Tuesday, 3, 2012 ARAYAT – A businessman from Mexico town in Pampanga was seriously injured in a shooting incident Wednesday along the portion of Gapan-Olongapo road in this town. Reports from the Pampanga Police Provincial Office (PPPO) revealed the incident happened Wednesday at about 8:50 p.m. in front of Beth store located at Purok 1 […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 CANDABA — The Municipal Government here has called an urgent local census of all migratory birds at the Wildlife Reserve Park in Sitio Dona Simang, Visal San Pablo on Thursday. This local census will be led by Mayor Jerry Pelayo and other local officials following reports that a greater volume of migratory […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — A seven-year-old girl from Barangay Sindalan here was hit by a stray bullet a few minutes after the New Year. Francine Darren Punzalan, 7, a resident of Bulaon Resettlement, was wounded on her right shoulder around 12:10 a.m. of January 1. Police investigations disclosed that Punzalan went […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 THE Philippine Senate, which will convene as an impeachment court in two weeks, is expected to rule on the validity of the impeachment case against Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona. Corona, who asked the Senate to dismiss the complaint, said it was invalid since members of the House did not […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 A SANDIGANBAYAN official withheld comment regarding the possibility of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo being arrested next week for entering into the controversial national broadband network deal in 2007. This developed after the anti-graft court said its fourth division handling the three graft charges against Arroyo was given 10 days to determine probable […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 CONGRESSWOMAN Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s rise and fall from power has eclipsed some of the recent issues and personalities for 2011, making her one of the top newsmakers in the country and her home province of Pampanga. The former President’s arrest and current legal battles have polarized people, making every event of her current […]
ARAYAT — With more than a year before the May 2013 elections, the Pampanga Mayors League (PML) is reportedly convincing three-term Arayat Mayor Luis Espino to run for vice governor in next year’s local polls. Sun.Star Pampanga learned this through a reliable source close to the group who said that a PML meeting took place […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 MALACANANG reiterated Monday its appeal to Filipinos in Syria to heed calls for mandatory repatriation after only 490 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of the total 17,000 have been repatriated since tension began in March. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario flew to Damascus in Syria to personally facilitate the repatriation of some […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 CLARK FREEPORT — At least 12 commercial aircrafts were diverted on New Year (January 1) to the Clark International Airport due to zero visibility at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) president Victor Jose I. Luciano said the diversion of the flights to Clark was caused by […]
Tuesday, 3, 2012 MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) will beef up its security after its head, Secretary Leila de Lima, said she received “credible and reliable” threats. “I’d rather be safe than sorry,” de Lima said Monday while announcing that agents of the department’s Intelligence and Service Operations Group and detailed members of […]