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SM City Clark marks second National Letter Writing Day

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/10/sm-city-clark-marks-second-national-letter-writing-day-370286
• Friday, October 10, 2014

By Reynaldo G. Navales

ANGELES CITY -- The Second National Letter Writing Day was held SM City Clark last Thursday.

The event is in partnership with Philippine Postal service (PhlPost), Department of Education and SM Supermalls.

The event was attended by 122 elementary students from Sta. Maria Elementary School and Special Education School of Angeles City.

About 22 of them were special children with hearing impairment.

The postal awareness campaign aims to develop the writing skills of the students and help them hone their composition skills and foster the enjoyment of sending and receiving letters through the postal office.

"It aims to promote the art of letter writing as a means of communication especially in the digital age. It also aims to help students sharpen their composition skills and enjoy sending and receiving mail," said SM City Clark Public Relations Manager Venus Manalang.

With the theme “Pinasaya,” participating students wrote to their loved ones, family and friends through handwritten letters.

Aside from SM City Clark, some 34 other participating SM malls and 1,000 selected schools joined the event in different parts of the country.

The National Letter Writing Day is PhlPost’s annual event and hopes to secure a presidential proclamation to institutionalize the occasion. It coincides with the Word Post Day celebrated every October.

World Post Day aims to create awareness of the role of the postal sector in everyday life, the United Nations said. The UN said more than 150 countries celebrate World Post Day in different ways.

Some 100,000 students took part in the Second National Letter Writing Day in the entire country.

Take another Big Bite of this northern food festival

• Source: http://www.philstar.com/food-and-leisure/2014/10/09/1377946/take-another-big-bite-northern-food-festival
• Wednesday, October 9, 2014 12:00 am

By Julie Cabatit-Alegre (The Philippine Star)

MANILA, Philippines - Some things are worth repeating — good things, successful things, fun things — like the Northern Food Festival, “Big Bite!” at MarQuee Mall in Angeles City, Pampanga. After the huge success of the first Big Bite! held last year, this year’s promises to be even bigger.

Over 100 food merchants from as far north as the Ilocos and the Cordilleras, Kalinga, Baguio and Tuguegarao, to Nueva Ecija and Nueva Viscaya, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bulacan and Pampanga, will be participating in the three-day food festival, from Oct. 17 to 19 at MarQuee Mall, Ayala’s premier shopping, leisure and entertainment destination just an hour’s drive north of Metro Manila.

At a sneak preview that was held at the Activity Center of MarQuee Mall, members of the media were treated to a buffet of good eats from the northern regions. There was Vigan empanada and bagnet, longanisa from Tuguegarao, kare-kare and binulo rice (wrapped in banana leaf), pako salad, swam na mais from Pampanga and, of course, sisig.

“It’s the quintessential Kapampangan dish,” says Mark Sablan, general manager of MarQuee Mall. “With Angeles dubbed by the Department of Tourism as the sisig capital of the Philippines, it was just perfect and timely that Big Bite! celebrates the iconic dish at the food festival.”

In a recent review, Ligaya Mishan of The New York Times recognized sisig as “arguably the greatest pork dish on earth.”

Traditionally made of parts from the pig’s face such as the cheeks and ears, and served on a sizzling plate, different versions and presentations have been developed through the years since it was first served by Aling Lucing in an eatery by the railroad tracks in Angeles some 40 years ago.

Chefs Sau del Rosario and Emily Galang showed two different preparations in a cooking demonstration during the program hosted by TV personality Ginger Conejero. Chef Emily prepared her version of sisig done the traditional way.

“Every family in Angeles has their own way of preparing sisig,” she says. Meanwhile, chef Sau did a modern take and healthy version using tuna in his tuna sisig ravioli and tuna sisig steak.

Cooking demonstrations are scheduled during the food festival featuring Lifestyle Network’s celebrity chefs: on the evening of Oct. 18 is chef Sharwin Tee, the first winner of Clash of the Toque-en Ones and star of Curiosity Got the Chef; on Oct. 19, recognized restaurateur and food writer, chef Sandy Daza of Foodprints, together with Atching Lilian Borromeo, famous food historian and expert on traditional Kapampangan cuisine.

