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Friday, December 23, 2011 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Representative Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales (3rd district, Pampanga) has committed part of his salary and some P1 million from his priority development assistance fund (PDAF) for areas devastated by Tropical Storm Sendong (international name: Washi). This came as Gonzales heeded the call of Speaker...

Friday, December 23, 2011 CANDABA – Local authorities here said noisy motorcycles and other vehicles are not allowed to travel during nighttime. They said those drivers found to be causing so much noise will be apprehended and the involved motorcycles will be impounded. Plan your Sinulog week ahead and find out what's in store for Sinulog 2...

Friday, December 23, 2011 CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The use of portable weighing scales to regulate and curb overloading is set to star mid-January next year. This was disclosed by officials of the Pampanga Truck Owners Association led by Arnold Liwanag, who said the Provincial Government, through Environment and Natural Resources Officer Art...

MANILA, Philippines - The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) yesterday ordered its fighters to “arrest” landlords who block land reform and to attack companies that destroy the country’s natural resources. In a 13-page statement issued on the eve of its 43rd anniversary, the CPP also directed its revolutionary forces to launch attacks...

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MEYCAUAYAN CITY, Philippines – Pyrotechnics manufacturers and dealers yesterday said they would donate part of their sales this year to victims of tropical storm “Sendong” in the South. This came even as the Department of Health (DOH) urged the public to give their budget for fireworks instead to the families displaced by Sendong. “We...

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – Five family members, including two children aged five and seven, were killed in a pre-dawn fire in a central Isabela town on Christmas Day. The fire, according to Mayor Jeng Reyes of Alicia town, struck at around 2:30 a.m. in the house of one Salvador Blanza Sr., 49, in Barangay C...

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – An Army sergeant and a barangay councilman were gunned down in Orion, Ba­taan last Friday, police said. Senior Superintendent Arnold Gunnacao, Bataan police director, said Sgt. Marlon Soriano, an intelligence officer of the Department of National Defense arsenal in Limay, Bataan, and Bernardo Esmabe, 46,...