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                    [Summary] => GAPAN CITY — The mayor of this Nueva Ecija city has denied accusations linking him to last month’s killings of five people in a cockpit here.


Mayor Ernesto Natividad disclaimed knowledge of the May 20 attack in the cockpit in Barangay Pambuan, saying his conscience is clear. 


"Malayo sa pagkatao ko yung ganoon (That is far from my character)," he said, referring to the accusations that he was behind the massacre.


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                    [Title] => Gapan eyeing Guinness with pair of giant slippers
                    [Summary] => GAPAN CITY — With a pair of slippers (tsinelas), this Nueva Ecija city hopes to make it big.


Slipper makers here are finishing work on a 30-foot long pair, which city officials hope would land in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest in the world.


Mayor Ernesto Natividad said it took eight people three weeks (eight hours each day) to make one of the pair, now displayed at his residence.


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                    [Title] => Gapan holds Tsinelas Fest
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The festival, part of Gapan’s fourth cityhood anniversary celebration, aims to promote the city as the "footwear capital" of the North, said Mayor Ernesto Natividad.


The city’s slippers, mostly crafted in Barangays Mangino, Pambuan and San Lorenzo, have found their way to markets across the country. — Manny Galvez

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                    [Title] => Gapan City says no to dumpsite for Metro trash
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This was the reply of Mayor Ernesto Natividad to the proposal to turn a 573-hectare property in this city as a dumpsite for Metro Manila’s trash.


In an interview with The STAR yesterday, Natividad said he is personally opposed to the plan to convert Barangay Macabaklay into a site for a modern sanitary landfill to handle Metro Manila’s garbage.


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                    [Title] => The other footwear capital
                    [Summary] => GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – In a province known for its rice fields,  the newly created city of Gapan is making a name for itself as a large-scale producer of slippers. About 40% or 25,000 pairs a week are delivered to various department stores in Metro Manila.  The balance are sold in Baclaran.


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                    [Title] => LWUA urged to probe Nueva Ecija appointments
                    [Summary] => GAPAN, Nueva Ecija – The Local Waterworks and Utilities Administration (LWUA) was urged over the weekend to conduct a full-dress investigation into the alleged "midnight appointment" of two directors of the local water district by a former municipal mayor.


Mayor Ernesto Natividad has asked LWUA chief Prudencio Reyes to investigate his predecessor, ex-Mayor Arthur Velayo for allegedly abusing his powers by designating an uncle to the Board of Directors of the Gapan Water District (GWD) even beyond his term of office.


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MAYOR ERNESTO NATIVIDAD

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Ecija mayor denies role in bloody cockpit raid

By Manny Galvez | April 9, 2006 - 12:00am

GAPAN CITY — The mayor of this Nueva Ecija city has denied accusations linking him to last month’s killings of five people in a cockpit here. Mayor Ernesto Natividad disclaimed knowledge of the May 20...

Nation

Gapan eyeing Guinness with pair of giant slippers

By Manny Galvez | August 30, 2005 - 12:00am

GAPAN CITY — With a pair of slippers (tsinelas), this Nueva Ecija city hopes to make it big. Slipper makers here are finishing work on a 30-foot long pair, which city officials hope would land in the Guinness...

Nation

Gapan holds Tsinelas Fest

August 7, 2005 - 12:00am

GAPAN CITY — This Nueva City showcases its slippers industry, which generates an income of P500 million to P600 million yearly, in a 17-day Tsinelas Festival which kicks off today. The festival, part of Gapan’s...

Nation

Gapan City says no to dumpsite for Metro trash

By Manny Galvez | June 21, 2003 - 12:00am

GAPAN CITY — "No way." This was the reply of Mayor Ernesto Natividad to the proposal to turn a 573-hectare property in this city as a dumpsite for Metro Manila’s trash. In an interview with...

Nation

The other footwear capital

By Manny Galvez | November 12, 2001 - 12:00am

GAPAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – In a province known for its rice fields, the newly created city of Gapan is making a name for itself as a large-scale producer of slippers. About 40% or 25,000 pairs a week are delivered...

Business As Usual

LWUA urged to probe Nueva Ecija appointments

July 15, 2001 - 12:00am

GAPAN, Nueva Ecija – The Local Waterworks and Utilities Administration (LWUA) was urged over the weekend to conduct a full-dress investigation into the alleged "midnight appointment" of two directors...

Nation