CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) chief Art Punsalan said Thursday that the Provincial Government is welcoming local government units outside Pampanga who have quarry industries to imitative or at least learn from the Pampanga quarry collection system. Punsalan’s statement came as the Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda is hoping the Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte would immediately adopt the province’s quarry operations system “so they could increase their income and harness the full potential of their own quarrying activities there.” “Iyung sa kanila kasi na existing system ay medyo baligtad unlike itong […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The PTT Petroleum Company has professed its willingness to pour in bigger investments in this city. In reports gathered by Sun.Star Pampanga, the Thailand-based petrol company was noted to have chosen the business-friendly city where it would build a petroleum depot. Mayor Oscar Rodriguez said the intentions of PTT is […]
BACOLOR — Officials of the Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte lauded Thursday Pampanga’s quarry system, saying it is organized and have ordinances that provide check and balance on the whole operations. “The Pampanga system is so organized and there are existing local ordinances that provide a check and balance on the quarry operation. We […]
CANDABA — A group of tricycle drivers here lauded Governor Lilia Pineda’s plan to sponsor a motorcycle trouble-shooting seminar. The proposed project is aimed at providing the drivers an alternative source of income. Pineda earlier called for the mobilization of various Tricycle Operators Drivers Association in the province to give the tricycle drivers with technical […]
FLORIDABLANCA — The Provincial Board Members League of the Philippines (PBMLP)-Central Luzon chapter recently blazed Nabuclod Eco-Tourism Adventure Park as part of moves to strengthen tourism in the region. Pampanga Board Member Tarcicio DC Halili, PBMLP regional chairman, told Sun.Star Pampanga that the activity was part of the legislators’ quest to promote tourism in Central […]
ANGELES CITY — The local government here, through its City Information Office (CIO), has intensified its information network in the barangay level. In line with this, an information and communication seminar was conducted recently at Shanghai Restaurant here that was participated in by barangay information officers. With the theme: “Empowering the People through Information and […]
SAN LUIS — A group of parents here has expressed disagreement with the impending implementation of the K+12 basic education curriculum (BEC) by the Department of Education (DepEd) in June. The group said the additional two years in high school and another year for kindergarten, as prerequisite before entering elementary education, would mean extra burden […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez expressed support for the newly implemented ‘K to 12’ curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd) in line with the first item in his city government’s agenda, “Edukasyong Abot Kamay, Kinabukasang Abot Tanaw”. Under the K to 12 system, children aged 5 years old should now […]
BALANGA CITY – A total of 58 villagers, 50 of them children, were downed before noon Wednesday by food poisoning after eating ice cream peddled on board a tricycle in Barangay Cabog-Cabog in Balanga City . Among the 50 children was an eight-month-old baby. “Pinatikim lang ng kapatid ng sorbetes,” the mother said. Dr. Noel […]