MINALIN, Pampanga – Mayor Arturo Naguit bared the plan of his administration to turn the municipality into a center of culture and heritage preservation in the province. In August 2011, the 400-year old Sta. Monica Church in this town was declared as National Cultural Treasure (NCT) by the National Museum. According to Naguit, this opened […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – An official of a small coastal town in Pampanga is pushing for the creation a public market and manufacturing firms to boost business and employment. Vice Mayor Tan Luna of Sasmuan, one the smallest and less populated towns in the province with some 28,000 people (2010 census), said they are […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–The City Council of the City of San Fernando has been named “Most Outstanding Sangguniang Panlungsod” at the provincial and regional levels for the third time in a row. This, according to Vice Mayor Edwin Santiago, is bolstered by its “exemplary performance” and a record of “landmark legislation.” The Sanggunian has now […]
MINALIN, Pampanga–Mayor Arturo “Katoy” Naguit urged his constituents to choose their leaders based on performance, “stressing that records speak for itself.” Naguit, during the inauguration on Saturday of the Seniors’ Citizens building funded by Vice President Jejomar Binay, disclosed that his government gave medical assistance to some 2,000 people, more than 700 of whom had […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–An 80 percent decrease of dengue cases in Central Luzon from January to February has been noted this year compared to the same period last year. Department of Health Central Luzon Regional Epidemiologist Jessie Fantone said that 3,300 were reported cases in the region in the first two months of 2012. From […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–Mayor Arturo “Katoy” Naguit of Minalin has filed criminal charges before the Office of the Ombudsman against his predecessor, former Mayor Edgardo G. Flores, for alleged anomalous construction of a government evacuation center worth P7,975,521 in 2010. In an interview, Naguit said that as local chief executive, he is duty-bound to protect […]
MEXICO, Pampanga–The Pampanga I Electric Cooperative (PELCO I) is conducting a two-day training seminar for its electric meter readers that started yesterday at the PELCO I compound in this town. The activity, focused on the accuracy of meter readings on the electric consumption of households, commercial and industrial establishments, was aimed at ensuring the cooperative’s […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) rank first among leading causes of mortality in Central Luzon with 14,469 cases for every 100,000 individuals. Central Luzon has about 9.7 million people, the third most populous region in the country. Region IV-A or Calabarzon has 11.7 million and National Capital Region has 11.5 million. […]
ANGELES CITY–Pampanga First District Representative Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin requested the Department of Education (DepEd) to investigate reports that Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan’s Partido Abe Kapampangan (PAK) has been using public schools as venues for their political meetings and other events. In a letter addressed to DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro, Lazatin revealed that he has received reports […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–With the recent passage of the Sin Tax law on January 1, the Department of Health Regional Office 3 is into another undertaking wherein it aims to make Central Luzon a tobacco free region a few years from now. DOH Regional Director Leonito Gorgolon disclosed that with the coordination of the local […]