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==Bishop, Angeles mayor cite partnership==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/20/bishop-angeles-mayor-cite-partnership-372111
*Monday, October 20, 2014
:By Joey Pavia (Contributor)
ANGELES CITY – "It's a dream come true. This is an accomplishment of partnership."
Thus said Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” David in his speech shortly before joining the Angeles City government officials and workers, businessmen, volunteers and village officials in a “boodle fight” at the People’s Park here over the weekend.
David, auxiliary bishop of San Fernando who is based at the Holy Rosary Parish Church here, expressed gratitude the genuine partnership between the public and private sectors for the development of the People’s Park at the old railway of the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
“It’s not only our gardens in our homes that must be beautiful but all the gardens and parks as well, especially those which are in public places,” said David.
Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said “at least 95 percent of the funds used for the park came from the private sector.” He added that “we would have waited for at least one year before we can even start to build the park if we will use public funds.”
“I am very happy when I see children playing at the park. What will they do or what will the parents bring their kids to if there is no park here?” said Pamintuan, who was joined by his wife Herminia, businessmen Rogie Ayson and Bernie Cruz and some 150 others in the boodle fight.
Pamintuan lauded David “for initiating the transformation of the dirty old railway into a park.” He added that the bishop had asked the city government last year to restore the old railway station “for historical purposes.”
David adopted a section of the park which will be filled with ornamental plants.
Alexander “Alex” Cauguiran, focal person for the People’s Park, disclosed that P350,000 in cash was donated to them. He added that about P1 million in cash and materials were used for the park since it was started in July 2014.
Cauguiran mentioned all the institutions and people who helped put up the park, which is at Barangays Agapito Del Rosario, Claro M. Recto, Lourdes Sur East and Lourdes Sur.
Cauguiran hailed the transformation of the more or less two-kilometer PNR railway and its area from a “very dirty place to a park filled with ornamental plants, vegetables, sports and recreational activities.”
Pamintuan said “with the help of Reghis Romero, we will revive the railway station the way it used to be. He was referring to prominent businessman Romero of this city, who reportedly shouldered the expenses for the restoration of the train station.
Cauguiran said the boodle fight was done to thank “all the small and big efforts of the makers of the park.”
==Angeles People’s Park ‘dream come true’==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/19/angeles-people-s-park-dream-come-true-371890
*Sunday, October 19, 2014
:By Joey Pavia
ANGELES CITY -- “It’s a dream come true. This is an accomplishment of partnership.”
Thus said Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio “Ambo” David in his speech shortly before joining the Angeles City government officials and workers, businessmen, volunteers and village officials in a “boodle fight” at the People’s Park here on Friday afternoon.
David, auxiliary bishop of San Fernando who is based at the Holy Rosary Parish Church here, expressed gratitude to the partnership between the public and private sectors for the development of the People’s Park at the old railway of the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
“It’s not only our gardens in our homes that must be beautiful but all the gardens and parks as well, especially those which are in public places,” said David.
Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said “at least 95 percent of the funds used for the park came from the private sector.” He added that “we would have waited for at least one year before we can even start to build the park if we will use public funds.”
“I am very happy when I see children playing at the park. What will they do or what will the parents bring their kids if there is no park here?” said Pamintuan, who was joined by his wife Herminia, businessmen Rogie Ayson and Bernie Cruz and some 150 others in the boodle fight.
Pamintuan lauded David “for initiating the transformation of the dirty old railway into a park.” He added that the bishop had asked the city government last year to restore the old railway station “for historical purposes.”
David adopted a section of the park that will be filled with ornamental plants.
Alexander “Alex” Cauguiran, point-person for the People’s Park, disclosed that P350,000 in cash were donated to them. He added that about P1 million in cash and materials were used for the park since it was started in July 2014.
In his speech, Cauguiran mentioned all the institutions and people who helped put up the park, which is at Barangays Agapito Del Rosario, Claro M. Recto, Lourdes Sur East and Lourdes Sur.
Cauguiran hailed the transformation of the some two-kilometer PNR railway and its area from a “very dirty place to a park filled with ornamental plants, vegetables, sports and recreational activities.”
Pamintuan said “with the help of Reghis Romero, we will revive the railway station the way it used to be. He was referring to prominent businessman Romero of this city, who reportedly shoulder the expenses for the restoration of the train station.
