MacArthur Highway in San Simon remains impassable to small vehicles
SAN SIMON, Pampanga — Despite the easing of the southwest monsoon, a stretch of MacArthur Highway in Barangay Sta. Monica here remains impassable for light vehicles as of Aug. 21. Motorists are having difficulty crossing the dark and knee-deep floodwaters. As a result, some riders are paying to have their motorcycles carried across the flooded […]
139 Bulacan barangays still submerged in floodwaters
CITY OF MALOLOS — At least 139 barangays in 14 towns and cities in Bulacan remain submerged in floodwaters ranging from one to five feet, according to the latest report from the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO). The affected areas include barangays in Calumpit, Bocaue, Pulilan, Balagtas, Guiguinto, Hagonoy, Paombong, San […]
JBM Patrol System launched to boost crime prevention
ANGELES CITY — The regionwide Joint Police and Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams Mobilization (JBM) Patrol System for Crime Prevention and Detection in Central Luzon was formally launched today, Aug. 14, at the Angeles City Police Office. The initiative, spearheaded by Police Regional Office 3 director BGen. Jess B. Mendez, and also led by ACPO OIC […]
VM calls for NBI, PAOCC probe of second ‘illegal’ steel plant in Magalang
MAGALANG, Pampanga — Vice Mayor Eller Villanueva Pecson is urging the National Bureau of Investigation and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission to investigate reports of a second alleged illegal steel plant operating in Barangay San Ildefonso, following the recent raid on Chuangxing Steel Inc. Pecson said his office has received multiple complaints, along with photos, […]
Collapsed building owner, contractor skip fact-finding presscon
ANGELES CITY — The owner and contractor of the building that collapsed in Barangay Balibago here failed to attend a fact-finding committee press conference on Tuesday afternoon, June 24, despite notice from the local government. Mayor Carmelo “Jon” Lazatin II and city administrator Atty. Noel Luzung confirmed that both the building owner and the Golden […]
DOLE summons construction workers of collapsed building
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Department of Labor and Employment Regional Office 3 has summoned construction workers from the collapsed 9-story building in Barangay Balibago, Angeles City on Thursday, a day after imposing a P11.4 million fine on Golden Years Construction and Steelworks Corporation and building owner Ernest Jackson Lim. According to a construction […]
Teachers Mark Magna Carta’s 60th Anniversary with Protest Over Unimplemented Provisions
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Instead of celebration, frustration marked the 60th anniversary of Republic Act 4670, or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, as educators in Central Luzon staged a symbolic protest highlighting decades of unfulfilled promises. Members of the Action and Solidarity for the Empowerment of Teachers (ASSERT) Central Luzon Union […]
Grupo ng guro binatikos ang trimester program ng DepEd.
LUNGSOD NG SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Mahigit isang linggo sa pagsisimula ng school year 2026-2027 ay binatikos na ng Action and Solidarity for the Empowerment of Teachers o ASSERT -Central Luzon Union ang three-term (trimester) academic calendar for basic education ng DepEd. Ayon kay Arlene James Pagaduan, presidente ng ASSERT Central Luzon – Union, nagkakaron […]
Pamilya ng 3 namatay sa guho sa AC nagsampa ng kasong kriminal laban sa may-ari, kontratista
LUNGSOD NG ANGELES – Panibagong kasong reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide ang isinampa ngayong June 5 ng mga pamilya ng tatlo sa namatay sa gumuhong gusali sa Barangay Balibago laban sa may-ari at knotratista nito. Ang kaso ay isinampa nina Romel Pastor, kapatid ng namatay na si Renante Pastor, 17, ng Matnog, Sorsogon 17; […]
Pamilya ng isa sa namatay sa guho sa AC, nagsampa ng kasong kriminal
LUNGSOD NG ANGELES —Nagsampa na ng kasong reckless imprudence resulting in homicide ang pamilya ng isa sa namatay sa gumuhong gusali sa Barangay Balibago. Batay sa dokumento, ang kaso ay isinampa ni Maricel Loto Sapungay, residente ng Prenza 1, Marilao, Bulacan noong ika-28 ng Mayo, 2026 sa Office of the City Prosecutor sa Angeles. SIya […]