DSWD to file charges vs. American pastor for child abuse
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – An American national who is the subject of numerous complaints by children over alleged abuse has been arrested by the Pampanga Police’s Women and Children’s Protection Desk and the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 3. Pastor Jeremy Ferguson, director of the New Life Baptist Church of Mexico, […]
SP hears petition to replace asbestos pipes, gives water firm 10 days to get digging permit
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A committee of the Pampanga Sangguniang Panlalawigan raised public health concern for over 700 households and some 500 students in Pilar Village, Barangay San Isidro, setting 10 days for the village’s water company to get a permit to replace old asbestos pipes in its distribution system. “Kindly get your excavation […]
Napolcom strips Punsalan of police powers, VM Canlas assumes San Simon mayoralty
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The National Police Commission has ordered the suspension of arrested San Simon, Pampanga Mayor Abundio Punsalan Jr.’s powers and control over the municipal police. This, in the wake of Punsalan’s arrest in an entrapment operation at the Clark Freeport on Aug. 5 by the National Bureau of Investigation where the […]
Arrested in entrapment, San Simon mayor is no stranger to tangling with the Anti-Graft Law
SAN SIMON, Pampanga – Today, Aug. 6, Mayor Abundio “JP” Punsalan Jr., is set to undergo inquest proceedings for graft and corruption in the wake of his arrest in an entrapment operation at a restaurant in Clark Freeport Zone yesterday, Aug. 5. A post-operation report showed that the entrapment was conducted by the National Bureau […]
Garnishment issued upon bank account of Pampanga board member
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 2 issued a notice of garnishment – Civil Case Mo. 10761 (Collection of Sum of Money and Damages) – to the manager of Land Bank of the Philippines, JASA, City of San Fernando upon the account of 3rd District board member Shiwen P, […]
Collapsed in 2024, unfinished flood control project in danger again
ARAYAT, Pampanga – Repair and rehabilitation of the slope protection in Barangay Candating here that collapsed in August 2024 are yet to be completed and already it is in danger of a complete collapse with the onslaught rampaging waters of the Pampanga River wrought by the southwest monsoon and the recent series of weather disturbances. […]
Nanay Gov elected EVP of League of Provinces of the Philippines
QUEZON CITY – Pampanga Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda has been elected executive vice president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) during the first general assembly of all elected governors held at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria here on July 25. Along with Pineda, to serve as LPP national officers for 2025-2028 are […]
Cong Pogi, Red Pillars launch mobile soup kitchen program
MABALACAT CITY – Families evacuated from their flood-inundated homes had servings of steaming “sopas” at Barangay Tabun here on July 24 with the launch of the Mobile Soup Kitchen Program of Pampanga 1st District Rep. Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. in partnership with Red Pillars Foundation (RPF). The mobile soup kitchen is the first initiative under […]
1,000 flood-hit families in CSF get relief goods
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — A total of 1,000 families affected by floods in two barangays here have received relief goods from the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Former Pampanga board member Mylyn Pineda-Cayabyab and the Nanay Partylist coordinated the relief efforts where 1,000 family food packs were distributed equally in Barangays Del Pilar […]
Pampanga placed under state of calamity
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – A total of 224 barangays in 18 local government units under water; 160,891 families comprising 527,648 individuals directly affected; 1,222 families or 3,787 individuals in evacuation centers in 83 barangays; damage to agriculture placed at P470,104,758 and to livestock, P3,391,750. The magnitude and severity of the impact of the southwest […]