Worker killed in bunker tank blast
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:16 p.m.CAMP OLIVAS -- A worker was killed while another one is in serious condition when the bunker tank of an asphalt plant exploded in Barangay Paligui, Apalit town on Tuesday.
In a report, Superintendent Homer Penecilla, chief of police of Apalit, identified the fatality as Ernesto Alvares, 60, of Subic, Zambales.
Group asks EdPam for probe on watershed destruction
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:16 p.m.ANGELES CITY -- A group of environmentalists is urging Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan to conduct an investigation regarding the destruction of watershed areas in the city.
Sonny Dobles, head of the Alliance for the Development of Central Luzon, said the re-elected mayor ordered for an investigation to determine the cause of environmental problems like flooding, depletion of water supply, and others.
C. Luzon has 11 newbie lawmakers
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:15 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Central Luzon will have 11 first termers to the House of Representatives during the 16th Congress, election results from Comelec show.
The region has a total of 21 representatives.
Chinese, Malaysians nabbed in raid
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:15 p.m.CAMP OLIVAS - Operatives of the Anti-Cybercrime Group arrested 78 persons, including Malaysians and Chinese nationals, during a raid at 17 villas of the Fontana Resort inside Clark Freeport, reports said.
In a text message to this reporter, Senior Superintendent Elmo Sorona, head of the Anti-Cybercrime Group, said that during the raid, his men arrested 45 Chinese nationals, 21 Malaysians, and 12 Filipinos.
Police to strengthen intel network in villages
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:15 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A high-ranking official from the Pampanga Police Provincial Office (PPPO) the other day divulged his plan to strengthen "Barangay Intelligence Networks” or BINs.
Senior Superintendent Oscar Alabayalde, PPO officer-in-charge, said BINs could be a big help in protecting the interest of various communities in matters of peace and order.
AUF, SM City Clark to stage Flores de Mayo tilt
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:14 p.m.ANGELES CITY -- The Angeles University Foundation (AUF), in cooperation with SM City Clark, will stage its annual Search for the Reyna Ning Flores de Mayo 2013 at the mall’s Event Centre on May 25.
AUF president lawyer Joseph Emmanuel Angeles said a total of 21 young ladies from different towns and cities of Pampanga will compete wearing original creations of local designers.
Schools share best practices in Career Guidance
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:14 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Some institutions in Central Luzon have shared their best practices in guiding high school students towards the path to take after graduation.
Representatives from Bulacan Provincial Public Employment Service Office (Peso), University of the Assumption (UA), and Pampanga High School (PHS) gave tips to over 250 guidance counselors and coordinators from public and private high schools in Central Luzon that graced the inaugural Regional Career Guidance Advocacy Congress of Department of Labor and Employment (Dole).
Capitol braces for rainy months
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:48 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) in Pampanga has started preparation and disaster risk management meetings to prepare the province for the coming rainy season.
PDRRMO chief Lulu Alingcastre said the province has started initial preparation works in time for the rainy months, asking the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on the status of engineering works on structures damaged by heavy rains and typhoons last year.
International Candle Light Memorial on Aids observed
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:48 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- City Hall employees lit up symbolic candles and wore red ribbon pins during the International Candle Light Memorial on Aids at the flag ceremony held Monday at the City Hall grounds.
Dr. Renely Tungol, City of San Fernando rural health physician, said Fernandinos should be more cautious and responsible with their lifestyles, and be kept up to date on information about Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Guiao to ‘hit the ground running’
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:47 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- First district Congressman-elect and outgoing Vice Governor Joseller Guiao will “hit the ground running” as he buckles down to work after his plan to take a short break with his family abroad.
In an interview over dwRW 95.1 FM’s “Talakayan” with veteran broadcaster Perry Pangan, Guiao said he will start the series of consultative meetings related to his proposals and advocacies.
Pamintuan: Angeleños are victors
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:46 p.m.ANGELES CITY -- A week after the elections, re-elected Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said the real winners are the Angeleños.
“Wagi ang Angeleños!” Pamintuan told City Government workers during Monday’s flag raising rites at the City Hall compound.
Maglanque pays courtesy call on Pineda
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:46 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Candaba Mayor-elect Rene Maglanque paid a courtesy call on Governor Lilia Pineda, who successfully sealed her second term, after getting overwhelming support from the Kapampangans in the last elections.