A culinary cook-off between top culinary schools in Pampanga and Bulacan is another activity that’s expected to add more sizzle to the festival.

An interesting new feature at the Big Bite! Northern Food Festival is the Street Food Aisle, where you can find both unique and familiar street foods such as Baguio strawberry taho, ice scramble, sorbetes (local ice cream), and binatog (boiled corn with

grated coconut and salt), reminiscent of childhood encounters with itinerant street vendors plying the streets daily around the neighborhood.

Another new attraction are the Food Art installations at the MarQuee Mall park by award-winning visual artist Leeroy New and the Pampanga Arts Guild. Pivi Ann Diaz, Ayala Land marketing manager, commercial business group, explains that each of the installations measuring 3x3 meters depicts the different northern regions through food art forms.

The Bulo’l Cordillera rice god is carved on Styrofoam and covered with mountain brown rice. Representing Region I (Ilocos Region) is the Bojeador Lighthouse carved on Styrofoam covered with tobacco leaves, while Region II (Cagayan Valley) is represented by a fishing net with dried fish. Region III (Central Luzon) is represented by a Christmas Lantern made with Japanese paper and pastillas wrappers, which the province is famous for. The Food Art gallery will also feature the History of Sisig.

“We like to support local and homegrown products and concepts,” says Rowena Tomeldan, Ayala Land vice president and head of operations and support services for the commercial business group. Space at the festival venue is provided free of charge to the food vendors and participants. “We like to provide them the opportunity to showcase and market their products and make them available to more people.”

For a minimum P1,000 purchase, mall shoppers can also enjoy free food samples from food vendors participating in the Big Buffet promo.

The Department of Tourism, a festival partner, has recognized and lauded the Big Bite! Northern Food Festival. Because of its continuing success, replicating the festival in other regions such as Negros, for example, is already in the pipeline, Rowena shares. This is one good thing you won’t mind going back to for seconds, or even more.

PNoy declares October 13,24 as special non-working days in Angeles City

• Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=561412773895
• Wednesday, October 8, 2014

By Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu (CLJD-PIA 3 with Liana Millera- intern)

ANGELES CITY, October 8 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III has declared October 13, a Monday and October 24, a Friday as special non-working days in Angeles City.

Aquino issued Proclamation No. 886 in order to give the people ample time to join the celebration of the Kuliat Festival as well as commemorate the city’s resiliency and dynamism after the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991.

According to the City Information Office, among the activities in lined up include Baguis Ligligang Pangkultura: Vocal Solo and Duet Competition and Dance Exhibition @ SM City Clark (October 10-11); SM City Clark 3rd Pyrofest Competition (October 11, 18, and 25); Lutung Kapampangan: A Visual Feast @ Kalye Lakandula (October 15-30); Big Bite: The Northern Food Festival featuring Sisig Festival @ Marquee Park (October 17); Mamialung Tamu: The Kapampangan Traditional Games @ Estacion de Riles (October 18); and Tigtigan Terakan king Dalan @ barangay Balibago (October 24-26).

Two religious events shall highlight the occasion namely Fiestang La Naval Concelebrated Mass and Grand Procession on October 12 and Translacion Procession of Apu on October 25, which shall both, be held at the Holy Rosary Parish Church.

Clark hosts Northern Luzon Shipping Summit

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/07/clark-hosts-northern-luzon-shipping-summit-369732
• Tuesday, October 7, 2014

By Reynaldo G. Navales

CLARK FREEPORT -- Around 200 industry stakeholders recently attended the Northern Luzon Shipping Summit at Clark Freeport, which was organized by the Subic Bay International Terminal Corporation.

Clark Development Corporation President Arthur Tugade vouched that the Clark Airport and Subic Bay seaport, which are both former American bases, could be viables gateway for Northern Luzon.

