Guv to ink agreement with Tesda
STO. TOMAS -- Governor Lilia Pineda is set to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) on the operation of the soon-to-open Sto. Tomas campus.
Fourth District...
Porac farmers get 'day-off'
PORAC -- Some 75 farmers from all over this town had timeout from farm work during Friday's 4th Farmers' Day here, as part of the development assistance of the Municipal Government of Porac and Department of Agriculture (DA) to farmers and their families.
The event, attended by Mayor...
3 towns hold joint session on Megadike toll road
PORAC -- The Municipal Councils of Sta. Rita, Bacolor and this town met Monday at the Porac Session Hall to discuss the endorsement of a joint resolution that will push for the proposed construction of a toll road on the west lateral portion of the FVR Megadike here.
Filed by Porac...
DHVTSU-Sto. Tomas to open this June
STO. TOMAS — The satellite campus of the Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (DHVTSU) here is expected to operate this coming June for the school year 2012-2013.
DHVTSU president Enrique Baking said he expects the campus to be operational by June for the new school year...
Alcantara to assume post as new Nolcom commander
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Lieutenant General Jessie Dellosa will formally hand over the Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) to its new commander, Lieutenant General Anthony Alcantara today, Monday.
The Change of Command Ceremony will be held...
Council declares lawmaker as ‘adopted son’
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The City Council has approved a resolution declaring Representative Aurelio Gonzales Jr. (3rd district, Pampanga) as “distinguished adopted son” of this city.
City Councilor Noel Tulabut, who sponsored the resolution, said that with the contributions of Gonzales in...
MACCII to host 2012 revenue updates with BIR
ANGELES CITY — The Metro Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Industry Incorporated (MACCII) will be hosting a Revenue Update seminar with the Bureau of Internal revenue (BIR) on February 16 at the Angeles Business Center Bldg. here.
The event, according to MACCII president Frankie...
Mayor still optimistic on finding Abad Santos’ remains
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Mayor Oscar Rodriguez has yet to give up on the search for the remains of Fernandino Pedro Abad Santos, founder of the Socialist Party of the Philippines.
Rodriguez, in an interview, said during the commemoration of the 136th Birth Anniversary of the local hero at...
Group condemns 'assault' of UP students in Pampanga
PORAC -- A militant group issued a formal statement condemning the alleged physical assault of members of a military unit against three students of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) recently here.
Anakbayan, in a statement, said the three Bachelor of Science Community...
Kapampangan theater group up for US tour
STA. RITA — Local theater group Arti.Sta Rita is set on another international tour in May to bring cultural productions to Kapampangan communities based in the United States.
Arti.Sta Rita creative director Andy Alviz told Sun.Star Pampanga that the US tour, dubbed: “Mikit Tamu king...
Group hosts speech fest
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Pi Sigma Fraternity and Pi Sigma Delta Sorority of UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (UPDEPP) held their annual Speech Fest competition over the weekend with the theme: “Green Revolution: The Fate of the Earth Lies Upon Your Hands”.
The event, an inter-...
Security forces hold consultation with stakeholders
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Security forces in Central Luzon (CL) under the 7th Infantry Division (7ID) conducted a one-day stakeholders’ consultative meeting over the weekend in a bid to address issues and concerns in local peacekeeping and counter-insurgency efforts here.
The meeting was...
Mayor supports plan to transfer NAIA to Clark
ANGELES CITY -- Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian expressed his support to the plan to transfer the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and its operations inside Clark Freeport.
Gatchalian, an active member of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP), made this statement...
Lawmaker holds forum on electric cooperative issues
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO --Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) partylist Congressman Ponciano Payuyo led the forum Thursday on issues of local electric cooperatives here at the Benigno Aquino Hall.
The event was also led by Provincial Board Cooperative Committee head...
Environment office sets measures for quarry collection target
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) chief Art Punzalan said Tuesday they have set measures to achieve the governor’s P400-million quarry collection target for 2012.
It could be remembered that Governor Lilia Pineda has set her sights on a...
Pampanga road mishap kills soldier
MAGALANG -- A soldier was killed while another is in critical condition when the truck transporting them for security operations was sideswiped by a passenger bus at Barangay Dolores around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Major Enrico Gil Ileto, 7th Infantry Division (7ID) Public Affairs Office chief,...
Elementary school gets books
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- To contribute to the educational needs of students here through their newly opened library, Books for the Barrios Inc., a non-profit organization, donated hundred of books to the Panipuan Integrated School over the weekend
Books for the Barrios Inc. is a non-profit...
Foreigner found dead in Arayat
ARAYAT — Village watchmen in Barangay San Antonio here found a body of a foreign national near a vacant lot here over the weekend.
Police reports revealed that around 8:15 a.m. last January 18, elements of Arayat Municipal Police Station received a report from the watchman that an...
New order to eradicate ‘fly-by-night’ service contractors
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Pampanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PamCham) and the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) here held a symposium on the Department Order (DO) 18-A, which aims to eliminate “fly-by-night” contractors and protect workers employed by service contractors and...
3 mayors optimistic with benefits of SGH award
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Three mayors in three different districts of Pampanga have expressed optimism, being awarded the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH), which will open up for them development programs in their respective municipalities through the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF).
Mayors...
Indie film ‘Captive’ may have Pampanga premiere
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Cannes Film Festival-winning director Brillante Mendoza is planning to hold a Pampanga premier of his indie film “Captive”, which is now in competition in the main section of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The film festival will be held in Berlin, Germany’...
Military, police deputized for Zambales special elections
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Law enforcement agencies including the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) were deputized to assist the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in ensuring an orderly and honest election in the 2nd district of Zambales on February 4.
American doctors donate $25,000 to eye clinic
BACOLOR — American doctors Eric and Vicky Lohse donated on Wednesday some $25,000 worth of medical equipment to the Ambulatory Surgical Eye Clinic (ASEC) of the Jose A. Datu Medical Center (JADMC) through the Kapampangan Development Foundation (KDF).
The donation was formally received by...
Pampanga leaders lead re-opening of Bacolor hospital
BACOLOR — Pampanga third district Representative Aurelio Gonzales Jr. and Governor Lilia Pineda led the blessing and re-opening of the Ricardo P. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in its original location here.
The event was attended by Mayor Jose Maria Hizon, provincial board members of...
Mayor calls for transfer district hospital operations
BACOLOR — Mayor Jose Maria Hizon called Monday for the formal transfer of operations of the Ricardo P. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital at the Bulaon Resettlement in the City of San Fernando to its original location here.
Hizon made this call after Gov. Lilia Pineda and third district...
