CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The City College of San Fernando on Tuesday churned out its first batch of graduates in grand commencement rites at the Mini Convention Center of Heroes Hall. Some 322 graduates received their baccalaureate diplomas in Business Administration, Education, Business Administration and Information Technology from City College officials led by Mayor […]
TEAM PNoy senatorial candidate Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Thursday asked Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. to reconsider his resignation plan so he can lead the poll body into a peaceful and credible election next month. “Chairman Brillantes should remain as Comelec head. He is on top of things and most of the […]
STA. RITA, Pampanga – Locals here, particularly from Barangay San Basilio, thanked Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (second district) for putting up a water system in their area, which they said has “changed their life tremendously.” Residents welcomed Ang Galing Pinoy Rep. Mikey Arroyo, who represented his mother, and Mayor Yolly Pineda, Vice Mayor Homobono Guanlao, and […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Vice-mayoralty candidate Councilor Renato “Ato” Agustin said on Thursday that he will not quit the race for the post versus lawyer and Board Member Rolly Macalino and fellow Councilor Jimmy Lazatin amid reports that “he will back out” because of alleged “poor survey ratings.” “Some observers have been asking me […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Re-electionist Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. (third district) visited barangays in downtown San Fernando on Thursday with hundreds of supporters drumbeating his programs for the various sectors of the district. Gonzales visited Barangays Del Pilar and Sto. Rosario here, making pit stops at the City Hall, various public terminals and […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –- Several out-of-school youth who passed the recent Non-Formal Education Accreditation and Equivalency Test under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Department of Education lauded the Provincial Government for its scholarship program. “Doble po ang saya namin dahil mayroon na kaming diploma na katumbas ng diploma na ibinibigay sa mga high […]
SAN LUIS, Pampanga – Teenagers in Barangay Sta. Catalina in this town have been seen swimming in the Pampanga River on Tuesday disregarding the call of local authorities not to swim in the river following the deaths of seven individuals there recently. Observers also noted that some were even seen drinking liquor. In Barangay Buas, […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Third district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. will be deploying more lawyers in the field in his district in the Election Day on May 13, his chief of staff said. Ramon Navarra Jr., Gonzales’ chief of staff, said in a statement that he did not reveal exactly how many lawyers […]
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. – Philippines (HHIC-Phil Inc.) has reached yet another milestone when it held the simultaneous unveiling of two newly-built bulk carriers in its modern 30-hectare shipyard in Redondo Peninsula on Tuesday. The vessels, named after famous explorers Christopher Columbus and Abel Tasman, were the seventh […]
SAN SIMON, Pampanga–The some 3,000 farmers here heaved a sigh relief when Gov. Lilia Pineda promised to give an irrigation pump designed to get water from the Pampanga river. Pineda said the farmers and their leaders asked her to help in irrigating their farmlands, most of of which are for rice production. She met them […]