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For many San Pableño, the First Lantern Festival held at the SM City San Pablo last Sunday evening  was an experience particularly among young adults who came in with small pieces of paper where they wrote their wishes to be attached to the lantern that they entered in the festival, an event brought to the city by K. Gachitorena and Rachel Alvero that attracted not only photo enthusiasts from far and near, but but multitude of families from the city and adjacent municipalities. To many Asians, Lantern Festival is regarded as the Chinese version of Saint Valentine’s Day , for this is a celebration of love and affection among lovers as dictated by the Chinese tradition and culture. ( Niña W. Rada )

City of San Pablo (2010 and 2011 Best Tourism Event in the Philippines, Festival Category) SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Theme: Isang Tugtog at Isang Indayog ng Isang Bayang Nagkakaisa sa Piyesta ng Niyog 2012. Date Time Venue Activities January 7 (Saturday) 10:00 am SM City Atrium Pre-Pageant of Munting Lakan at Mutya ng San Pablo 2012 1:00 pm SM City Atrium Pre-Pageant of Lakan at Mutya ng San Pablo 2012 7:00 pm City Plaza (main stage) United Pastors Council (UPC) Night January 8 (Sunday) 4:00 pm SM City Atrium Grand Fashion Show of Munting Lakan at Mutya, Coco Star and Lakan at Mutya ng San Pablo 2012 7:00 pm City Plaza (main stage) DepEd/TESA Night January 9 (Monday) 4:00 am ABS-CBN Studio Umagang Kay Ganda (UKG) 7:00 pm City Plaza (main stage) Sang...

SAN PEDRO, Laguna—The Court of Appeals has issued a writ of preliminary injunction that indefinitely suspends the release of the P900 million that the city government of San Pablo was borrowing from a private bank. The injunction, issued on Wednesday, came out after the 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) earlier issued by the CA expired on Dec. 10. In a phone interview on Friday, lawyer Job Gesmundo said the injunction now prevented the city government and the Philippine Veterans’ Bank (PVB) from pursuing the  loan  transaction until the CA decides on the validity of the city ordinance that approved the P900 million loan. Gesmundo is the legal counsel of a group of San Pablo taxpayers that opposed the loan deal, which the city government in June entered into with the PVB. The city government said the amount would be used for the following projects and obligations: P140 million to pay for a previous loan, P200 million each for a multipurpose convention center and a touris...

CAMP PACIANO RIZAL, Philippines — A family of five, including a two-month-old baby, was hacked to death in San Pablo City in Laguna in a massacre that left an eight-year-old girl as the sole survivor. Victims Bay Rendon Jr., 40, his wife Maricel, 24, and their two-month daughter, Marijoy died instantly, while their two children, Jay-em,7, and Jomari, 5, died in the hospital Thursday morning. Their eight-year old daughter, Margie, survived the attack and was able to identify the suspect. Senior Superintendent Gilbert Cruz, Laguna police director, in a text message, said the massacre happened around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday while the family was asleep inside their bamboo hut in the remote village of Sta. Filomena. The suspect was the victims’ neighbor, identified as Ernie Tambuong, 19, a farmer. “The victims sustained multiple hack wounds from a scythe, mostly in the arms and head. The baby was hacked on her forehead,” said city police chief Supt. Ferdinand de Castro in a phone interview...

ATIMONAN, Quezon – Noong nakaraang madaling-araw ng Linggo, ang tagapag-ulat na ito ay nagkaroon ng pagkakataong makapagmasid sa pamilihan ng isda sa may Atimonan Port dito kung saan ang mga maliliit na mangingisda o marginal fishermen na namamalakaya sa Lamon Bay ay nagdadala o “nagtataas” ng kanilang huling isda para ipagbili, at ang kapansinpansin, taliwas sa karaniwang tindahan ng isda, sa nabanggit na punduhan ng isda ay matahimik, sapagka’t ang tawag pala sa lugar na iyon ay “bulungan.”      Ang kapansinpansin, ang mangingisda ay inilalagay ang kanyang huli sa isang  bukas na lalagyan, upang ito ay maayos na makita ng mga nagbabalak bumili upang sa pamamagitan lamang ng pagtingin ay matantya ang bigat ng mga isda para kaniyang makuwenta kung magkano ang halagang dapat pabulong na ialok.      Halimbawa, ang iniaalok na mga isda ay limang (5) piraso ng lapu-lapu, at anim (6) piraso ng tambakol, kung sa tantya ng bibili ay titimbang ng ...

     ALAMINOS, Laguna – Kapuri-puri ayon kay Municipal Agriculturist Gladys dV Apostol na ang mga bumubuo ng Samahan ng Magbubukid ng Alaminos na pinangunguluhan ni Oliver B. Fandiño ay may sariling palatuntunan upang mapalawak ang kamalayan ng kanilang mga kasapi sa tamang pagtatanim ng iba’t ibang halaman, at pangangasiwa ng pataniman nito.      May 32 aktibong kasapi, ang una nilang naging panauhing tagapagsalita sa ipinatawag nilang talakayan ay may kaugnayan sa posibilidad na sa bayang ito, at maging sa mga kalapit na munisipyo ay makapagbukas ng pataniman ng rubber tree; at sa sumunod na pagkakataon ay isang kinatawan ng Land Bank of the Philippines para naman sila ay magabayan sa wastong paghiram ng puhunan para sa pagpapaunlad ng isang pataniman sang-ayon kay Fandi­ño.      Naging si Dr. Patricio Faylon, na isang ipinagkakapuring anak ng bayang ito na kasalukuyang Executive Director ng Philippine Council for Agric...