THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Zambales and the Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) conducted a joint final inspection of two road projects under the Department’s “Konkreto at Ayos na LanSAngan ang Daan tungo sa Pangkalahatang Kaunlaran” (KALSADA) Program on August 14. The first was the rehabilitation of the 8.995-km Palauig-Subic-San Juan-Lipay Road, and… Read More P94.7M KALSADA Projects
THE Municipalities of Castillejos and San Antonio in Zambales were among the first local government units to be assessed by Region XIII representative LGOO VII Ray Gregory F. Jaranilla on August 14, as the national validation for the 2017 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) kicked off. The LGUs were gauged on the four core… Read More SGLG Validation
Members of a dance troupe from a school in Olongapo City present a native Filipino number, with the lead dancer holding a small statue of San Roque, during the ‘Balik-Tanaw’ music and dance competition in celebration of the 85th Feast of San Roque, the patron saint of Subic Freeport, on August 15. This year’s ‘Karakol’… Read More FEAST OF SAN ROQUE
AS we celebrate on this fourth Monday of August the National Heroes’ Day to pay homage to those who sacrificed their lives for national freedom, let us ponder the fact that heroism falls not exclusively on the shoulders of great men. In the course of our short history as a nation, we have emulated the… Read More Editorial: A Need for Heroes
By TRISHA VELARMINO | psimonmyway.com (PART 2 OF 2 PARTS) IF we don’t have a vision for the different types of content that we do, it can send different signals to our audience. Some will be obsessed about being thin and might have eating disorders because “thin” is the definition of sexy. I always choose to… Read More ‘How to be you po’ gone wrong: Reassessing the kind of social media influencers that we are – PART 2
FREEPORT AREA OF BATAAN – Officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) encouraged manufacturers and export producers here to take advantage of a preferential tariff scheme granted by the European Union (EU) that allows duty-free access to exporters from developing countries like the… Read More DTI urges Bataan locators to tap Euro tariff scheme
By HENRY EMPEÑO MALACAÑANG is set to repeal Executive Order 340, which split the highest position in the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), and install just one top official in order to head off the ongoing leadership tussle in the Subic agency, a senior Palace official said on Wednesday, August 2. In a joint meeting… Read More Malacañang set to repeal EO 340, install one SBMA head
SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Association of South East Asian Nation-Republic of Korea (ASEAN-ROK) Forest Cooperation (AFoCo) have planned to establish a forest regional training center worth P700,000 in Candelaria town of Zambales to enhance the knowledge and skills of forest managers and peoples’ organizations (POs)… Read More DENR, Korean co-op plan forest regional training center in Candelaria
By TRISHA VELARMINO | psimonmyway.com (PART 1 OF 2 PARTS) I have witnessed a lot of Blogger A followers vs Blogger B followers face-offs that were truly entertaining and at the same time off. As a social media marketer, I find audience behavior a very amusing (and interesting) subject so I keep up with the business… Read More ‘How to be you po’ gone wrong: Reassessing the kind of social media influencers that we are
FROM Sta. Cruz in the north to Subic in the south, mining is once again becoming an issue in Zambales despite very official pronouncements that the provincial government will not allow this activity. In Sta. Cruz, the Concerned Citizens of Santa Cruz, Zambales (CCOS) recently petitioned the Court of Appeals (CA) for the issuance of… Read More Editorial: Back to normal?
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