BY AURORA CATU Pampanga governor Lilia Pineda stressed that she wants every Kapampangan in each barangay to have access to education regardless of age and financial status during a consultative meeting with  the barangay executives of the 2nd district held in Lubao Gym on Thursday. The governor appealed for the help of the barangay captains to find all out of school youth (OSY), drop-outs, parents and illiterates and help them be educated through the projects and programs of the provincial government and the Department of Education. She deemed it important for every Kapampangan to at least get a high school diploma as this is their gateway to uplifting their lives and be productive citizens of the community. “Educating them is also a way of keeping them away from bad peers and ease our problem on drug addicts and other law offenders,” Pineda said. DepEd education program supervisor Roel Bondoc discussed with the village chiefs the significance of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) which is an informal form of education that aims to cater illiterate out-of-school children, youth and adults, to develop basic literacy skills. The education department is implementing literacy mapping to get the profile of the community and convince the out-of-school youth and adults to participate in the ALS literacy sessions and livelihood skills training in the division. Bondoc urged the barangay officials to share in the vision of ‘Zero OSY (out of school youth) Philippines and the battle-cry ‘Walang Kabataang Maiiwan sa Pampanga’. He also wants the local government units (LGUs) to adopt ‘Abot-Alam’ , a mandate of the DepEd order no.14, s. 2014, with a vision of helping community-based youth through opportunities for education, possible career and employment.

JOEL P. MAPILES ARAYAT, Pamp. — Mayor Emmanuel “Bon” Alejandrino and Vice Mayor Ramon Changcoco welcomed the 100 millionth Kapampangan baby, who was born at 12:40 in the morning at Dr. Emigdio C. Cruz Sr. Memorial District Hospital located in Barangay San Agustin here. The […]

BY JOEL P. MAPILES CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Vice Governor Dennis Pineda together with the members of the provincial board and Angelina Blanco, head of the provincial disaster risk reduction management office (PDRRMO) led the distribution of relief goods to affected coastal barangays after […]

DIAGNOSTIC CENTER –Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda leads the inauguration of the diagnostic center in Diosdado Macapagal Memorial  Hospital (DMMH) on Wednesday. Joining the governor were DMMH chief of hospital Dr. Eddie Ponio, assistant regional director Ruby Constantino of DOH-Center for Health Development 3, Mabalacat City Mayor Marino Morales and […]

 BY JOEL P. MAPILES CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — With projection that the country will be home to 100 million Filipinos on July 27, the Commission on Population Region III will launch the search for the symbolic 100 millionth baby. According to POPCOM Region III […]

BY MARIBEL U. SINGCA CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Pampanga Fourth District Board Member Ricardo Yabut cited the leadership of Governor Lilia Nanay Pineda for providing more than P167-million infrastructure projects in the district’s eight towns from June 2010 to June 2014. Yabut said this […]

JOEL P. MAPILES CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Governor Lilia G. Pineda enjoined on Wednesday all local chief executives in Pampanga and the local police to ensure the road safety of the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo in Pampanga and those coming from other […]

BY JOEL P. MAPILES CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The provincial government led by Governor Lilia Pineda lauded the Jongha Ahn, president and inspector general of Human Resource Department of South Korea for his assistance in facilitating the placement of 6,889 Kapampangan overseas skilled workers. […]

By AURORA CATU CITY OF SAN FERNANDO –In time for the celebration of the blood donors’ month this July, the provincial government of Pampanga initiated a bloodletting activity yesterday at the Benigno Aquino Hall, Capitol Compound in this city. With the battle-cry “Daya cu saup […]

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION— Governor Nanay Lilia Pineda receives token of appreciation from Pampanga police chief Marlon Madrid for speaking before the graduates of the Criminal Investigation Course (CIC) Class 247 -14. Joining them are PSUPT RIcardo Panga, Jr., borad members Ricardo Yabut and Jerome Tubig, Department […]