"If we are to aspire for a very effective logistics hub, there must be a partnership between the seaport and the airport. A viable partnership between Clark and Subic can exist and can be revitalized," Tugade said.

"In terms of infrastructure and logistics between Clark and Subic, their status is ripe to establish a supply chain and an ideal gateway. [I hope that after the summit, you will remember] Clark-Subic as the corridor that is prime and ripe for the northern gateway, effective for Northern and Central Luzon, effective for the country as well," he added.

Tugade particularly cited Clark's viability and convenience that drew thousands of visitors here and abroad and allowed businesses to thrive, it being a "seven to 10 minute" economic zone.

"There is nowhere in Asia and nowhere in the world can you find a seven to 10 minute eco-zone. Once you enter the gates of Clark and you are in Clark, wherever you are, wherever you want to go, you will be in your planned destination in seven to 10 minutes," he said.

Tugade added that the shorter travel time of doing business or working on some government requirements also puts Clark at an advantage among other economic zones.

"Here you have the advantage of mobility, of bidding and place of work where your total persona is addressed, where your needs are meant. It gives you that holistic way of doing things," he said.

He noted that even going to Subic only requires short travel, which likewise makes Clark Freeport and Subic viable places for business and leisure.

Shipping executives and officials in collaboration with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and other government officials convened the one-day summit for the purpose of addressing shipping problems particularly on routes, not just in Subic but as well in Metro Manila.

Tugade said that since some locators are also doing shipping business out of Clark, it is likewise high time to convene these locators.

He further expressed optimism that the shipping executives could formulate on a long-term basis, a proposition that Clark-Subic can transform itself into a viable profitable logistics hub corridor.

Earlier, Clark has opened its container depot that was also aimed to de-congest Manila ports of its empty container vans.

Rugby stars to raise P5.6-M for PH kids, charities in tourney

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/04/heart-lto-angeles-keen-improving-services-369264
• Monday, October 6, 2014 (Date Published)

By Chris Navarro

CLARK FREEPORT -- The two-day charity tournament initiated by the “Potbellied Pigs” Rugby Football Club of Hong Kong commenced here yesterday at the Mimosa Golf and Country Club amid some rains and cloudy skies to raise one million Hong Kong dollars (P5.6 million) for select Philippine charities, children’s education and training.

As this developed, Clark Development Corporation (CDC) president and CEO Arthur Tugade welcomed the players and their guests from various Asian countries and urged them to maximize their stay at the Freeport.

“Events like this give us so much opportunity to make a difference. I commend the group for reaching out to Filipino disadvantaged children, particularly those in areas covered by the Freeport and those charities that benefit children as well,” said Tugade.

“This is also a great opportunity for our foreign players and guests to savor the environment inside Clark, which has transformed itself from a military airbase to one of the most visited, vibrant and happening places in the Philippines,” the CDC president stressed.

Chris Simpson, director for the charity golf, said some 30 golfers from countries like New Zealand, Thailand, Australia, South Korea, China and the Philippines pulled their (golf) clubs together to hit more than half a million Hong Kong dollars (P2.8 million) for the education of at least twenty children from Angeles and Mabalacat cities.

The other funds, Simpson said, are expected to be raised from the rugby tournament set today, September 6, when 16 teams, 12 foreign (expats) and four locals, will battle at the Challenger Field inside the Air Force City.

“Every single cent [collected] goes straight to Philippine charities for the junior rugby development project, feeding program, medical missions, scholarships and charities like Bahay Bata and Duyan ni Mama, among others,” said Simpson.

Richard Lucas, local coordinator for the Fatboy10s activity, said the recipients of the educational fund are being supported in the form of cash allowances, subsidized tuition fees and training [rugby].

They are minors 10 years to 16 years of age who used to stay at the Angeles Bahay Bata Center, an institution in Central Luzon that helps uplift the welfare of street kids, he explained.

He said the beneficiaries are being schooled at three state junior schools which includes include the Angeles City National Trade School and Rafael L. Lazatin Memorial High School, and are given a daily allowance of P50, free uniforms and other school supplies.

