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                    [Title] => Pampanga enters semis
                    [Summary] => The Pampanga Delta clinched a place in the semifinals of the 2022 National Basketball League-Pilipinas (NBL) President’s Cup after defeating the Bulacan DF Republicans, 95-62, over the weekend at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga.
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                    [Title] => Only illegal structures are being demolished
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This refers to the news article by Mr. Ding Cervantes entitled, “Demolition of Pampanga dike questioned” (The Philippine STAR, Nov. 24, 2014).

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Pampanga Rep. Anna York Bondoc today urged Congress to conduct an inquiry into the government's policy on maintaining flood control projects, particularly those built in her province.

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Third district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. yesterday said a resettlement site for some 200 families affected by the mudslide that killed 12 people in Arayat town last weekend will soon be set up in the same barangay.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 423251 [Title] => Laguna, Pampanga rule NBTC [Summary] =>

Health Solutions-Laguna swept the South Luzon division while Pampanga Delta routed its finals opponent en route to the first conference titles recently in the National Basketball Training Center D-League presented by Nokia at separate venues.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263365 [Title] => Dikes blamed for Masantol floods [Summary] => MASANTOL, Pampanga — Despite the good weather, residents of seven barangays here found their homes suddenly inundated by up to six feet of floodwaters.

This, as floodwaters from Calumpit and Hagonoy towns in Bulacan were trapped by four-meter high dikes along the eastern banks of the Pampanga River.

Masantol Vice Mayor Bajun Lacap said the dikes, which are part of the unfinished Pampanga Delta development project, "have made the situation worse instead of sparing us from floods, as designed by the Department of Public Works and Highways."
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One of the main reasons is that the delta is sinking. Since the 1990s, for instance, the depth of floods in five Pampanga towns — Bacolor, Macabebe, Masantol, Minalin and Sasmuan — and in the City of San Fernando has been averaging 3.4 feet, reaching six feet during the typhoon season.

In the 1980s, flood depth only ranged from one to three feet.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226173 [Title] => Pampanga continues to sink [Summary] => The Pampanga delta in Central Luzon continues to sink.

This was the finding of a study conducted by University of the Philippines researchers on the environmental changes in the Pampanga delta, composed of Pampanga, Bulacan, and Bataan and the Caloocan City, Malabon City, Navotas, and Valenzuela area, the commonly flooded cities and towns in Metro Manila.

Because of the continuing sinking of the Pampanga peninsula, the flooding problem in the region has been worsening.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724775 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151313 [Title] => Japan funds P1.9-B irrigation project [Summary] => The National Irrigation Authority (NIA) is set to undertake the rehabilitation and improvement of the Bago River irrigation system in Negros Occidental, after the Japanese government yesterday formalized its pledge to aid the P1.9-billion project.

The NIA obtained the fund through a soft loan from the Japanese government with a 2.2 percent annual interest that will be paid in five years.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101343 [Title] => P3.4-B project to irrigate 10,270 has in Pampanga [Summary] =>

President Estrada visited Pampanga yesterday to assess the progress of the irrigation component of the P3.4-billion Japanese-assisted Pampanga Delta Development Project which is expected to bring much-needed irrigation water to farmlands that were once covered by lahar.

A mammoth undertaking of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the project aims to accelerate the delivery of water to 10,270 hectares of farmlands previously covered by mud as a result of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

Agriculture Secretary Edgardo Angara, who joined the President in the visit, [DatePublished] => 2000-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => Pampanga enters semis
                    [Summary] => The Pampanga Delta clinched a place in the semifinals of the 2022 National Basketball League-Pilipinas (NBL) President’s Cup after defeating the Bulacan DF Republicans, 95-62, over the weekend at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga.
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                    [ArticleID] => 1409945
                    [Title] => Only illegal structures are being demolished
                    [Summary] => 

This refers to the news article by Mr. Ding Cervantes entitled, “Demolition of Pampanga dike questioned” (The Philippine STAR, Nov. 24, 2014).

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 717761 [Title] => Solon hits lack of maintenance of Pampanga dike projects [Summary] =>

Pampanga Rep. Anna York Bondoc today urged Congress to conduct an inquiry into the government's policy on maintaining flood control projects, particularly those built in her province.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-18 09:36:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 509982 [Title] => FOR PAMPANGA MUDSLIDE VICTIMS: Lawmaker to fund relocation site [Summary] =>

Third district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. yesterday said a resettlement site for some 200 families affected by the mudslide that killed 12 people in Arayat town last weekend will soon be set up in the same barangay.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 423251 [Title] => Laguna, Pampanga rule NBTC [Summary] =>

Health Solutions-Laguna swept the South Luzon division while Pampanga Delta routed its finals opponent en route to the first conference titles recently in the National Basketball Training Center D-League presented by Nokia at separate venues.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263365 [Title] => Dikes blamed for Masantol floods [Summary] => MASANTOL, Pampanga — Despite the good weather, residents of seven barangays here found their homes suddenly inundated by up to six feet of floodwaters.

This, as floodwaters from Calumpit and Hagonoy towns in Bulacan were trapped by four-meter high dikes along the eastern banks of the Pampanga River.

Masantol Vice Mayor Bajun Lacap said the dikes, which are part of the unfinished Pampanga Delta development project, "have made the situation worse instead of sparing us from floods, as designed by the Department of Public Works and Highways."
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263237 [Title] => Flooding in Pampanga Delta worsening [Summary] => Flooding in the Pampanga Delta in Central Luzon has worsened over the years.

One of the main reasons is that the delta is sinking. Since the 1990s, for instance, the depth of floods in five Pampanga towns — Bacolor, Macabebe, Masantol, Minalin and Sasmuan — and in the City of San Fernando has been averaging 3.4 feet, reaching six feet during the typhoon season.

In the 1980s, flood depth only ranged from one to three feet.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226173 [Title] => Pampanga continues to sink [Summary] => The Pampanga delta in Central Luzon continues to sink.

This was the finding of a study conducted by University of the Philippines researchers on the environmental changes in the Pampanga delta, composed of Pampanga, Bulacan, and Bataan and the Caloocan City, Malabon City, Navotas, and Valenzuela area, the commonly flooded cities and towns in Metro Manila.

Because of the continuing sinking of the Pampanga peninsula, the flooding problem in the region has been worsening.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1724775 [AuthorName] => Rudy Fernandez [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151313 [Title] => Japan funds P1.9-B irrigation project [Summary] => The National Irrigation Authority (NIA) is set to undertake the rehabilitation and improvement of the Bago River irrigation system in Negros Occidental, after the Japanese government yesterday formalized its pledge to aid the P1.9-billion project.

The NIA obtained the fund through a soft loan from the Japanese government with a 2.2 percent annual interest that will be paid in five years.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101343 [Title] => P3.4-B project to irrigate 10,270 has in Pampanga [Summary] =>

President Estrada visited Pampanga yesterday to assess the progress of the irrigation component of the P3.4-billion Japanese-assisted Pampanga Delta Development Project which is expected to bring much-needed irrigation water to farmlands that were once covered by lahar.

A mammoth undertaking of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the project aims to accelerate the delivery of water to 10,270 hectares of farmlands previously covered by mud as a result of the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

Agriculture Secretary Edgardo Angara, who joined the President in the visit, [DatePublished] => 2000-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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