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Appellate court TROs Lee case vs. Pag-IBIG

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–Vice President Jejomar C. Binay said the Court of Appeals (CA) stopped a Makati City judge from implementing its earlier rulings favoring Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corp. (GA) president Delfin Lee. Binay said the CA issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 28 Judge Eugene Paras, who […]

818 farmers graduate in Pampanga Field School

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Farmers’ Field School (FFS) in Pampanga has produced 818 graduates on Wednesday as the provincial government stepped up programs to improve agricultural production. Gov. Lilia Pineda and officials from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) graced the mass graduation of farmers from the towns […]

Bets open campaign with ‘strong’ salvo

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Local candidates have started wooing their constituents over the weekend, either with motorcades, proclamation rallies or house-to-house sorties in different areas in the province. The Magsilbi Team of the City of San Fernando spearheaded by Third District congressional candidate Mayor Oscar Rodriguez and mayoral candidate Edwin Santiago opened Sunday its […]

Guv vows employment for illegal recruitment victims, ex-OFWs

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Provincial Government vowed Sunday to provide employment opportunities to victims of illegal recruitment and former overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), including their skilled family members. Governor Lilia Pineda said they had been consistently working in partnership with concerned government agencies to ensure employment for every Kapampangan who is able and […]

Mayor: Establish chemotherapy, heart care center

ANGELES CITY — Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan reiterated plans to establish a chemotherapy and coronary care units at the Ospital Ning Angeles (Ona). During the opening salvo of the mayor’s slate (Team Agyu Tamu), Pamintuan vowed to implement the programs if he succeeded in his re-election bid. The mayor also said he will continue implementing his […]

DPWH-1 Reiterates: National roads cannot be used to dry palay

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (PIA) — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the region is alerting all district engineers to secure major thoroughfares from being utilized as palay solar dryers, so that the safety of motorists passing through national highways is ensured. DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson underlined the agency’s directive […]

Select Central Luzon LGUs honored

CLARK FREEPORT, Angeles City, Pampanga (PIA) — Central Luzon Growth Corridor Foundation Inc. (CLGCFI), in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), recently honored local government units (LGUs) in the region with excellent implementation of streamlined procedures in the issuance of a mayor’s permit. […]

2 Nueva Ecija village chiefs arrested

CAMP OLIVAS – Two barangay chiefs in Nueva Ecija were arrested by policemen on Wednesday. Arrested were Barangay chiefs Federico Vercida of San Carlos, Aliaga and Joel Nunez, 40, of Hometeads 1, Talavera. Senior Superintendent Ricardo Nieves, Nueva Ecija police provincial director, said Saturday that police operatives swooped down on the barangay hall of Vercida […]