MANILA, Philippines – Former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes’ lawyer on Tuesday lashed out at the Department of Justice (DOJ) for including him in a watch-list order in connection with the murder of environmentalist and radio broadcaster Dr. Gerardo “Doc Gerry” Ortega. Reyes is accused of being the brains behind the killing. His lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, […]
MAGALANG — Scores of mentally and physically challenged children benefitted from the “Reach for the Sky 2” project jointly initiated Saturday by the Canon Advocacy Team and the SM Cares. Some of the kids with disabilities were given a chance to experience flying on board ultra-light aircrafts and Cessna planes at the Angeles City Flying […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — If plans push through, the Nabuclod Eco-Tourism Adventure Park in the highlands of Nabuclod village in Floridablanca town could be the next world spot in the likes of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The plan to erect a similar gigantic replica of the Risen Christ (Ascension) was mentioned during the […]
Pampanga — Governor Lilia G. Pineda has ordered the immediate creation of an anti-overloading task force as a way to protect the roads and bridges in the province against overloading vehicles. Pineda said the provincial government has collaborated with the Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC) for the use of weighing scale. Owners of the vehicle […]
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines – Illegal recruiters transferred their operations to Palawan province, including island municipalities making them as exit points to Sabah, Malaysia. The National Bureau of Investigation said the recruiters transferred their operation here and its nearby municipalities in order to elude the intensive operation against illegal recruiters. According to NBI Regional Director […]
MANILA, Philippines – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) will reconstruct a collapsed dam in Bulacan blamed for the flooding of several towns in the onslaught of typhoon “Pedring” last year. Other than the reconstruction of Bulu Dam, the NIA’s Regional Irrigation Management–Central Luzon under engineer Reynaldo Puno will implement more than P120 million worth of […]
PAMPANGA, Philippines —Tagapagbantay ng securidad ng ating bansa. Ito ang pagkakilala ng ilang kabataan sa mga sundalo. Ani Marjorie Nucum, estudyante sa Apalit High School, “yung mga sundalo sa pagkakaalam ko mga nakikipaglaban para sa bayan po, mga may hawak ng baril.” Dahil sa ipinapatayong two-storey school building nina Brother Eli Soriano ng Ang Dating […]
ANGELES CITY—At the Holy Angel University (HAU) campus in Angeles City, he’s more known by his folksy nickname “Mang Enteng.” Among the school’s 17,000 students, they always find him on the second floor of the main building. But as they learned, he’s no ordinary person. Their Mang Enteng, the late painter Vicente Manansala, is important […]
For many years since he first became mayor here in 1995, Marino Morales has been lobbying to upgrade this town’s status into a component city in pursuit of a dream. To Morales, the only local politician who was able to serve as chief executive for 17 straight years, this town’s conversion into a component city […]
The Don Bosco Fun Run: “Run for Legacy!” is scheduled on February 12, 2012 at Clark City, Pampanga. Watch out for more details of this event. Don Bosco Fun Run: “Run for Legacy!” February 12, 2012 Clark, Pampanga EVENT DISTANCED. http://www.takbo.ph/2011/12/don-bosco-fun-run-pampanga/ Each year in February the Philippines hot air balloon festival returns to Clark Pampanga. […]