International Organization for Migration (IOM) Program Manager Daniel Dino and Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer Engr. Lulu Alingcastre turn-over the boxes of medicines to concerned barangay officials of typhoon and flood affected areas of Apalit, Candaba, San Luis, San Simon and Masantol during the Partners’ Forum at the Benigno Aquino Memorial Hall. Also […]
BUTUAN CITY, May 14 (PIA) –- The Department of Education (DepEd) – Agusan del Norte Division is all set for the conduct of the nationwide “Brigada Eskwela 2012,” which will be held on May 21-25, 2012. According to Florante More, Jr. of DepEd-Agusan del Norte, the activity will be participated by parents of schoolchildren who […]
QUEZON CITY, May 14 (PIA) — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman will lead the distribution of basic services for the urban poor during the “Rights Holders Congress” and “Akbay Kapwa 2012” on Tuesday, May 15 at the Cuneta Astrodome, […]
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, May 15 (PIA) — Around 1,000 rice farming practitioners, advocates, and enthusiasts from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are set to converge in Clark Freeport this week for the 2012 National Rice Summit. Department of Agriculture (DA) Field Office III information officer Jun Espiritu said, “the May 16 to 17 confab seeks to […]
In terms of business focus, it seems amiss for Cojuangco-chaired San Miguel Corp. (SMC) to be interested in a sizable stake in the proposed 88-km toll road that will extend the North Luzon Expressway from Mabalacat, Pampanga, all the way to La Union, coursing through the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. But then, other than the potential revenues […]
The Pampanga Malward has served 455 individuals who sought medical consultation and 124 out-patients who underwent laboratory services, records for April this year shows. Rustica R. Butiu, provincial nutrition action officer and head of the Malward, revealed that said outpatients were attended to by Drs. Trisha Medina, regular physician; Michael and Natalie Rivera; and Francel […]
Governor Lilia G. Pineda and other local officials lead a procession of the images of Sto. Cristo del Perdon and Virgen delos Remedios on the riverways from Candaba to Apalit, the first time such a procession is being held. The purpose of said procession is to thank the Lord for the blessings showered upon the […]
Thirty five barangays in Apalit, Candaba, San Simon, San Luis and Masantol towns benefited from the various relief assistance services provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) under its emergency humanitarian relief assistance to flood affected populations project in Pampanga. Funded by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), […]
In a bid to effectively and efficiently intensify its implementation of Republic Act No. 8794, the provincial government conducted a one-day seminar on the deputation of concerned personnel of Kapampangan a Lulugud at Matapat (KALAM), the implementing arm of quarry operations in the province on the anti-overloading law. Environment and Natural Resources Officer (ENRO) Arthur […]
HERE we go again. For quite a number of times, there have been proposals moving for the postponement of the barangay elections all over the country. Since the enactment of the 1991 Local Government Code, empowerment of barangays came back to life, with Republic Act 7160 setting the outline of our local officials’ hierarchy from […]