Cauguiran said the boodle fight was done to thank “all the small and big efforts of the makers of the park.”
==‘Big Bite’ seen to generate P10-M in sales==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/18/big-bite-seen-generate-p10-m-sales-371715
*Saturday, October 18, 2014
:By Joey Pavia (Contributor)
ANGELES CITY -- Ayala officials on Friday led the opening of the three-day second “Big Bite: The Northern Food Festival” at the Marquee Mall here and the food festival is expected to generate some P10 million in sales.
At least 128 food and delicacies makers are participating in the food festival which started October 17 and will culminate today.
“Each stall will have sales ranging from P100,000 to P150,000 per day. At least P10 million will be generated from the sales of products,” said Mark Sablan, Ayala Land senior division manager and general manager of Marquee Mall.
“It’s definitely successful because the number of participants increased,” he added. At least 100 stalls joined the first-ever Big Bite festival in the same venue last year.
Sablan joined Rowena Tomeldan, Ayala Land Inc. vice-president and head of operations and support services, in the ceremonial cooking of the showcase giant plate of sizzling sisig, a popular dish in Pampanga.
“This is a testimony that Pampanga in general and Angeles City in particular are not only the culinary destination of gourmands all over the country but are now the culinary capital of the country,” said Angeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan.
“With sizzling sisig is the icon of all dishes north of Manila,” he added, referring to the 11 feet in diameter sizzling plate of sisig cooked especially for the occasion.
Pamintuan was joined by his wife Herminia during the opening of the event which started at 7 am on Friday.
Sablan said at least 100,000 people will visit Marquee Mall daily due to the growing popularity of the Big Bite festival. He said they have between 50,000 and 70,000 mall goers daily.
Sablan said that the food festival “is one of the corporate social responsibility of the Ayala group.” He said that all the food makers were not charged a single centavo for participating in the event.
Various food products are showcased in stalls from the Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and Cordillera Administrative regions.
In partnership with Department of Tourism, Department of Trade and Industry, Angeles Tourism Office, North Luzon Expressway, Bank of the Philippine Islands and the Lifestyle Network, Big Bite also showcased delicious and popular dishes for tourists and locals.
Cooking demonstrations, food art, free food samples, and live entertainment were also held during the festival at the open space of the Ayala-owned mall.
“From condiments, spices, to coffee and jams, to local favorites such as Ilocos empanada, bagnet, puto calasiao, there is something for every taste bud. Enjoy these foods or bring it home for pasalubong. To celebrate the country’s growing street food scene, Big Bite offers a new aisle on the festival grounds that offer Street Food specials. These are the food delights that people flock to in every street corner, from ice scramble to strawberry taho, to binatog (boiled corn with grated coconut and salt), and sorbetes (local ice cream),” said The Rod Magaru Show.
“Art installations by award-winning visual artist Leeroy New and the Pampanga Arts Guild will be on display throughout the festival days. Visitors will also have a chance to see their favorite Lifestyle Network chefs, Chef Sandy Daza of Foodprints and the lively Chef Sharwin Tee of Curiosity Got the Chef up close as these masters share their culinary skills and talent through live cooking demonstrations,” added the Philippine entertainment and lifestyle website.
==Clark and Central Luzon==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/opinion/2014/10/17/tulabut-clark-and-central-luzon-371546
*Friday, October 17, 2014
:  Noel G. Tulabut (My Palm Notes)
CLARK clean up to no let-up.
This, we see as Clark Development Corp. is on full throttle in its beautification drive inside the Clark Freeport (and the Special Economic Zone in the sub zone too).
No less than CDC President Art Tugade himself is taking charge of the improvements, leading his associates and managers in ocular inspection of the renovation, new construction and rehabilitation of facilities and buildings.
Foremost to note is the total facelift of the Parade Grounds, particularly its jogging path.
The last time the pavement of this 2.5-kilometer tree-lined walkway was given major repair was during the time of Atty. Emmanuel Angeles as CDC’s top honcho. If my memory serves me right, the pavement had an asphalt overlay when local but triple AAA contractor RD Policarpio obliged to his request to help in the project.
On a daily basis, the jogging path is host to hundreds who want to take a breather and fresh air they get that one could only get inside Clark Freeport.
