SAN LUIS, Pampanga– Bodies of four of the five persons who drowned at the Pampanga River in Barangay Sto. Tomas here last Tuesday have been recovered by authorities as of press time yesterday. Recovered were the bodies of couple Alvin Guevarra, 30, and Rhea Guevarra, 33, and their two children Aldre, 9, and Jovelyn, 8, […]
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga–A gun-carrying suspected drug pusher and his friend were arrested in a police drug buy-bust operation the other day in Magalang, Pampanga. Arrested was Jake Jose Catap alias “Nognog”, 27, of Tibag, San Francisco, Mabalacat City, Pampanga, and Reynaldo Galicia, 28, of 351 Purok 3, Barangay Pampang, Angeles City. Another companion, identified only […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A total of 706 detainees at the provincial jail cheered as they transferred to the newly constructed provincial jail extension building funded by the provincial government for P25 million. Gov. Lilia Pineda, together with Vice Governor Joseller “Yeng” Guiao, board members, Regional Trial Court (RTC) judges, Provincial Administrator Andres Pangilinan […]
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga–A closed circuit television camera footage revealed the identity of one of the two suspects in a robbery incident in Concepcion, Tarlac on Monday. Police, after viewing the footage, were able to identify Abraham Siron, 42, a former security guard and resident of Rosepark, Concepcion, Tarlac. During the investigation Siron squealed the name […]
FLORIDABLANCA, Pampanga–An alleged security aide of former Parañaque Mayor Joey Marquez on Monday shot and killed a 48-year old farmer after a heated argument regarding land grabbing in Barangay San Roque here. Police identified the suspect as Renato Ibay Mercado, 53, and a resident in the area. The victim was identified as Enrique Manalansan Capati, […]
APALIT, Pampanga – The production and distribution of rice in Pampanga’s rice granary in Apalit was boosted following the completion an eight-kilometer road in two villages here that have been isolated for many years. Balucuc Barangay Captain Gabby Mutuc said at least 70 percent of their some 10,000 residents depend on planting rice. He added […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–UNA senatorial candidate Migz Zubiri calls on the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to grant more scholarships to children of farmers and students who really want to work as farmers and to manage farms to become profitable. “Our farmers are getting old and very few […]
APALIT, Pampanga – An eight-kilometer road linking two isolated villages to Apalit was recently completed benefitting some 14,000 residents who used to consider a nearby municipality in Bulacan province as their town proper. Apalit Mayor Oscar Tetangco Jr. on Monday joined Gov. Lilia Pineda and Board Member Olga Frances David-Dizon in the inspection of the […]
SAN LUIS, Pampanga–Governor Lilia G. Pineda yesterday pledged to allocate another P4 million for the repair of the irrigation system here which covers 500 hectares of ricefields in Barangay San Roque, the largest rice producer in the province. This was gleaned during a consultation meeting with the San Roque Irrigators Association, farmer cooperatives and Barangay […]
STA. RITA, Pampanga –The provincial government expects to collect at least P1-billion from real property tax (RPT) in the whole province with the implementation of the Integrated Taxation Management System (ITAX). Yesterday, Pineda witnessed the launching of the ITAX for the town of Santa Rita, the second in the province after the municipality of Minalin. […]