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A Friend Seeks Help

A friend of mine, Sheila Lopez-Gamo, founder/director of Pandacan’s Supervoice Music and Theater Foundation, is seeking help in raising funds for the emergency operation of his father – Honorio “Norrie” Lopez Jr. at Manila Doctors Hospital.

The funds her family needs is quite high: Php130,000, needed on October 18, 2011, less than a week from now.
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Militant Group protests at Pandacan Oil Depot

As a result of unending oil price hike, rallyists from militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) are protesting at the gate of Chevron’s Pandacan oil depot as of writing, DZMM reports. Cops are already at the scene and the firemen are already on the watch to prevent any accident.

…Mula Nagtahan Bridge, tumakbo ang mga militante patungo sa Pandacan terminal partikular sa may gate ng Chevron kung saan nagkatulakan at hilahan.

Walang nagawa ang mga pulis at security guard ng Chevron nang maitumba ng mga raliyista ang iniharang na barbed wire kaya nakalapit sa pinaka-gate…

This morning, the Department of Energy (DOE) is asking oil companies to explain the over-priced increase. DOE Undersecretary Jay Layug said in an interview that it will take them one week to investigate the matter.

JZES Alumni Home Coming 2011

Hello guys, this is to all graduates of (Padre) Jacinto Zamora Elementary School (Pandacan, Manila). The upcoming Alumni home coming will be held at the quadrangle of the school and here’s the info of the said event. . .

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Pandacan’s Teatro Balagtas gains national publicity

Pandacan’s Teatro Balagtas and the unique and contemporary play “Balagtasin” which they staged several times the past few months in our town, were in the national news after receiving positive review from GMA News the other day.

“…Balagtasin – with its playful yet heartfelt storytelling, complex yet seamless plot lines, imaginative direction, relevant references, and promising actors – succeeds in weaving stories that span three generations…” writes Mark D. Meruenas of GMA News.

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Pandacan Chairwoman exposes swindler

Chairwoman Milaflor Sabado‘s keen eyes for shrewd people were in full display last week when she exposed an alleged swindler trying to get more money at her expense.

Suspect Elpidio Modrigo of Alabang, Muntinlupa City, was arrested last Friday afternoon after Chairwoman Sabado was tipped off of fake certificates bearing her signature in order to solicit money from local government.

From Journal.com: “…Upon learning about the racket, Sabado wrote the councilors in the sixth district as well as Rep. Sandy Ocampo not to entertain such solicitations supposedly coming from her barangay…. This prompted Sabado to hold a meeting and decided to have him arrested, after the latter was positively identified as the one distributing the solicitation letters…”

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