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Magkakatuwang sina (L-R) City Administrator Loreto S. Amante, Konsehal Angelo “Gel” L. Adriano, City Mayor Vicente B. Amante Ph.D.,  at Gng Felicidad Sy sa pagputol ng laso bilang bahagi ng isinagawang  pagbubukas at pagpapasinaya  sa SM City San Pablo sa kahabaan ng Maharlika Highway sa Barangay San Rafael, noong Huwebes ng hapon,  Setyembre 30,2010, bago ang kabuuan ng shopping mall ay basbasan ni Obispo Leo Drona ng Dioyosesis ng San Pablo. Ang SM City San Pablo ang  ika-38 SM mall ng SM Prime Holdings Inc. sa buong bansa at ikalawa sa lalawigan ng Laguna. ( CIO-San Pablo City ) Naging mga tanging panauhin ang mga City Government Department Heads na sina (mula sa kaliwa) City Treasurer Fredalyn Rubio, Business Permit and License Office Chief Paz T. Dinglasan, City Accountant Lolita Cornista, City Budget Officer Dormelita Ignacio, Assistant City Treasurer Lilia Tolentino at CHMRO Elvira A. Celerio sa isinagawang pagpapasinaya at pagbabasbas ng SM City-San Pablo noong Huwebes ng

SM will bring excitement to Laguna when SM City San Pablo opens this Friday, October 1.On opening day, six hundred members of drum and lyre bands from ten public and private schools in the city will welcome guests and shoppers. Participating schools will be Liceo de San Pablo, Canossa College, Laguna, College, San Pablo Colleges, Laguna State Polytechnic University, San Pablo Central School, Magcase Ville, San Cristobal Placido and Guerilla Elementary School. Street dancers from San Pablo Colleges, St. Joseph School, Lakeside, and San Pablo High School will delight shoppers with their hip moves. Later in the day, Kapamilya stars will make a surprise visit to the mall. A fireworks display will cap the opening day. Saturday, Oct. 2, Andi Eigemann of "Agua Bendita" fame will join in the celebrations. Mall tenants will also prepare fun activities for lucky shoppers who will take home prizes and freebees. A pyro-musical show will thrill audiences wit

ONE WOULD have thought the Philippines was at war on seeing the country’s flag at a meeting in New York between US President Barack Obama and Southeast Asian leaders, including President Benigno Aquino III. Photos of the working lunch hosted on Friday (US time) by Obama for Mr. Aquino and the other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) showed the flag hanging from a pole in an inverted position: The red field was atop the blue. It suggested a country in a state of war. The flag was almost directly behind Mr. Aquino, who was seated next to the US president. Section 10 of Republic Act No. 8491—the “Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines”—states: “The flag, if flown from a flagpole, shall have its blue field on top in time of peace and the red field on top in time of war; if in a hanging position, the blue field shall be to the right (left of the observer) in time of peace, and the red field to the right (left of the observer) in time of war.” T