Maglanque, who ran and won under the Liberal Party, joined the governor and other provincial officials in a flag-raising ceremony held at the Capitol grounds on Monday.
Councilor will remain ‘independent-minded’
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:46 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Re-elected City of San Fernando Councilor Noel Tulabut said over the weekend that he will remain "independent-minded" even as the Magsilbi Team gained the majority at the City Council, 7-3.
Tulabut said that he and fellow re-elected councilors Dein Henson and Lito Ocampo, along with newcomers Tino Dizon, Harvey Quiwa, Jack Calimlim and comebacker Nelson Lingat, could work very well with Team Fernandino's Angie Hizon, Ayzel Macalino and BJ Lagman on the floor.
Mayor offers Arayat as another investment hub
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:45 p.m.ARAYAT, Pampanga -- The newly elected mayor here is offering Arayat to would-be investors as a potential alternative investment hub, being the gateway to the province of Pampanga.
Mayor-elect Emmanuel Bonifacio Alejandrino said he is willing to provide tax incentives for a period of five years to any investor who is willing to establish a business within the locality.
Fishermen see job loss in government tourism projects
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:45 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The tourism program of the National Government in coastal towns in several provinces, including Pampanga, is seen to affect the livelihood of fishermen all over the country.
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) stated that more people will join the ranks of unemployed and underemployed once the Philippine government pursues its projects in tourism development areas across the country.
Man drowns in Bataan beach
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:44 p.m.CAMP OLIVAS -- A man drowned while another is in critical condition after being swept by strong water current at a resort in Morong, Bataan over the weekend.
In his report here, Senior Superintendent Ricardo Zapanta, Bataan police provincial director, identified the fatality as Edgardo Bautista, 54, of Barangay Balite, Malolos City in Bulacan.
Bukas Kotse Gang strikes in NLEx
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:44 p.m.CAMP OLIVAS -- Members of the so-called “Bukas Kotse” gang managed to cart away several personal belongings from a vehicle parked at the Mega Station along the North Luzon Expressway in Barangay San Felipe, City of San Fernando, over the weekend.
In a belated report here, victim Ephraim Bustos, 25, of Barangay Cacutud, Arayat town, parked his Honda Civic (RHN-158) in front of KFC at the Mega Station around 5:17 p.m. of Saturday.
Rodriguez not keen on House Speaker post
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 09:18 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Third district Representative-elect Oscar Rodriguez said recently that he is not keen on becoming speaker of the House of Representatives in the 16th Congress.
The speaker of the house is the fourth highest political official in the country who is elected by a majority vote of the estimated 287 members at the commencement of each Congress. He or she presides over sessions and decides on all questions of order (subject to appeal by any member), including signing of all acts, resolutions, memorials, writs, warrants and subpoenas issued by or upon order of the House, plus appointing, suspending, dismissing or disciplining House personnel and exercising administrative functions.
Elderly man wants answers on complaint vs hospital
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 09:18 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- A 70-year-old senior citizen admitted at a private hospital here sought the help of health officials as to why his complaint has not been acted upon for nearly a year.
Manuel Bautista of Pilar Village in Barangay San Isidro told Sun.Star Pampanga over the weekend that he lodged a complaint against Mother Theresa of Calcutta for alleged overpricing of medicines at its pharmacy on July 13, 2012 before the Department of Health (DOH)-Central Luzon.
Ex-cop killed in ambush
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 09:17 p.m.MABALACAT CITY -- A retired police officer was killed in a broad daylight ambush along MacArthur Highway in the commercial district of Barangay Dau on Sunday.
Senior Police Officer 2 Rodrigo Rodriguez, a retired cop formerly assigned at the Angeles City police office, died on the scene after sustaining three gunshot wounds on the head.
Delta wants streamlining of provincial ordinances
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 09:16 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Vice Governor-elect Dennis "Delta" Pineda said he will be working for the streamlining of provincial ordinances to avoid redundancy of laws and policies and ensure effective local governance.
Pineda told Sun.Star Pampanga that the City Council will continue to work for local legislation that is responsive to the development and growth in the province and the region.
