By Reynaldo G. Navales Wednesday, January 4, 2012 MABALACAT — The House committee on science and technology approved the bill seeking to establish a stem cell center in the country, Representative Carmelo Lazatin said. The committee okayed House Bill 5287, or “An Act Establishing Stem Cell Center of the Philippines and Strengthening Research on Stem […]
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 BUSINESSMAN Jose Maria ‘Boy’ Zayco, vice president of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), passed away around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at his office due to a massive heart attack. He was 63 years old. MBCCI president Frank Carbon said Zayco was brought to the Doctor’s Hospital where the […]
By Teresa Ellera-Dulla Wednesday, January 4, 2012 HE transport sector in Negros Occidental sees gloomy days for the year 2012. Jessie Ortega, chairman of the United Negros Drivers and Operators Center, hit anew the fuel companies in the country for imposing the first round of price increase this year. Pilipinas Shell increased the prices of […]
CAMP OLIVAS — An alleged leader of a carnapping gang and his cohort were killed by policemen during a running gun battle along the national highway in Barangay Pansinao, Candaba town last Monday. Senior Superintendent Edgardo Tinio, Pampanga police provincial director, identified the slain suspects as Romeo Guinto, alias Bong Guinto, alleged leader of the […]
THE Philippine Senate has no right to proceed with the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona since the complaint signed by nearly 200 congressmen last year was not made under oath, two lawyers said Tuesday. Petitioners former Misamis Oriental governor Homobono Adaza and lawyer of former President Joseph Estrada, Alan Paguia, said the complaint […]
CLARK FREEPORT — Clark Development Corporation (CDC) reported that five new agreements with total investments of more than P169 million were signed before year-end. In the Marketing Department business update submitted to CDC president Felipe Antonio B. Remollo, it was revealed that the biggest project was signed with the Australian Dental Health Laboratories Inc. (DHLI). […]
THE chairman of the House Committee on Public Information urged the Aquino administration to mount a massive lobby in the United States Congress to block a measure that would adversely affect the Philippines’ Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. According to Eastern Samar Representative Ben Evardone, House Bill (HB) 3596 entitled “Call Center and Consumers Protection […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Provincial Government led by Governor Lilia Pineda bared Tuesday millions worth of completed and ongoing infrastructure projects. Documents obtained by Sun.Star Pampanga from the Office of the Provincial Engineer show that as of December 26 last year, the Pineda administration was able to construct and repair hundreds of classrooms […]
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Regional Development Council (RDC) in Central Luzon recently gave the green light for the construction of the P16.09-billion Balog-Balog Multipurpose (BBM) dam in San Jose town, Tarlac. In a statement, RDC said the rock-filled dam, which is part of the second phase of the BBM project of the National […]
ANGELES CITY — A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbor in a village here on New Year, the city police said. The suspect — Reynaldo Mercado, 45, of Barangay Balibago — was drunk when he abused the victim, according to Chief Inspector Luisito M. Tan, Police Station 4 chief. Mercado was charged with […]