“Mag abroad la pala reng pengari mu? Mikwalta na kayu kanyan!” (So, will your parents work abroad? You’re going to get rich now!). It is true many Filipinos have left home for greener pastures but there’s a lot more about living and working abroad than just the Balikbayan boxes, monthly remittances, and Spam. Mekeni, the …
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#PhenomenalWoman of Angeles City makes it to Miss Universe PH’s Top 50
Make way for Queen Mirjan! Mirjan S. Hipolito of Angeles City made it to the top 50 of this year’s Miss Universe Philippines. Mirjan will next go through the Virtual Interview Challenge where the official 50 delegates will be interviewed by the Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH) judges. After this challenge, the MUPH organization will announce …
PICPA Angeles City Chapter responds to challenges, transforms towards sustainable recovery
ESTABLISHED in 1989, the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Angeles City Chapter is celebrating its Annual Accountancy Week with the theme “TRANSFORM: Embracing Possibilities, Realizing Potentials” on July 11 to July 17, 2021. The weeklong festivities include online quiz bowls for students in Accountancy nationwide and a series of webinars with relevant topics …
8 facts about the Mount Pinatubo eruption
EXACTLY thirty years ago, the province of Pampanga was ravaged by the world’s largest volcanic eruption ever to happen in the last 100 years– the Pinatubo eruption. Thousands of people were displaced after losing their homes to lahar flow, while hundreds did not survive the havoc. While it was seemingly impossible for the Kapampangans to …
Love is in the air? No, it’s down there
26-year-old Jade Canilao was so excited to try a new adventure— flying an ultralight plane. But little did she know, she’s bound for more excitement. Her boyfriend Adriane Brent Castro, 30, planned something very special and Jade was clueless. “I planned it with her elder sister. We made it as if it’s their family outing …
Minalin man restores bikes, keeps family tradition alive
For almost two years, young Arbie and his family have lived in the dark in the small town of Minalin, Pampanga. Financial constraints prevented them from paying their piled up electric bill resulting in disconnection. His dad, a mechanic, would juggle vehicle and motorcycle repair works to put food on the table and get through …
Bale Herencia owner wants property out of the cultural list
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, …
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 …
Rediscover the Babaylan in you with this Women’s Month online lecture
The word Babaylan has been misused for several occasions in the course of our history. Despite its noble origin, a social stigma was injected to it by our western colonizers which later on spread due to our lack of understanding of the concept and miseducation. “The concept of Babaylan in the perspective of a colonizer …