ANGELES CITY – The Partido Abe Kapampangan (AbeKa) dared Congressman Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin the other day to bare his true state of health and if he is physically fit to run the City Hall should he win in the upcoming polls. Abeka secretary general William Aquilar said in statement that Lazatin’s alleged failing health has […]
ANGELES CITY – Former Congressman Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno on Thursday described as “ignorant” his rival in the congressional race, Pampanga Vice Governor Joseller “Yeng” Guiao. Nepomuceno was reacting to Guiao’s statement branding the former as non performer in the House of Representative. “Like a drowning man, Vice Gov. Joseller “Yeng” Guiao is clutching at anything […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Kambilan Party led by Governor Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda and vice gubernatorial aspirant Dennis “Delta” Pineda strongly endorsed on Wednesday the candidacy of Mayor Oscar Rodriguez and the candidates of the Magsilbi Team. Rodiguez is running for Pampanga’s Third District congressional seat. Re-electionist Governor Pineda said, in a rally […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–The government should strengthen its social safety net programs in areas of extreme unemployment, underemployment and poverty and embrace a policy of “redistribution” toward the marginalized sector, Team PNoy senatorial candidate Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said yesterday. “This is probably the greatest commitment that the government can make on May 1, and this […]
ANGELES CITY – Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan yesterday vowed a crack down on the existence of a “Korean Mafia” in this city to put an end to the senseless killings of Korean nationals here. In his regular “Kapihan” with members of Pampanga media here yesterday, Pamintuan assailed the unabated killings of Korean nationals which were perpetuated […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Students of Pampanga scored the highest points among their counterparts from the six other provinces of Central Luzon, allowing the region to capture the second over-all championship at the recent National School Press Conference (NSPC) in Ormoc City, Leyte. This was according to Malcolm S. Garma, Schools Division Superintendent of […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–The city has adopted Effective Microorganisms (EM) in a new strategy to use innovative mechanisms to improve the water quality of San Fernando River. Through the use of EM, free flowing water like rivers and creeks can be cleaned up. Specifically, the clean-up scheme will use “Mudballs” EM, which was first used […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–President Benigno Simeon Aquino III yesterday declared May 13, 2013–the day of the Mid-Term Election–as a special non-working holiday throughout the country. The Constitution designates national and local polls to be held on the second Monday of May. The declaration of holiday was contained in Proclamation no. 571, s. 2013. Executive Secretary […]
CLARK FREEPORT–State-run firm Clark Development Corporation celebrated its 20th year anniversary on April 3. The highlight of their celebration is the awarding rites for the Most Outstanding Employee set on Friday. To drum up the celebration, several activities were held including the CDC Job Fair event at the SM City Clark last week and the […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO– Some 322,622 households in Central Luzon are considered poor, results from the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) show. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional information officer Evelyn Manalo disclosed “the Central Luzon figure make up 6.13 percent of the more than five million identified indigent households […]