justice vacancy is up for discussion in JBC’s agenda,” acting Supreme Court spokesperson Gleoresty Guerra said in a […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Mayor Oscar Rodriguez and Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan are pushing to have the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) portability for towns being converted to cities. This move is to cushion the effect of reduced IRA shares of the 117 member cities of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP). […]