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Sunday, November 23, 2008 (Philippines)
| Participants from Bacolor Elementary School show their native dance during the recent Makatapak (barefoot) Festival '08 as part of the recent celebration of Bacolor town's La Naval fiesta. (Sun.Star Pampanga/Chris Navarro) |
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's "holiday economics" for the Christmas season has been lauded here by government and private employees and balikbayans who have started trickling down in the province for family reunions and get-togethers.
Last week, Arroyo declared December 1 a special non-working holiday as it is the nearest date following November 30, which is National Heroes' Day, making the long weekend a prelude to a December filled with many more holidays.
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Poor students get education subsidy
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- More indigent students were among the third batch of scholars who received grants amounting from P2,000 to P5,000 under the City Government's Scholarship in Education for Empowerment and Development (Seed) program.
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Mindanao caravan appeals for 'peace'
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- In a bid to bring to people here the "true picture" of the current Mindanao peace crisis, the Duyog (Cebuano for "solidarity") Mindanao peace caravan made a stopover Friday afternoon at City Hall, its second leg after a stint in Baguio City.
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Lands for bamboos sought
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Fourth district Board Member Ricardo Yabut has asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to declare 10 percent of the lands for annual reforestation to be used for bamboo propagation and plantation.
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