The proprietor says he never asked for the house to be declared as Important Cultural Property (ICP). If you’ve been to Angeles’ heritage district, you might have passed by an ancestral house full of shops located at the corner of Sto. Rosario and Lakandula streets. It once housed a restaurant, a noodle bar, a laundry, …
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Justine Dizon
Kalinguan Tane Ing Lutu Nang Ima, Sangkan, bag most awards in CineKabalen 8.5
CineKabalen 8.5 Film Festival was really a game changer. From the way the films were screened, expanding the competition through the introduction of a new category, up to the discovery of new Kapampangan talents. This year’s virtual edition of the region’s largest independent film festival led us to know more about what Kapampangan and Central …
Kapampangan youth rises to the challenge and starts building community pantries this pandemic
It just started with a simple initiative done by University of the Philippines student AP Non in Maginhawa, Quezon City and it took social media by storm. In less than a week, the Maginhawa Community Pantry, which operates in the basic socialist principle “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs” …
“Household lockdown” in Pampanga: what you need to know
Despite not being part of the NCR Plus bubble, stricter health and safety measures are also up in the province to curb the spread of COVID-19. The provincial government of Pampanga has extended the imposition of the Executive Order No. 05 – 2021 also known as the “household lockdown” until April 15, 2021 due to …
CineKabalen is back, and you can watch 14 films online for free
Not even the pandemic can stop us from telling our stories inspired by our beautiful province and the rest of Central Luzon. Despite a minor setback last year due to the Luzon-wide lockdown, the largest independent film festival in the region is now up and about and it will be purely online. CineKabalen Film Festival …
Astrophotographer captures out-of-this-world images from Mt. Arayat, other places
A majestic photo of Mount Arayat has been making rounds on the internet for quite some time now but it seems there’s a lot of beauty to explore through the lens of Kapampangan astrophotographer John David Guevarra. He started falling in love with photography in 2013 when his brother-in-law gifted him a digital single-lens reflex …
#See360: This hotel in Pampanga is made of shipping containers
Most of us probably have seen and tried dining at food parks made of container vans or shipping containers. But how many of us have already slept inside them? Yes, you read that right. You can actually sleep inside shipping containers– minus of course the fear of getting suffocated. Hotel Snow, located in Angeles City, …
Pampanga’s new generation of business leaders are starting to take over
The Young Entrepreneurs of Pampanga (YEP), a group of new generation of businesspersons, are leading some of the biggest companies in the province. Here’s what we can all learn from them. During their free time, good friends Paolo Carlos and Anton Rodriguez enjoy the sumptuous food and excellent selection of wine at La Bodega, playing …
Film crew closes Lazatin Blvd to shoot a crazy, exciting drifting scene
Pampanga has been a favorite go-to shooting spot for film and tv production units. It has a scenic view of both the urban and rural, making it one of the top choices of location managers. The province is also a home to multi-talented filmmakers, like Jiro Garbes of Null Creative Studios, a production company based …
259 trees are soon to be cut and here’s what you can do to save them
It’s as if the government hasn’t seen much of the impacts of natural disasters in the recent years as they still plan to cut down hundreds of trees along the Fil-Am Friendship Hi-Way in Angeles City. Just on the fourth day of this year, the court junked the Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) granted to …