The Rugby club’s charity games likewise benefit members of the Clark Jets Rugby, a three year old team that was formed by the club.

Moreover, Angeles City Councilor Maricel Morales, who graced yesterday’s charity games opening, extolled the Potbellied Pigs RFC HongKong for their commitment and dedication to help uplift the lives and welfare of disadvantaged children particularly in her locality.

“I am glad [to note] that their supporters have magnified. It used to be two or three, but I’ve seen a lot of sponsors now. So it is really a growing event that has a purpose of changing lives,” Morales said.

The former actress said the club’s thrust to help children get an education mirrors the local government’s scholarship program at the City College of Angeles (CCA). Barely over two years in operation, she said the school is now subsidizing 1,500 students from only 300 scholars when it started in 2012.

From the heart: LTO-Angeles keen on improving services

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/04/heart-lto-angeles-keen-improving-services-369264
• Sunday, October 5, 2014 (Date Published)

(JTD)

ANGELES CITY -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Angeles City vowed that it will continuously improve its facilities to provide utmost comfort and convenience to its clients.

During the agency's second semester "Big Clean Up and Big Sorting Day" on, LTO Angeles City Chief Transportation Regulation Officer Aida Santiago said that serving their clients come from the heart.

"As they say, dapat mula sa puso. That is why we are serving our clients with dedication, love and care, coupled with the further improvement of our facilities," she told Sun.Star Pampanga.

LTO Angeles City's waiting area for driver's license applicants and clients renewing vehicle registration is now fully air-conditioned.

"We want to provide the best environment for our clients. That is why we are seeing to the improvement and upkeep of our facilities, aside from fast service. We process about 500 applications per day and about 1,000 on a peak day like Monday. We want them to be comfortable while waiting for their documents to be processed," she said.

For added convenience, LTO Angeles City has a priority lane for senior citizens, persons with disabilities and pregnant women, plus a special lounge for them.

"In compliance to government directives and laws, we also established a breastfeeding station here. Additionally, the DOTC [Department of Transportation and Communications] has funded the improvement and renovation of our public comfort rooms," she said.

Santiago added that more improvements will be made in the coming days.

LTO-Angeles City has been rated "excellent" by the Civil Service Commission along with Balanga City (Bataan) and the Capas (Tarlac) Extension Office in the commission's report card survey in the first half of the year.

LTO Angeles City was rated 90.41 percent, Balanga 93.12 percent and Capas Extension Office 94.32 percent in the CSC survey.

The three local land transportation offices were among the 28 included in the findings of the latest nationwide survey the CSC conducts regularly among government offices and agencies providing frontline services in accordance with Section 5 of Republic Act 9485, or the Anti-Red Tape Act.

10 of 21 refurbished ‘Huey’ helicopters now in PH

• Source: http://www.manilatimes.net/breaking_news/10-21-refurbished-huey-helicopters-now-ph/
• Saturday, October 4, 2014 7:47 pm

(PNA)

Ten out of the 21 refurbished UH-IH “Huey” helicopters are now at Clark Air Force Base in Angeles City, Pampanga, a military observer said Saturday.

The aircraft are now undergoing inspection and flight testing.

The remaining 11 are expected to be delivered within the end of the year, the observer added.

These planes were acquired as the Philippine Air Force’s “Huey” fleet was whittled down to just 18 helicopters, from an estimated 100, due to airframe aging and accidents.

The contract for the 21 refurbished UH-1Hs is estimated to be worth around P1.2 billion.

It was signed earlier this year with Rice Aircraft Services Inc. and the Canadian company Eagle Copters Ltd.

Pamintuan vows to construct Angeles’ third park

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/02/pamintuan-vows-construct-angeles-third-park-368860
• Friday, October 3, 2014 (Date Published)

By Reynaldo G. Navales

ANGELES CITY -- Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan has vowed to build the city's third park at the red-light district of Barangay Balibago here.

"A third people's park will soon rise near the Checkpoint Transport Terminal in Barangay Balibago," Pamintuan said.