The buildings around the area are also being dressed up as well as other portions of the Freeport in time for the Senior Officers Meeting from about 21 countries in January 2015 as part of the APEC Summit.
Among the new centerpiece structure will be the new rotunda at Clark’s main gate which is set to become the biggest in the country when it gets completed by December this year. It would have Sundial, a mini cultural center that would spruce up the Bayanihan Park.
The Clark Museum is also being renovated and I heard there would be High Definition displays that would show the rich cultural heritage and history of the former airbase from the time it was discovered by the Americans.
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The Social Security System continues to improve its services in Central Luzon, considering its two million members in the prime region.
The SSS has more than two million members in Central Luzon, including about 1.3 million registered employees, 5,036 household employees, 452,003 self-employed, and 208,911 voluntary members.
Part of the initiatives is the AlkanSSSya project, a microsavings program which offers convenient remittance of contributions to encourage members of the informal sector groups to register as self-employed or revive their membership.
Large metal boxes with secure individual mini-compartments are now being installed in accessible locations to store daily AlkanSSSya savings of members. The savings are accounted for and picked up by an SSS collecting agent at the end of every month.
A report by colleague Joey Pavia in this paper states that the program has so far attracted 17,601 individuals from 188 informal sector groups in Central Luzon.
He quoted SSS VP for Central Luzon Vilma Agapito in the continuing success of the project, saying “the figures show that a lot more workers now recognize the value of social security and saving for future contingencies. The growth also reflects the success of our activities to improve services delivery and widen our membership reach.”
The SSS has also noted a 13.99-percent increase in its collections from self-employed and voluntary members in the region following the series of SSS AlkanSSSya coverage drives for workers in the informal sector and job order and contractual employees of local government units.
Agapito said the program was later adopted to cover JOs and contractual employees in LGUs who are non-GSIS members. She said that these members are currently served by 19 branches and 13 service offices, of which nine are in malls.
SSS has been establishing more offices nationwide “to give members a more convenient location and faster way to benefit from SSS programs and services.”
For 2014, the SSS has opened two new branches in Central Luzon, located in Bocaue, Bulacan and San Jose, Nueva Ecija, and two services offices located in Robinsons Mall Malolos and BHF Family Plaza in Dagupan.
All these improvements and services, by the way, are being made known to the public in an intensified information drive.
No less than SSS President and CEO Emilio de Quiros Jr. is reaching out to SSS members, the media, and other stakeholders in bringing about these bits of info that are essential but often ignored by people.
In his recent trip to Tarlac (the 4th of his nationwide road tour), De Quiros personally led SSS officials in bringing about more good news and services that go beyond proving the stability and dependability of SSS.
He reported that the agency now has at least 31,387, 446 members and its total assets has reached about P436 billion.
Quiros said the government agency's assets increased by over P163 billion in five years. SSS had only about P290 billion worth of assets in 2009. The agency is well on its track to reach its P500 billion asset by 2016 when President Aquino leaves Malacanang.
In Central Luzon alone, the SSS said it collected a total of P2.4 billion in contributions from members within Central Luzon as of July 2014, up by 14 percent from the same period last year. They come from members in Tarlac, Pampanga, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Bulacan and Bataan.
Great job there. Let its officers and members take a bow.
==Angeles to celebrate new festival of Angels==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/16/angeles-celebrate-new-festival-angels-371356
*Thursday, October 16, 2014
: (AC-CIO)
ANGELES CITY -- Angels from the heavens will flock to the Sto. Rosario Heritage District, this city, as the local government here launches a new festival dedicated to the Angeleños' patrons and guardians.
Dubbed as "GraciAngeles", the festival marks the celebration of the Fiestang Angel in the city, which is a new addition to the fiestas being celebrated every October: Fiestang La Naval on the second Sunday and Fiestang Apu Mamacalulu on the last Friday.
The event will be held today, (October 17), at 7 p.m. and is part of the city’s Fiestang Kuliat 2014 Socio-Civic cluster activities.
According to Peter de Vera, GraciAngeles is a stylized fusion of the words "gracia" and "Angeles" which, when combined, means "blessing from the Angels".
"GraciAngeles is 'heaven on Earth' as we witness the descent of the Angels from heaven who deliver messages of peace, love and prosperity to the people," said de Vera, who adds that "…through this festival, we are also invoking our patrons, the Los Angeles de los Custodios, for their continuous protection of our people and of our city."
