Limlingan: May Day
TODAY marks the International Day for Workers. In the Philippines and in some other countries, it is called Labor Day. All over the world, there are more than 80 countries who take a respite to celebrate this day and pay respect to workers.
Limlingan: BM Bay’s Concern to Local Fishermen
THE stand-off between the Chinese fishing vessels backed up by their maritime surveillance ships and our country’s outmoded but still formidable battleships in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal is status quo.
There is a case however here in our province that is entirely the opposite the said...
Limlingan: Summer will be more fun in Arayat town
AFTER setting her vision and causing the start of development of Floridablanca town’s Nabuclod, Governor Lilia Pineda is again setting her eyes in yet another worthy endeavor -- the development of Mt. Arayat National Park.
The park, sitting at the foot of the lone mountain in Pampanga,...
Limlingan: The Disneyland Dream
IF ONLY Walter Elias "Walt" Disney, founder of Disneyland would be alive today, he would perhaps be delighted by the letter of Congressman Carmelo “Tarzan” Lazatin of the 1st District of Pampanga intimating his intention that the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles City be considered as the site of...
Limlingan: Lapid’s Committee
WHO says Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid is chair of the Senate’s Committee on Silence?
Gutierrez: Enough with resolutions
“NAKUHA MO?” After he takes several photos of the year’s first break of dawn, you ask him again, “Nakuha mo yung unang sunrise?” As you take a stroll down Ambuklao Road coming from a friend’s New Year’s Eve party, you both witness the quiet hue of fresh blue and golden yellow as it cuts through...
Limlingan: Lito and Katoy
WE MAY not feel it that much, but Christmas in Northern Mindanao and some parts of the Visayas will be definitely bleak for our Christian brothers.
While the number of missing persons in the aftermath of Typhoon Sendong is decreasing, the number of dead is sadly increasing. As of this...
Gutierrez: Who is your archenemy?
“KUNG hindi kayo puwedeng magbati, at least man lang ay makapagtrabaho kayo ng maayos,” your boss sighs in exasperation as he leans back into his big black leather chair. You feel his frustration after trying for thirty minutes to break down your defense mechanism that you have raised against an...
Limlingan: In Pain
MANY Kapampangans perhaps also feel the pain of our ailing former President. Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is on her sickbed at St. Luke’s Medical Center due to her hypoparathyoridism.
Hyperparathyroidism, as technically and medically defined, is the over-activity of the...
Limlingan: Flood czar
WITH the devastation that left a mark on the province of Pampanga by the recent twin typhoons, the provincial as well as National Government should exert efforts double time to somehow combat one of the damaging effects of weather disturbances: floods.
Limlingan: Request Granted
DURING the heavy downpour brought about by the typhoons “Pedring” and “Quiel”, many rivers and tributaries swelled, flooding a number of barangays, damaging crops and livestock and destroying houses in Regions 1, 2 and 3 including the National Capital Region.
Limlingan: An assessment on Pedring
TYPHOON Pedring may have already left the country but the aftermath of it can still be felt even after a couple of weeks of relief and rehabilitation.
It may not be classified as a super typhoon by the weather bureau but then, taking from the death toll and the assessment of its damages...
Limlingan: DA Readiness on Bird Flu
I BUMPED at a good friend one time at a church in Barangay Dolores in the City of San Fernando. He happens to be Dr. Romeo Manalili of the Department of Agriculture.
Limlingan: Wrong Timing
AS FILIPINOS, it is our very nature to express compassion to the sick. They say, there are three places or situations wherein a person needs to be consoled if not visited. These are: in sickness, in death and in prison.
Limlingan: INC on Dengue
THERE is a reason for an alarm particularly on health and more particularly on the rising cases of dengue virus infection.
The Aedes Aegypti is blamed for the transmission of the killer virus. Prone are children who are often preys of the mosquito. There are however incidents of...
Limlingan: Mayor Oca's Tangibles
WITHOUT listening to the Soca (State of the City Address) of Mayor Oscar Rodriguez, any Fernandino can truly say that San Fernando's landscape has further changed for the better if not the best.
Limlingan: E-cigar and Smoking
SINCE time immemorial, smoking has been a problem and a solution. Believe it or not, smoking is also the problem of smokers. Knowing the health hazards that smoking gives to smokers, they too want to quit smoking but simply cannot.
Limlingan: The Loudmouth and the Overacting
THE rift between erstwhile tandem Mexico Mayor Teddy Tumang and Vice Mayor Roy Manalastas has gone a long, long way. This is manifested by their exchange of unpleasantries and legal actions. Fanning the flames between them is the ululating Rex Calma, a municipal councilor who was on the side of...
Limlingan: Blame it on the Rain
"BLAME it on the rain", so goes the song by Milli Vanilli, a pop duo whose songs became popular in the late 80's.
I blame it on the rain for the inundations this weekend that almost changed the landscape of an almost plain province. Most of the province's towns were submerged in...
Limlingan: Cybercrimes
CRIMINALS are getting bolder each day. They dig up new modes and means and employ various modus to their unwary hapless victims.
Limlingan: Memories of an eruption
RESILIENCY was what made Kapampangans survive the wrath of Mt. Pinatubo.
Limlingan: NGCP’s Broken Promise
SUNDAY NIGHT was supposed to be a big event or rather a big preparation for the young ones for school, as it was the eve of the first day of class. A big disappointment and disgust however marred the day and the night of June 5 as a big part of the province groped in the dark in a hot humid...
Limlingan: A Special Court
JUSTICE delayed is justice denied, so goes the time-honored legal adage, which is used until now by some. Last Tuesday, fourth district Board Member Nestor "Bay" Tolentino has proposed for the creation of a specific court that will handle drug-related cases in the province.
Limlingan: Better than Nothing
THIS one is for the "kings of the roads".
The National Government is subsidizing very minutely our public transports and a lot of local government units are doing the same. Call it a gimmick, but it somehow microscopically eases the pain of scratching our public utility drivers' heads...
Limlingan: Preparing for the Coming School Year
YESTERDAY was the official kick-off of the Department of Education’s Brigada Eskwela Program in most elementary and public high schools. It’s another year for the school and the community to make preparations for the coming school year, just as the summer season is about to end.
