Police authorities are bullish of sustaining a better peace and order environment in 2012 as the PNP continues to post improved crime trends during the 1st Quarter of 2012.. Crime statistics provided by the PNP Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) indicate a 16.77% decline in the country’s Total Crime Volume recorded in January-March […]
CLARK FREEPORT — A Central Luzon-based advocacy group pushing for the full-development of the Clark Freeport, particularly its stunted civil aviation complex has called for the ouster of Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President Victor Jose I. Luciano. The call for the immediate resignation of Luciano by the Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM) chaired by […]
PAMPANGA — The Public Works department is hastening the channel excavation and dredging works in Upper and Lower Guagua and Dalan Bapor rivers in Pampanga to protect the towns of Guagua, Sasmuan, Lubao and adjacent localities from flooding. Secretary Rogelio Singson said the project was about 87 percent complete across 16.9 kilometers. http://balibago.org/news_archive/201202.php This resort […]
CLARK FREEPORT — Philippines AirAsia will launch domestic flights from Clark, Pampanga to Kalibo and Davao on March 28. To celebrate the launch, the budget airline is holding a “seat sale”, offering 20,000 seats for an “all-in” rate of P275 each. AirAsia will mount 2 daily flights departing from Clark International Airport to Francisco Bangoy […]
ANGELES CITY — The Jocson College Incorporated (JCI) has forged an agreement with the Lufthansa Technical Training Philippines Incorporated (LTTP) for the training of aircraft maintenance technology (AMT) and Avionics Technology (AVT) students. Under the agreement, the LTTP will provide theoretical and practical instructions and training to JCI students in accordance with the requirements of […]
ANGELES CITY — Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan expressed support to Pampanga Representative Carmelo Lazatin’s (1st district) proposal of a Disneyland theme park inside the Clark Freeport. Pamintuan described the move as a “flourishing tourism feature with massive potentials.” http://balibago.org/#news As Manila becomes more congested and pollution becomes frustratingly intolerable, many families opt to spend a few […]
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will not get a chance to validate her biometric information in time for the 2013 elections. Judge Jesus Mupas of Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 112 on Thursday overturned his earlier decision ordering the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to bring a biometric machine to Arroyo’s hospital suite at Veterans Memorial […]
Philippine team Chef de Mission Manny Lopez leaves today (April 27) for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to attend a two-day Olympic meeting among Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) member-nations ahead of the London Games. Scheduled tomorrow and Sunday (April 28 and 29), the meeting is organized by the London Olympic Games Organizing Committee (LOGOC) which will […]
RIZAL, Nueva Ecija – An alleged member of robbery gang was killed by four unidentified suspects while walking home in Barangay Estrella here over the weekend. The victim was identified as Benigno Fernando, 46, married and resident of the said village. Investigator PO3 Marlon Concepcion said the victim, along with a certain Renato Leonardo, 53, […]
ANGELES CITY- Red tide alert in most parts of the country has recently been lifted, but the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned yesterday that shellfish in coastal waters off Bataan and at the Masinloc Bay in Zambales remain toxic. BFAR’s Bulletin No. 10 issued yesterday also said that red tide alert has […]