"Angeleños should also expect street performers dressed in an all-white Angel costumes and additional props like the 'human karosa' to enhance the festival’s production value," de Vera stated.
For his part, Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan invited Angeleños' to witness this event, which is the first ever to be held in the city.
"This is another effort of the local government to preserve the cultural, historical and traditional aspects of the city. As such, we are working closely with the Holy Rosary Parish in our celebration of these religious and socio-civic events not only during our fiesta month of October, but all year round," Pamintuan said.
GraciAngeles' is the socio-civic counterpart of Fiestang Angel, which was reintroduced by the Holy Rosary Parish as one the city’s three major religious fiesta celebrations for October.
The Holy Rosary Parish has been celebrating Fiestang Angel since 2012, and today, with their active participation with the local government, the said celebration is now part of the annual Fiestang Kuliat calendar.
==Smart provides weather updates==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/15/smart-provides-weather-updates-371240
*Wednesday, October 15, 2014
:By Reynaldo G. Navales
ANGELES CITY -- Smart Communications Incorporated (Smart) has upgraded its programs providing weather update which will help its subscribers during heavy rains and onslaught of typhoons.
These days, an afternoon thunderstorm can easily flood streets, cause heavy traffic, and aggravate the woes of drivers and commuters.
And with storms getting stronger and more frequent each year, people—especially those living in disaster-prone areas—need timely, accurate information well before disaster strikes so they can take precautionary measures to evacuate or save their belongings.
A lot of that information is now readily available via easy-to-use mobile phone applications. These applications include RaincheckPH, Project Noah and MMDA app.
"This is one set of apps that we hope more people will use during this typhoon season by taking advantage of Smart's Free Internet offer," said Ramon R. Isberto, Smart's head of public affairs. "We should make it habit to use these apps to be prepared for possible weather disruptions."
The following mobile applications or websites can be accessed on your feature, Android, or iOS phones:
:RaincheckPH
With latest data from the DOST’s Project NOAH presented in a visual, easy-to-understand manner, RaincheckPH gives you timely alerts whenever a thunderstorm or strong typhoon is headed your way. Just pick your location from the list of areas provided by the app and you’ll receive accurate notifications whenever heavy rain or thunderstorms are approaching the city you’re currently in.
:MMDA app
A joke going around the Internet goes: “Metro Manila’s instant traffic recipe: just add water.” Even the lightest rains today can instantly cause heavy traffic, so make sure to check the traffic situation on your route by downloading the official MMDA app.
:Project NOAH
The Philippine weather bureau’s Doppler radars provide accurate and helpful visuals of every type of weather disturbance, especially typhoons. The good news is you can see these Doppler radar images and more by downloading the official Project NOAH app, which has proven to be helpful in helping people stay informed in times of extreme weather situations.
:InterAksyon.com
For up-to-date information about traffic situations, flooded streets, and class suspensions during typhoons, it’s best to get timely, accurate news alerts from sites like InterAksyon.com, the online news portal of TV5. And with the InterAksyon.com site now formatted for mobile devices, you’ll be assured that accessing the site won’t be very data-heavy.
:Facebook and Twitter
Social media has become an invaluable tool during disasters, especially in rallying support for relief operations and warning people about impending calamities. With Smart’s Free Internet offer now made better with Unli Facebook, you can stay in touch with relatives and share key information that could potentially save a life or two during these tough situations.
Smart Communications launched its free Internet promo last September, initially for prepaid subscribers of Smart, Sun Cellular and Talk N Text and then later included postpaid and broadband subscribers as well. The period of the special offers was also extended from end-November to January 5, 2015.
Under this promotion, active subscribers of Smart, Sun Cellular and Talk N’ Text have free access to 30 MB of mobile Internet per day. To avail themselves of the offer, subscribers only need to text FREE to 9999. Registration is free and must be done on a daily basis to enjoy the promo every day until January 5, 2015.
Aside from preparing for disasters, the Free Internet offer enables subscribers to, among other things, visit their favorite social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, stream music through SPINNR, shop online, send and receive email, and search for information.
==Proudly Kapampangan==
*Source: http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/10/14/proudly-kapampangan/
*Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:50 pm
:By Maan D’Asis Pamaran
The Philippines, being an archipelago, has different languages, traditions and sub-cultures. To this day there are instances where bias and misconceptions come into play, depending on what part of the country you or your family hails from.
