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 […]
BACOLOR — The Kapampangan Development Foundation (KDF) will be launching a series of programs worth P2 million in cooperation with the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in a bid to provide more health programs to indigents of Pampanga. KDF president Benigno Ricafort said the programs will be launched on April 11 and will include screenings […]
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – An unidentified foreigner was found dead with a gunshot wound in the head in Barangay San Antonio, Arayat, Pampanga, police said yesterday. Reports reaching the office of Supt. Romeo de Castro, PRO3 spokesperson, said that a village watchman in Barangay San Antonio discovered the body of a foreign national near a […]
SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – Ruben Enaje is near the end of his 27-year vow. Enaje will be nailed to the cross for the 26th straight year today, Good Friday. The “crucifixion” of Enaje and 20 other penitents has been the high point of the Good Friday observance in Barangay San Pedro Cutud, an event […]
The camp of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should clarify which of the memorial services for her late brother-in-law, Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio Arroyo, she intends to attend, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Saturday. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the detained former President’s request for the Pasay City court to […]
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 […]
CAMP OLIVAS – Two unidentified armed men on board a motorcycle gunned down a village chief in Barangay Timac, San Simon town Tuesday. Pampanga Police Provincial Director Edgar Tinio identified the fatality as Barangay Timac chairman Luisito Batu, alias Chito. Tinio said 43-year-old Batu came from his fishpond in Barangay Timac and was walking along […]
MANILA, Philippines – The provincial government of Pampanga has ordered the deployment of additional security personnel to assure a peaceful week-long observant of the Holy Week. Thousands of tourists — local and foreign — flock to the province during the Holy Week to witness the live crucifixion, which is done by devotees to reenact the […]
SAN SIMON – The townsfolk of this town led by Mayor Leonora C. Wong lauded Governor Lilia “Nanay” G. Pineda for the distribution of tricycle patrols to all barangyas here the other day. turn over ceremonies of the said tricycles. The blessing was officiated by Fr. Ariel Limjoco, parish priest of Virgen delos Remedios in […]
Pampanga Provincial Administrator Atty. Adres S. Pangilinan, Jr. and Board Member Ric Yabut qwitness the blessings and turn-over of tricycle units to the different barangays of the City of San Fernando in line with the provincial government’s efforts to further intensify the monitoring of peace and order situation. http://pampangacapitol.ph/2012/04/ Buy wine in Manila, Metro Manila, […]