SunStar Network News feed for Pampanga, Philippines http://www.sunstar.com.ph en-us Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:04:05 +0800 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:04:05 +0800 MINALIN -- The season for migratory birds is fast approaching but the Municipal Government here said its plan are all set to meet the possible dangers of the avian influenza (AI) virus, commonly known as bird flu. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/21/news/minalin.poultry.trade.ready.vs.bird.flu.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ian Ocampo Flora MEAT inspectors on duty at the Angeles City slaughterhouse discovered 110 kilos of hog meat infected of hog cholera with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) last July 14. The hog infection was found out during the ante-mortem inspection conducted by a team headed by Dr. Christian Arcilla. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/21/news/cholera.infected.meat.found.in.ac.slaughterhouse.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Alejandro Tampus "WE ARE creating tomorrow by building on today." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/20/oped/malu.t..gueco.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Malu T. Gueco MABALACAT -- Officials of the Mabalacat National College (MNC) have commended Mayor Marino Morales for effecting the establishment of a public tertiary school, which offers low tuition to students. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/20/news/morales.lauded.for.putting.up.mabalacat.college.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Reynaldo G. Navales CLARK FREEPORT -- The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)-Pampanga chapter elected recently its new officers. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/20/news/nujp.pampanga.elects.new.officers.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified MINALIN -- The season for migratory birds is fast approaching but the Municipal Government here said its plan are all set to meet the possible dangers of the avian influenza (AI) virus, commonly known as bird flu. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/20/news/minalin.poultry.trade.ready.vs.bird.flu..html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ian Ocampo Flora MEAT inspectors on duty at the Angeles City slaughterhouse discovered 110 kilos of hog meat infected of hog cholera with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) last July 14. The hog infection was found out during the ante-mortem inspection conducted by a team headed by Dr. Christian Arcilla. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/20/news/cholera.infected.meat.found.in.ac.slaughterhouse.html Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Alejandro Tampus IN NATURE, you know when a new season is in the offing: leaves fall, migratory birds fly in and people start having sniffles. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/19/oped/jun.sula.commentary..html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jun Sula Commentary REPLICATING success. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/19/oped/noel.g..tulabut.my.palm.notes.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Noel G. Tulabut My Palm Notes ANGELES CITY -- A former mayor of Mabalacat has filed criminal charges against an American businessman for a missing portion of his property at Hensonville Subdivision in Barangay Malabanias here. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/19/news/american.trader.sued.over.missing.fence.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Reynaldo G. Navales BEDEVILED are towns and areas profuse with useless trash which even the hardcore scavengers would not pay attention to. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/18/oped/benjie.r..pangan.at.close.range.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Benjie R. Pangan At Close Range THE list of countries, cities and towns all over the world banning plastic bags, or imposing tax to discourage their use, continue to grow. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/18/oped/rox.pena.e.ssue.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Rox Pena E-ssue TWO business groups have agreed to cooperate rather than compete to promote their common interest of boosting the development of Central Luzon. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/18/oped/editorial.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ANGELES CITY -- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Bayani Fernando can be considered as an early bird. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/18/news/mmda.chief.to.run.for.president.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ANGELES CITY - Some 47 bar girls including minors were rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation-Anti-Human Trafficking Division recently from different bars along Fields Avenue in Barangay Balibago here. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/18/news/47.women.rescued.from.bars.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Reynaldo G. Navales CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Second District Board Member Edna David has sought the release of the remaining monetary benefits for Public Health Workers (PHWs) as stipulated under the Magna Carta for Public Health Workers. David, who chairs the Committee on Health, communicated her position to her colleagues during last Monday's regular session of the local legislative body, saying all benefits due to PHWs must be granted. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/18/news/release.of.public.health.workers.benefits.sought.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ian Ocampo Flora CLARK FREEPORT -- A call center firm will be providing entrepreneurship training among, call center agents, students, and out-of-school youths. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/18/bus/call.center.firm.provides.entrepreneurship.training.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified ANGELES CITY - Bayani Fernando laments that most of the country's human resource, especially those in the technical and labor related sector, go abroad. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/18/life/school.holds.2nd.good.governance.forum.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SA KABILA ng pina-igting na kampanya ng Philippine National Police laban sa mga cybersex den sa Angeles City, patuloy pa rin ang operasyon ng mga ito. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/17/oped/ric.sapnu.dateline.olivas.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ric Sapnu DATELINE: Olivas ARE good leaders born or made? Management theorists and researchers have not come into full agreement as to the right answer to this question. Some say they are born. They claim that certain personality, social, physical and intellectual characteristics differentiate leaders from non-leaders. Others, on the other hand, say they are made; that is, the making of good leaders is a product of thorough training. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/17/oped/jaime.v..cortez.