Lazatin, Nepomuceno out but old names linger in Angeles council
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 09:16 p.m.ANGELES CITY -- First district Representative Carmelo Lazatin and former mayor Francis Nepomuceno may be out in the local political scene this term but younger generations of their political families still hound the Angeles City council.
The Nepomuceno name is alive in councilor-elect Bryan Nepomuceno, who ranked second in the number of votes for the City Council with 63,856 or 8.53 percent of the voters who voted in this year's election here, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Arayat mayor-elect to push for ‘peace initiative’
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 09:16 p.m.ARAYAT, Pampanga -- The former "supremo" of the so-called Hukbong Mapagpalayang Bayan and now mayor-elect of this town is planning to hold a municipal-wide peace initiative to put an end to the series of killings and other criminalities in various localities here.
Mayor Emmanuel Bonifacio Alejandrino, in an interview over the weekend, said he would reach out to various armed groups, including concerned non-government organizations, to come up with a development plan anchored on the common desire to achieve development by transforming the town into a peace-loving community.
9 vehicles impounded, high-powered guns seized
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 09:15 p.m.CAMP OLIVAS -- At least nine different kinds of vehicles have been impounded and are now the subject of an investigation after they were intercepted in a checkpoint along the provincial road in Barangay Bitungal, Norzagaray, Bulacan recently.
Senior Superintendent Amador Corpus, Highway Patrol Group (HPG) 3 regional director, said that during a checkpoint together with the personnel from Bulacan police, Commission of Elections, and Armed Forces of the Philippines, they intercepted a white Mitsubishi Montero, two military trucks, and a military hummer.
Senior citizens ask mayor: Observe law on budget share
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 09:15 p.m.ARAYAT, Pampanga -- Officials of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines (Fescap) Arayat chapter expressed hope Sunday that the new administration in the Municipal Government will observe the law involving budgetary requirements to their group.
Hector Gamboa, Fescap president, said that for so long, they had been deprived of their right under law involving their one percent budget share from the internal revenue allotment of the municipality.
Braganza loses to Espino
Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 07:16 p.m.LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- President Benigno Aquino III twice came to the province to endorse or campaign for Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza, gubernatorial candidate of the Liberal Party (LP).
But it did not at all help Braganza get the upperhand as re-elected Governor Amado Espino Jr. of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) routed him with an overwhelming lead of 554,351.
Gloria Arroyo thanks kabalens for another term
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 09:11 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Former President and now re-elected Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (second district, Pampanga) expressed gratitude to Kapampangans for another term.
Arroyo, who will serve the towns of Lubao, Floridablanca, Porac, Sta. Rita, Sasmuan and Guagua, was proclaimed winner by the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) on Thursday evening, after she garnered 168,718 votes against former Provincial Administrator Vivian Dabu with 18,547.
Re-elected, new BMs eye ‘greater Pampanga’
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 09:11 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Re-elected board members Ric Yabut, Nestor Tolentino, Salvador Dimson Jr., successful comebackers Dinan Labung and Rosve Henson, together with newcomers Cherry Manalo and outgoing Mexico Mayor Teddy Tumang recently professed to “move in unison for a greater Pampanga” and pass more beneficial legislative measures which will benefit Kapampangans.
The local legislators, who expressed excitement over their first session together with Vice Governor-elect Dennis Pineda, said they are optimistic that the “new complexion” of the august body will not, in any way, affect their objectives for the bigger development of the province of Pampanga.
Bondoc calls for unity
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 09:10 p.m.CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Congressman-elect Juan Pablo Bondoc has called for political unity in his district following his win against congressional rivals here, adding there is much to do in terms of infrastructure, tourism and agricultural development of the district.
Bondoc was proclaimed winner of the congressional race for the fourth district of Pampanga after garnering 105,610 votes or 55.58 percent of the 207,749 of voters.
Butil still Central Luzon’s choice
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 09:09 p.m.SANTA RITA — The Butil Farmers Party reigned as the top party-list choice in Central Luzon region after gaining 257,009 votes or 9.03 percent of the total voters who voted in the region, said the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Butil was followed by Citizens Battle Against Corruption (Cibac) with 162,470 or 5.71 percent at 2nd place in the regional ranking. Buhay Hayaang Yumabong (Buhay) followed close at third place and Binhi at 4th place.
