PAMPANGA — “It’s really getting to be more fun in Sto. Tomas!” This was the common cheer on Sunday afternoon as hundreds of locals, out-of-town visitors and some foreign tourists mobbed the streets of this town to get a view of what they branded as a grander “Sabuaga Festival.” http://www.balibago.org/ Companies in Manila travel out […]
CANDABA — The municipal health office (MHO) here got poor remarks in terms of tuberculosis case detection rate (TDR) for 2011, as it was ranked last among the health offices in all the municipalities in the Pampanga. Dr. Maria Imelda Labrador-Ignacio, provincial health officer 1, said in her recent report that Candaba MHO got the […]
FLORIDABLANCA — A group hosted over the weekend a tree planting activity in Barangay Nabuklod here as part of its environmental commitment to help in the preservation of the natural forest cover of the Aeta village and its promotion as an eco-tourism destination. Quota International of Pampanga president Jennifer Lopez told Sun.Star Pampanga that their […]
ANGELES CITY — Owners of four funeral parlors here are asking the City Council to exempt them from the implementation of an ordinance setting a common place for memorial homes. This was gleaned in a position paper dated March 26, 2012 prepared by Grace M. Perez of Funeraria Luzon, Philip Cesar Samson of Pangilinan Memorial […]
PAMPANGA — Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz congratulated the City of San Fernando “for being true to its commitment to strengthen its local employment facilitation and services, to solve the jobs-skills mismatch, and to push back unemployment in the city.” In a report by labor communications officer Jerry Borja, Baldoz was quoted as saying: […]
CANDABA — The town of Candaba is now reshaping its tourism landscape, as several tourists’ facilities such as resorts have mushroomed in some villages here. Among the resorts put up in this town are the “God is Great All the Time” or GIGATT resort in Barangay Pasig, Lola Corazon’s Leisure Farm in Barangay Talang, and […]
PILAR, Bataan — President Benigno Aquino III is expected to lead today, Monday, the 70th Araw ng Kagitingan rites at the Dambana ng Kagitingan here. Upon arrival, Aquino is scheduled to offer a wreath to the shrine and afterwards pause for the tolling of the bell by a World War II veteran and a high […]
PAMPANGA — THE revenue office padlocked two establishments during the Holy Week as part of its intensified “Oplan Kandado” program that aims to run after delinquent taxpayers. Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Regional Director Araceli L. Francisco said the closure order was implemented against the Queen’s Steel Haus & General Merchandise in Guagua town and […]
Several styles of accommodations exist in various locations in Clearwater, each offering a different experience. Rooms are basic but functional, comfortable but not luxurious, cozy and quite spacious. Rates vary slightly. In addition to these hotel-styled lodgings, Clearwater offers camping grounds in the Brunello Gardens for guests to pitch their own tents. Many visitors describe […]