BACOLOR— Director Renato U. Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOCS) told the local government officials that there is a need to prepare for the worst case scenario during the 5-day seminar on Contingency Planning and Formulation Workshop at King’s Royale Promenade starting yesterday. “Huwag lang po nating paghandaan ang mga maliliit […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—How did Roman Catholic churches in Pampanga appear in 1790? What are the entries in a Bacolor baptismal book dated 1680 and widely believed to be the oldest in the Philippines? How exactly did early Kapampangans live their faith? The answers, and many more glimpses of the past, can be found in […]
ANGELES CITY – Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said Tuesday tourists should respect the solemnity of the Holy Week. The mayor issued the statement in reaction to the incident where local and foreign tourists climbed up and posed on the crosses used in the reenactment of the Passion of Christ in Barangay Lourdes North West here. Some […]
ANGELES CITY – A regional trial court here has issued a writ of preliminary injunction, stopping the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) from enforcing “directly or indirectly” Revenue Regulation No. 2-2012 as it runs contrary to the law that created the Subic and Clark Freeport Zones. This said regulation is about applying value-added tax (VAT) […]
LUBAO — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will conduct the nationwide Synchronized Barangay Assembly Day (SBAD) on March 31 in front of the barangay hall of Barangay San Miguel here. The event is in pursuance to the Proclamation No. 260, dated September 30, 2011, issued by President Benigno S. Aquino III, declaring […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – “It’s simply a moral victory.” This was Governor Lilia Pineda’s reaction with the recent Supreme Court’s decision junking the appeal of former governor Eddie Panlilio which questioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling declaring Pineda as the duly-elected chief executive of Pampanga in the May 2007 elections. Panlilio’s petition was […]
(Left) PHIVOLCS Director Renato Solidum’s presentation in the Contingency Planning and Formulation Workshop held in Kings Royale. (Top right) Board Members Raul Macalino, Nestor Tolentino, and Ric Yabut; Governor Lilia “Nanay” G. Pineda; OCD RD Josefina Timoteo; and PSSupt. Edgardo Tinio. (Bottom right) Attendees from the 20 municipalities. http://pampangacapitol.ph/ This Pampanga resort hotel is different […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The provincial government and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) had allotted an estimated budget of P5.7million for the 537 beneficiaries of the special program for Employment of Students (SPES) and 200 nurses this summer. The estimated P3.4M will be covered by the provincial government, equivalent to 60% of […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 31 (PIA) — Spearheading this year’s first Barangay Assembly Day tomorrow (March 31), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has chosen Barangay San Miguel in Lubao town as the showcase barangay in the region. DILG Regional Director Florida Dijan said “this activity which will be conducted simultaneously […]