True-blue Pampanguenos such as celebrity chefs Sau del Rosario and Emily Galang are some of the warmest most welcoming people in the local food industry. Pampanga's cuisine is known for its rich flavors and exotic ingredients. This carries over into the local’s food preferences. As Angeles City Mayor Ed Pamintuan jokingly said during the launch of the Big Bite! food festival at the Marque Mall, “If you invite a Kapampangan to a celebration in your home, you had better be sure that your cooking is really good, otherwise, your guest will go to your kitchen and show you how it’s done.”
One of the dishes this region can be really proud of is the Sisig, one of the latest food finds Western culinary experts are raving about. To quote Anthony Bourdain, who has become the unofficial champion of Pinoy food worldwide, this pork hash (as described by New York Times writer Ligaya Mishan) is “a divine mosaic of pig parts, chopped and served sizzling and crisp on one side on a screaming platter, then you’ve yet to have one of the world’s best beer-drinking dishes.”
There is more to discover when it comes to Northern cuisine. Filipino foodies and foreign friends can experience a hundred choices at the coming Big Bite! Food Festival to be held at the MarQuee Mall in Angeles, Pampanga on the 17th to 19th.
Aside from Pampanga’s best—Sisig, Betute (stuffed frogs), Camaru (sautéed crickets), and halo-halo, stalls will also be serving up items such as Ilocos Empanada, Bagnet, Tugerarao Longanisa, and a sundry of kakanin.
The Guinness Book of World Records awaits the attempt to make the biggest Sisig serving on the 17th and there will be an installation exhibit of food art by hot Pinoy artist Leeroy New and the Pampanga Arts Guild to promote the regions’ specialty dishes in a unique way. Big Bite! admission is for all, and a P1,000 purchase at any MarQuee Mall merchant is equivalent to a free food sample at the event.
==5 developers eyeing Green City project==
*Source: http://www.centralluzondaily.net/5-developers-eyeing-green-city-project/
*Monday, October 13, 2014
:By Jess Malabanan
CLARK FREEPORT – Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) president and chief executive officer Arnel Paciano Casanova said over the weekend that five property developers and several foreign investors have signified their interest in the multibillion Clark Green City project.
Earlier, the Megaworld Corp. and Ayala Land Inc. had also expressed their intention in the mammoth project to be built at the Clark Freeport sub-zone.
Casanova said the government is now developing the 35,000-hectare Clark Green City, BCDA’s biggest property, in a bid to create a new metropolis and generate thousands of jobs.
“With the congestion in Metro Manila, we need to create new economic markets,” Casanova pointed out.
The Clark Green City is near the Clark International Airport and just only 30 minutes from the deep-sea port of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone via the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway.
BCDA will offer an initial 1,300 hectares in the proposed Clark Green City and expects some P59 billion in investments for the first five years of development.
Clark Green City provides opportunities for 100-percent foreign-owned companies to invest in urban development in the Philippines, as the entire area is a special economic zone.
Casanova said BCDA would subdivide the first phase of the project into several parcels, where investors would include real estate developers, industrial park builders, township builders and institutional developers.
The project is envisioned to become the country’s first green and smart metropolis. It would be a mix of industrial, institutional and commercial areas, which would apply green technologies by adapting a green building system.
Renewable energy from sustainable sources will be used by all facilities and buildings in Clark Green City
==ACCTN now serving Arayat town==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/12/acctn-now-serving-arayat-town-370661
*Sunday, October 12, 2014
:By Joey Pavia (Contributor)
ARAYAT - The Angeles City Cable Television Network (ACCTN), the leading cable television and internet provider in Central Luzon, continues to expand its service area, this time reaching out to the town of Arayat, Pampanga.
The launching of ACCTN in this town was held during a simple ceremony at the network’s office located at Stall 2 Kibanoff, Santiago Building, Gapan-San Fernando-Olongapo (GSO) Road Purok 7, Plazang Luma here.
ACCTN has about 70,000 subscribers in Pampanga, Tarlac, and Bulacan.
It is part of the Converge Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Solutions Group of Companies headed by Businessman Dennis Anthony Uy.
Converge is a technology company that holds a congressional franchise for nationwide fiber-optic broadband to promote access to information and bring technology direct to households via the internet.
