SAN FERNADO CITY, Pampanga — Children of provincial capitol employees benefited from dental immunization conducted by the Provincial Health Office (PHO) in cooperation with the Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Hospital (DMMH) and dentists from various municipalities.

Dr. Antonio Aquino, head of the PHO, said the activity is part of the provincial government’s total health program for its constituents, as he welcomed the children and their parents to the activity held at the Benigno Aquino Hall inside the capitol compound. (Franco G. Regala)

‘Nego-Kart’

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has distributed some P100,000 to 10 ambulant and small-scale mobile vendors in Morong, Bataan as part of its “Negosyo sa Kariton” (Nego-Kart) project. Each of the beneficiaries was given P10,000 livelihood assistance fund, DOLE said.

Labor regional information officer Jerry Borja said aside from the carts, recipients were also given trainings on entrepreneurship and business management. Representatives from the Social Security System and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation likewise oriented them on their respective programs and services. (Mark Anthony N. Manuel)

Water System

ABUCAY, Bataan (PNA) — A United States-based Rotary Club has donated funds for the construction of a deepwell that will provide potable water to about 400 families in the upland village at the slope of Mt. Natib here.

Dr. Augusto Adrid, president of Rotary Club of Shady Brook, Langhome, Pennsylvania, USA, personally attended the inauguration on Tuesday. The physician explained that his organization raises money to embark on projects for people in need.

“We sacrifice to do service to poor people,” he said. Adrid’s late parents were residents of this town. Mayor Ana Santiago enjoined villagers of Sitio Malaking Bato in Barangay Mabatang to take good care of the water system which costs more than P260,000.

Pangasinan Loan

BINMALEY, Pangasinan (PNA) — The plan of the municipal government here to obtain a new loan of P55 million from the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) was defended by Binmaley Mayor Lorenzo Cerezo.

Cerezo said the loan will be used to finance income-generating projects of the municipal government. Cerezo maintained that the loan is needed because of the urgent need to stimulate business activities in the town, which already earned the revered name as the seafood capital of the province.

A first-class town, Binmaley has an overall income of P100 million with at least P89 million coming from Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of the municipality and only P11 million from local income.

Sorsogon Projects

GUBAT, Sorsogon (PNA) — Eight of the 16 community development projects implemented in the province of Sorsogon through the funding provided by Malacañang under the administration’s Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program have been completed.

The completed projects worth a total of P8 million have been put to use starting last week following their inaugurations graced by OPAPP Assistant Secretary Howard Cafugauan, Sorsogon Second District Rep. Deogracias Ramos and Norberto Gomez de Liano, the country director of the Agencia de Espanola Cooperacion National para del Desarollo (AECID).