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Capitol braces for rainy months

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:48:34 +0000

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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

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:48:05 +0000

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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’

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:47:32 +0000

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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

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:54 +0000

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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.

“Alam po ninyo, may mga sandali na habang tayo ay lumalaban, aaminin ko na medyo nagduda ako sa karakter ng mamamayang Angeleño. Iyan ang tanong sa aking isip hanggang sa nawala nang buksan ang mga balota. Hindi pala bumigay ang mga minamahal kong Angeleño,” the mayor said.

Maglanque pays courtesy call on Pineda

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:27 +0000

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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’

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:04 +0000

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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

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:48 +0000

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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.

This initiative, according to him, will open employment opportunities to the residents.

Fishermen see job loss in government tourism projects

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:28 +0000

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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.

The group said the promise to create jobs in identified tourism areas is a misnomer and is meant to be broken.

Man drowns in Bataan beach

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:42 +0000

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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.

Still undergoing treatment at the Bataan General Hospital is Margarita Punso, 39, also of said barangay.

Bukas Kotse Gang strikes in NLEx

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:22 +0000

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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.

Bustos, together with a friend, discovered that their belongings were already missing after taking their snacks inside KFC.

Limlingan: Whatever might have happened

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:38 +0000

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AS I was reading the news on this paper on Monday, I got struck by the story of an elderly man wanting answers on his complaint against a private hospital in the City of San Fernando. For a gist on the news item, a 70-year-old man named Manuel Bautista of Pilar Village in Barangay San Isidro has filed a complaint before the Department of Health, Center for Health and Development-3 (DOH-CHD 3) against a known private hospital in the city.

Morales: Necro politics

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:43:11 +0000

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THIS election, as far as elections go, is one most loaded with upsets, and the biggest one of course is Grace Poe-Llamanzares grabbing the hotly-contested top spot, heretofore relegated to Loren Legarda, and, in seasons past, to Noli “Kabayan” de Castro, Mar Roxas, Joseph Estrada.

How did a virtual unknown climb the peak of the political Mt. Everest that had one Senate topnotcher-wannabe try to destroy another’s reputation just to land on number 1?

Tantingco: The Kapampangan in Us

jybanez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:42:41 +0000

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WHO are the Kapampangans?

It’s not just a rhetorical question. Some people really want to know, especially after two Kapampangans from Tarlac were rejected as nominees to the annual Most Outstanding Kapampangan Awards (MOKA) two years in a row.

Sun.Star Pampanga's front page for May 20, 2013

laureenjean — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:16:29 +0000

Rodriguez not keen on House Speaker post

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:18:24 +0000

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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

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:18:00 +0000

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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

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:17:35 +0000

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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

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:16:45 +0000

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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.

He added that he will not be shaded by the shadow of his mother in terms of provincial politics.

Lazatin, Nepomuceno out but old names linger in Angeles council

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:16:27 +0000

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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’

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:16:07 +0000

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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

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:15:40 +0000

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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

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:15:22 +0000

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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.

Pangan: Sanctions

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:14:34 +0000

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THE minor indiscretion by some elements of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has caused significant discomfort to our national officials and costly inconvenience and uncertainty to our OFWs and businessmen, just because one single Taiwanese fisherman was reportedly accidentally shot by perhaps one agitated PCG member.

Taiwan, a tiny state shun by its big brother China, is overreacting over the death of its adventurous fisherman who was at the wrong place and at the wrong time.

Mercado: INCapacitated

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:13:59 +0000

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LOCAL politics with its prolonged foreplay and uncertain climax (to bad losers) is still the hottest topic of the day.

We join certain friends who now wallow in defeat and rejoice with the victorious others.

The winners are in Cloud 9, the defeated in a state of denial. The latter just could not believe the figures, and the former are figuring out how they outsmarted the rivals.

--oo0oo--

Sapnu: Gov. Pineda lalong pag-iigihan ang trabaho

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:13:28 +0000

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SA PANGALAWANG pagkapanalo ni Gobernadora Lilia "Nanay Baby" Pineda, inaasahan na mas pag-iigihan nito ang kanyang gawain at patuloy nitong pagtulong lalo na sa mga kababayan nating mahihirap.

Ang mga ito ay binanggit ni Pineda matapos siyang iproklama ng Provincial Board of Canvassers noong May 16 dakong 2:38 p.m.

Ang proklamasyon ay isinagawa sa Benigno Aquino Hall sa Capitol compound kung saan itinaas ang kamay ni Pineda nina Commission on Elections (Comelec) Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Fernando Cot-om at Provincial Prosecutor Lamberto Gonzalez Jr.

Braganza loses to Espino

jybanez — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:16:25 +0000

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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.

Sun.Star Pampanga's front page for May 19, 2013

daryl_anunciado — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:35:03 +0000

Gueco: Free your Mind

jmbudlat — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:12:27 +0000

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UNLEASH the power of your mind. Be awake, stay alert and become aware.

Sparking off the lantern of enlightenment, you and I can choose to reach the heights of summum bonum (highest good) for our humanity/womanity.

Gloria Arroyo thanks kabalens for another term

jmbudlat — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:43 +0000

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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’

jmbudlat — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:09 +0000

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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.