“More than bringing entertainment to ordinary families through cable, the vision of Converge and ACCTN is to make access to technology easier, faster and less costly for our people,” Uy said.
While ACCTN is now dominant in Central Luzon and is eyeing expansion in the entire Northern Luzon, Converge on the other hand has completed its fiber optic network in Angeles City and the Clark Freeport.
It is currently laying down its fiber cables in Metro Manila, Uy said.
==Once vanishing Kuliat vines now nurtured==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/11/once-vanishing-kuliat-vines-now-nurtured-370484
*Saturday, October 11, 2014
:By Joey Pavia (Contributor)
ANGELES CITY – It's the first celebration today, October 12, of the so-called “twin fiesta” of this city and the residents and their visitors will again take note of the name "Kuliat."
The last of twin celebrations will be held on the last Friday of October.
The activities and celebrations honoring the city's patron saint and the holy image of Jesus Christ were also dubbed over the years as "Fiestang Kuliat."
Kuliat are coarse woody vines. The indigenous vines flourished in several areas of the then barangay of nearby City of San Fernando.
Hence, it was called “Barrio Culiat (Kuliat)” until it became an independent town on December 8, 1892. It was also described then as the northernmost village of San Fernando.
It was noted during the heyday of Don Angel Pantaleon de Miranda that Angeles City was cleared of the Kuliat vines. Miranda pushed the separation of Culiat – or Angeles -- from San Fernando.
“In 1796, the town head of San Fernando, Don Angel Panteleon de Miranda along with some followers, staked out a new settlement, which they named Culiat because of the abundance of vines of that name in the area. The settlers cleared and cultivated the area for rice and sugar farming," said the history of Angeles City.
“Mariano Henson wrote that the origin of Angeles former name is the plant Culiat, (Gnetum indicum Lour. Merr), a woody vine that is abundant in the place. Today, this vine is said to be an endangered species. The few surviving Kuliat can be found in Palawan and in the botanical garden of UP Los Baños in Laguna. Recent botanical researchers done by the Kapampangan Archeological Volunteers (Kamaru) of Holy Angel University show, however, revealed that some of the Gnetum species still thrive in the thin forests of Sapang Bato (in Angeles City),” said a recent study by local historians Joel Pabustan Mallari and Arnel D. Garcia indicating that the Kuliat vines are vanishing.
:Kuliat vines back
In 1994, a group led by the late businessman Tony Angeles formed a chapter of the Rotary Club of Angeles City. It was named Rotary Angeles Kuliat.
“We named our Rotary Club from the original name of Angeles City. Our members wear uniforms having the image of the Kuliat vines,” said Salapungan, Angeles City Barangay Captain Reynaldo “Rey” Malig, who was a pioneer member of the Rotary Angeles Kuliat.
Malig said that he, Angeles and members of the club were curious about the real story behind the Kuliat. Then they found that “the Kuliat were vanishing and the vines could no longer be found in Angeles.”
Malig said that the Rotary Club and volunteers decided to save and nurture the Kuliat vines once they located it. He added that Aetas based in Sitio Target, Sapang Bato informed his group that the vines had been spotted in a mountain near the village.
“For the Aetas, the mountain was just near Sapang Bato. But it was far because they had to walk to locate the vines,” said Malig.
He added that a group of four Aetas and a member of the Rotary Club found the vines sometime in 1999.
Malig and the Rotary Clubs later invited then Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Heherson Alvarez to witness the “re-discovery of the Kulait vines.”
He disclosed that Alvarez had given him P10,000 and the fund will be used to preserve and nurture the vines.
Malig donated several Kuliat seedlings to public schools in Angeles City beginning 2000.
Today, the Kuliat vines “are safe and thriving” at the house of Malig in Salapungan. His fence is filled with the old vines and several seedlings are ready for donation to those who are interested to grow it.”
Malig and Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan recently led the ceremonial planting of Kuliat seedlings along Sto. Rosario Street and at the nearby People’s Park.
“Credit goes to Mayor Pamintuan for finding time to check on the Kuliat vines in my house. He is helping bring back the glory days of the once vanishing vines,” said Malig.
==SM City Clark marks second National Letter Writing Day==
==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
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2014/10/10/sm-city-clark-marks-second-national-letter-writing-day-370286
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