BALANGA City – This component city of Bataan still considered Jessica Sanchez as Bataan’s Ambassadress to the World despite her failing to win the American Idol title in the finale Thursday. City Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III even invited Jessica to do her first concert in Bataan, preferably on top of historic Mt. Samat, when […]
SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—A local court has ordered the arrest of developer Delfin Lee, his son and three officers of Lee’s Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corp. for syndicated estafa in connection with the P7-billion “ghost borrowers” housing loan scandal. The Lee father and son, Christina Sagun, Cristina Salagan and lawyer Alex Alvarez were ordered arrested by […]
HOUSE prosecutors hope that Supreme Court would honor whatever verdict the impeachment court will render on Chief Justice Renato Corona next week. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said last Wednesday that the tribunal might render judgment on the complaint after the oral arguments of both the prosecution and the defense on Monday. “We plead that […]
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino will not force his allies in the House of Representatives to accept the challenge of Chief Justice Renato Corona to sign waivers on their bank deposits, Malacañang said Thursday. Public disclosure of bank accounts is voluntary on the part of the lawmakers, said deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte. “It’s their personal choice,” […]
AUTHORITIES have arrested three people for allegedly using the name of Vice President Jejomar Binay in extorting money from business magnate Lucio Tan, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) said on Thursday. Binay said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents arrested Vimbi Flores Avilla, along with his alleged accomplices Jericho Guzman Felix and […]
A SENIOR Philippine official told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York that mediation is still the best solution to territorial disputes among nations and level the playing field among economies in conflict with one another. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario spoke Thursday at the high-level meeting of UNGA on the role […]
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 […]