The mayor decided to put up the third park after the construction of the Plaza Angel in Barangay Santo Rosario.

Aside from this, the City Government also converted the Estacion de Angeles of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) to a community garden, children's playground and a peoples' park.

The local government is set to extend the parks including portions of other barangays covered by the old PNR track.

The third park will be constructed inside a property (120 meters long and 80 meters wide) along a portion of the PNR track at the Checkpoint area in Barangay Balibago.

Pamintuan said the local government is "locating blighted areas or unused lots and transforming them to parks or plazas that people can visit."

"More than anything, the Estacion de Angeles People's Park in Crossing has proven the strength of our partnerships with the business, private and non-government sector here in the city – and we aim to take utilize this advantage by beautifying our city," Pamintuan stated.

"This park was completed through donations and voluntary contributions from private groups and individuals, NGOs and civil society groups," he added.

Following the same formula that led to the success of the rehabilitation of the old PNR station, Pamintuan directed his Chief of Staff, Alex Cauguiran to spearhead the rehabilitation of the Checkpoint People's Park.

The area will be beautified with the installation of benches, park lights and pavements, the mayor said.

Ornamental plants will also be planted and food carts and souvenir kiosks will be placed to encourage people to stay, rest and enjoy, Pamintuan said.

"Parks and gardens are just a few of our initiatives to make Angeles a truly livable city," the mayor expressed.

He clarified that the beautification projects being undertaken by the local government are not only meant for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit next year.

"But more than that, they are also part of the 'Contract with Angeleños' that include the creation or setting-up of pocket parks and gardens all over the city," he said.

Sisig to highlight Big Bite fest

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/02/sisig-highlight-big-bite-fest-368861
• Thursday, October 2, 2014

By 9News Online, with a report from Justine Dizon

ANGELES CITY -- Hailed by the New York Times in a review as "arguably the greatest pork dish on earth," this city’s renowned sisig will highlight "Big Bite: The Northern Food Festival" slated on October 17 to 19 at the Activity Center of MarQuee Mall here.

Organizers of the food festival -- MarQuee Mall, in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Department of Trade and Industry, Angeles City Tourism Office, North Luzon Expressway, Bank of the Philippine Islands and Lifestyle Network -- disclosed that Big Bite will be kicked-off with a giant sisig cook-off, symbolizing Angeles City’s major contribution to Philippine cuisine.

Sisig has been celebrated in Pampanga for than 40 years. Traditionally made of pork parts, mixed with spices and served on a sizzling plate, the sisig now comes in other delicious variants, like Sisig Benedict concocted by Angeles City's First Lady Miniang Pamintuan and the ever popular Aling Lucing version.

Along with sisig, Big Bite will also feature "all things delicious" from 100 best and homegrown food merchants from Regions I, II, III and the Cordillera Administrative Region including condiments, spices, coffee, jams and favorites like empanada, bagnet, puto calasiao and many more street food like ice scramble, strawberry taho, binatog and sorbets.

The three-day food celebration will have Chef Sandy Daza of Foodprints and Chef Sharwin Tee of Curiosity Got the Chef in the cooking demos together with other celebrities providing live entertainment during MarQuee Mall’s biggest gastronomical festival. (JTD)

Clark Freeport to use solar power

• Source: http://www.9news.ph/news/regional/2014/10/01/clark-freeport-to-use-solar-power
• Wednesday, October 1, 2014

By 9News Online, with a report from Justine Dizon

Angeles City, Pampanga - A memorandum of agreement was signed recently between the Belgian firm Enfinity Philippines Renewable Resources Inc. (EPRRI) and the Clark Development Corp. that will lead to the establishment of an 11-megawatt solar power project inside the freeport. According to EPRRI officials, the freeport needs 50 to 70 megawatts daily and the said solar project will help locators in Clark with the looming shortage in electric supply next year. EPRRI also said that solar power rates will be cheaper than regular electricity and will attract more potential investors. The project - amounting to P814 million - consists of putting up 220,220 solar panels in a 25-hectare leased property. - 9News Online, with a report from Justine Dizon