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jaime V. Cortez CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Policemen here arrested three alleged members of the notorious Santiago Group, including its leader who is the most wanted person in the Pampanga Provincial Police Office's list. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/17/news/pampanga.s.most.wanted.2.others.nabbed.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Bacolor Municipal Council on Wednesday held a forum with the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to assess the situations of lahar-devastated villages in the town. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/17/news/town.holds.talk.on.hazard.concerns.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CLARK FREEPORT -- The Kapampangan Development Foundation (KDF), in cooperation with Operation Blessing, has distributed 100 wheelchairs to indigents in a program held at the Clark Polytechnic School here Wednesday. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/17/news/100.indigents.get.wheelchairs.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ian Ocampo Flora CLARK FREEPORT -- Two business groups recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in a bid to enhance the development of the Central Luzon Growth Corridor, especially the Subic-Clark area. The Clark Investors and Locators Association (Cila) and the Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce (SBFCC), led by their respective presidents, signed the MOA recently after a brief program held at the Hotel Stotsenberg here. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/17/news/biz.groups.vow.to.develop.c..luzon.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified NOT only that he is Super Ed, the good secretary is also a Mega Man. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/oped/noel.g..tulabut.my.palm.notes.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Noel G. Tulabut My Palm Notes LAST Monday, my bosom Marcelo Lacap, Jr., fondly called Bajun by his buddies, Vice Mayor of Masantol, towed the path of a group of fishermen from his town to find ways to address the problem of fisher folks being "arrested" by alleged armed men. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/oped/dp.limlingan.the.advocate.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 DP Limlingan The Advocate A RECALL movement against the incumbent Pampanga governor may yet be the best thing that could happen to our poor cabalen in these difficult times. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/oped/ram.mercado.first.person.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ram Mercado First Person IN RECENT weeks, well-known allies of Governor Eddie Panlilio have added their useful and credible voice to the ongoing public debate on his performance after one year in office. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/oped/editorial.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THE Department of Health (DOH) has included Magalang Mayor Lyndon Cunanan as one of the local chief executives in the country to receive the agency's Sandugo Award. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/news/cunanan.to.get.doh.sandugo.award.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Reynaldo G. Navales CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Board Member Tarcicio Halili urged Governor Eddie Panlilio to set up guidelines for district hospitals in Pampanga. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/news/guidelines.for.district.hospitals.sought.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Fisherfolk in the town of Masantol have asked the Provincial Government to create an anti-illegal fishing task force to safeguard the municipal fishing grounds from encroachment and illegal fishing. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/news/masantol.fishermen.seek.creation.of.bantay.dagat.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Representatives of Pampanga Governor Eddie Panlilio and Vice Governor Joseller Guiao met with CLTV-36 broadcaster John Susi at the CGIC building Monday to finalize the mechanics of the July 21 dialogue between the province's executive and legislative departments. Representing Panlilio in the meeting was his chief-of-staff Archie Reyes while Guiao was represented by his chief-of-staff Art Punzalan. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/news/dialogue.mechanics.finalized.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ian Ocampo Flora CLARK FREEPORT -- Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan of the Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council (Scadc) said this freeport will play a crucial role in making the country's presence felt in the local and Asian markets. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/bus/freeport.boosts.rp.s.presence.in.asian.market.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified MABALACAT -- Provincial officials have commended plans to make Clark as Pampanga's gateway to the North. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/16/bus/province.lauds.plan.to.make.clark.as.gateway.to.north.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified THEY have over 50 channels on cable TV to choose from, unlike us who had only six (Channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 13). http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/15/oped/robby.tantingco.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Robby Tantingco THIS is for the honorable members of the Municipal Council of my hometown Mabalacat. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/15/oped/jun.a..malig.cognition.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Jun A. Malig Cognition THE tale, according to a survey commissioned by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Policy Center, is that two Pampanga cities, namely Angeles and San Fernando, have fallen behind their neighbors. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/15/oped/editorial.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified MABALACAT -- Local government is now requiring personnel of medical centers to undergo seminar on proper waste disposal. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/15/news/hospital.staff.to.undergo.waste.disposal.seminar.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Reynaldo G. Navales MEXICO -- Two motorcycle-riding men shot and killed Sunday night a known supporter of former Mayor Ernesto Punzalan here. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/15/news/punzalan.supporter.shot.dead.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified SANTA RITA -- "I think he (Ricafort) could equal or even exceed the success of the previous leaderships. His long term as director gives him all the insight he needs." http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/15/news/arroyo.lauds.ricafort.s.cdc.appointment.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Not Specified CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Department of Health (DOH) said there is no dengue epidemic in Central Luzon. DOH Regional Director Rio Magpantay though said Central Luzon ranks third among the dengue-affected regions in the country. Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/pam/2008/07/15/news/doh.no.dengue.epidemic.in.cl.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800 Ian Ocampo Flora