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==19 colleges in Central Luzon poised to raise tuition fees== | |||
*Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=645285 | |||
*Tuesday, May 20, 2014 | |||
:(PNA), JBP/ZST/PS | |||
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 20 (PNA) -- The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) regional office 3 has allowed 19 schools in Central Luzon to raise tuition fees for this coming school year. | |||
Dr. Caridad Abuan, CHED regional director, said there are 34 colleges and universities in the region that applied for tuition fees hike but 11 were disapproved while four others waived to continue their petition to hike fees this school year. | |||
”Only 19 private institutions of higher learning in the region were granted to increase their school fees after complying with the requirements asked by the agency,” Abuan said. | |||
She said those given the go signal to raise tuition fees are six schools in Bulacan; five in Tarlac; four in Pampanga, including Angeles City, two in Nueva Ecija and two in Zambales, including Olongapo City. | |||
She also said those schools underwent certain processes before allowing to raise tuition fees. | |||
Abuan said the average tuition fee increment is 10.23 percent, taking into consideration the inflation rate in the region which is 7.49 percent. | |||
The CHED official also said that they will strictly monitor those schools that were approved to raise tuition fees. | |||
”We will look if the increased tuition fees were really spent to the specific purposes,” she said. | |||
The CHED has outlined the distribution of the increase, wherein 70 percent should go to the faculty members and staff salaries, 20 percent for repair of facilities, and 10 percent for reform investment purposes. | |||
==Angeles City celebrates Nat’l Heritage Month== | |||
*Source: https://ph.news.yahoo.com/angeles-city-celebrates-nat-l-heritage-month-165156324.html | |||
*Sunday, May 18, 2014 | |||
:(Manila Bulletin) | |||
Manila, Philippines --- The Angeles City government in Pampanga, through its Angeles City Tourism Office (ACTO), is supporting various local events for the celebration of the National Heritage Month. | |||
Presidential Proclamation No. 439, s. 2003 declares the month of May as the National Heritage Month, and for this year, the theme of the city’s celebration is “Pamanang Pinoy: Tuklasin, Mahalin, Panatilihin!” | |||
Various activities are lined up for the whole month, which will showcase the traditions, culture, history and beliefs of Filipinos and Angeleños as well. | |||
According to City Tourism Officer, Richard G. Daenos, one of ACTO’s main objectives is to actively support activities that “mirror the soul and spirit of an Angeleño”. | |||
For his part, Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said he gladly supports these activities and believes that such events will give the youth a better understanding of the city’s vast traditional and historical wealth. | |||
“We acknowledge the efforts of the organizers of the events and we extend our gratitude to them in coming up with meaningful activities for our celebration of the National Heritage Month,” the mayor said. | |||
Highlighting this celebration, among the several events to be held, are Las Flores de Angeles or Reyna ning Flores de Mayo and Sabat Santa Cruzan. | |||
Reyna ning Flores de Mayo is a well-known pageantry that takes place during the month of May. This year, the event will be spearheaded by, Angeles University Foundation (AUF), in partnership with SM City Clark. | |||
According to Rommel Guina, Assistant Director of AUF Center for Culture and Arts, they are currently in the screening process, searching for beautiful Kapampangans to participate in the event. The ladies, together with their costumes, designed by prominent Kapampangan designers, are bound to excite and inspire awe from the audience. This activity will be held for the benefit of AUF Medical Center charity patients and scholars. | |||
The pageant is said to take place at SM City Clark, May 24, 2014. | |||
==Angeleños get ‘Alaga Ka’ cards== | |||
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/05/17/angelenos-get-alaga-ka-cards-343358 | |||
*Saturday, May 17, 2014 | |||
:By Reynaldo G. Navales | |||
ANGELES CITY -- Some 600 Angeleño families on Wednesday received the benefits-expanded “Alaga Ka” cards from Philhealth and the city government here through its Gender and Development Office. | |||
Themed “Alaga Ka Para sa Maayos na Buhay, PhilHealth announced the expanded benefits that would be extended to its the members. This year, the National Housing Targeting System (NHTS) identified 12,000 members to benefit from the program. | |||
Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan, during the distribution of the cards and members’ forms at MarQuee Mall, praised Philhealth for allowing the city to extend their insurance services to Angeleños, saying that these will greatly supplement the current programs and projects of his administration in healthcare and social welfare. | |||
"Now with improved facilities in our general hospital, the Ospital ning Angeles, coupled with the fact that several of our citizens have Philhealth cards, there is no reason for Angeleños not to take advantage of our services even if they are in dire need," Pamintuan said. | |||
According to Henry V. Almanon, branch manager of Philhealth Region 3, birth certificates are no longer required to secure membership. He added that this service would also be free for one year. Family members ages 21 below and 60 above can also be chosen as beneficiaries. | |||
DSWD Region III Representative Maribel Blangco said that for the Pantawid Pamilya members, the age bracket for children beneficiaries entitled for free high school education was extended to 14 to 17 years old. | |||
City Administrator Dennis Albert Pamintuan said that the main priorities of the Pamintuan administration are education and health. For healthcare, Angeles City was very first in the whole country to have a renal care unit which houses more than 15 dialysis machines. | |||
This allowed Pamintuan to improve the Ospital ning Angeles and construct new buildings. Philhealth members will get free accommodation in the said hospital under the “No Balance Billing” privilege. | |||
In 2013, more than 20,000 insurance cards were given to indigent Angeleños. | |||
==Clark Airport, HARP join hands to boost tourism industry in Pampanga== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=644176 | |||
*Friday, May 16, 2014 | |||
:(PNA), JBP/ZST/MDDR/PS | |||
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, May 16 (PNA) -- The Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) and the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Pampanga (HARP) have forged an agreement that will grant discounts and incentives to arriving passengers at the Clark International Airport. | |||
The move is part of an effort to boost the tourism industry not only in Clark but in the whole Pampanga province as well. | |||
CIAC president and CEO Victor Jose I. Luciano and HARP president Mitchi Kaye T. Otsuru signed the agreement during the HARP 4th General Membership Meeting and Business Matching Activity held Wednesday at the Century Hotel in Angeles City. | |||
Luciano said the agreement will give privileges to arriving passengers at the Clark airport in selected restaurants and hotels, which are mostly members of HARP. | |||
Luciano expressed his gratitude to the HARP members for their continued support in the development of Clark Airport, which is now bustling with international and domestic flights. | |||
“Clark will not succeed without HARP,” according to Luciano who also said that “we will continue to attract airlines and tourists.” | |||
For her part, Otsuru said that the agreement seeks to revitalize the tourism industry in the province as part of their program to attract tourists. | |||
“This is a welcome development to promote tourism and we thank president Luciano and the CIAC management for their support to this project,” she said. | |||
Clark Airport had been attracting over a million passengers since operating in 2003, catering international and domestic flights. | |||
Under the agreement, the members of HARP will grant passengers arriving through the Clark Airport discounts in their establishments. | |||
Passengers with boarding passes will be entitled to privileges such as discounts in hotels, restaurants and other HARP member establishments in Angeles City and the whole province of Pampanga. | |||
CIAC, on the other hand, will exert effort to promote the discount privileges extended by HARP members to the passengers using Clark Airport. | |||
Clark airport is host to several airlines such as Cebu Pacific Air, Tiger Air Philippines, Dragonair, Jin Air Qatar Airways and Seair-International that fly to several international destinations in Asia as well as domestic flights such as Cebu, Caticlan and Kalibo. | |||