Monday, December 13, 2010

Historic Sites around Balibago

Bale Herencia

was built in 1860 and is situated in Lakandula Street corner Santo Rosario Street. It is a picturesque house with the unsavory reputation of having been built for the mistress of a parish priest. The current owners now use it as a banquet hall.

Bayanihan Park

(formerly Astro Park) is now home to a year-round mini-amusement park and it is an ideal spot for sports and recreational activities having basketball and volleyball courts and huge space for jogging and other recreational activities. This is where the famous and historical "Salakot Arch" is now located.

Camalig

was built in 1840 by Don Ciriaco de Miranda, the first gobernadorcillo of Angeles, and was used as a grain storehouse along Santo Rosario Street. It was restored in 1980 by Armando L. Nepomuceno and is now the site of Armando's Pizza and Camalig Restaurant.

Fort Stotsenburg

is named after Colonel John M. Stotsenburg, a captain of the 6th U.S. Cavalry, was the location of the permanent quarters of the American forces in Sapang Bato, Angeles. It is also known as the "Parade Ground," which served as a venue for many important celebrations by the Americans before the Philippine-American Military Bases Agreement ended in 1991.

Founders' Residence (Bale Matua)

is located at the heart of Santo Rosario, is the oldest building in the city. It was built in 1824 by the city founder, Don Ángel Pantaleón de Miranda, and his wife, Dona Rosalia de Jesus, and was inherited by their only daughter, Dona Juana de Miranda de Henson. This house, which is made of high stone and an ornate gate, nostalgically symbolizes the glorious past of Angeles amidst the overwhelming onslaughts of modernization.

Holy Family Academy Building

was once a convent and was served as a military hospital of the U.S. Army in 1900. It was later used as troop barracks, officers' quarters and arsenal by the Japanese Imperial Military Forces in 1942.

Holy Rosary Church (Santo Rosario Church)

was constructed from 1877 to 1896 by the "Polo y Servicio" labor system, a kind of forced labor imposed on Filipino peasants by the Spanish colonial government. It was used as a military hospital by the U.S. Army from August 1899 to December 1900. Its backyard was the execution ground to the Spanish forces in shooting down Filipino rebels and suspects.

Juan D. Nepomuceno's Center

for Kapampangan Studies houses a library, museum of archives and gallery, research center and theater, put up by the Holy Angel University in 2002 to preserve, study and promote Kapampangan history and culture.

Lily Hill

was a strategic observation post for monitoring Japanese movement in World War II. Remains of Japanese aircraft were found here at the end of the war. Along this hill can now be found Lily Hill Duty Free Store.

Old Pamintuan Residence

was served as the seat of government of the First Philippine Republic under General Emilio Aguinaldo from May to July 1899 and the Central Headquarter for Major General Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the father of General Douglas MacArthur. It now houses the Central Bank of the Philippines in Central Luzon.

Post Office Building (Deposito)

is a building that was constructed in 1899 for the purpose of depositing religious statues and carriages of the Catholic Church, hence the name Deposito. It was also used as the headquarter of the 11th Film Exchange U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947 and was then used as a jailhouse for recalcitrant U.S. troops during the Philippine-American War. On February 6, 1967, the Angeles City Post Office moved to this building. It is now the site of Angeles Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Center.

Salakot Arch

is a landmark of Angeles City. From 1902 to 1979, Clark remained a U.S. territory, guaranteed by the Military Bases Agreement in 1947. In 1978, the Philippines, under the dispensation of the former President Ferdinand Marcos, and the U.S. finally agreed to establish Philippine sovereignty over the U.S. bases and thus the Clark Air Base Command (CABCOM) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines came into being, following the signing of a revised Military Bases Agreement on January 7, 1979. To commemorate this unprecendented and bold event, the government constructed a special structure based upon the design of a salakot or native hat, which soon became a widely recognized symbol of this renewed Filipino spirit from the long and archaic tradition of Philippine-American relations and the weaning away from it. Angeles will soon see and realize its full potential as a dynamic might on its own without the American base after the onslaught of Pinatubo volcano.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Sex Trade in Angeles City

At a club called Koko Yoko, balding men with bulging bellies sit at an outdoor bar, sipping beers and leering at the young girls who pass on the model's runway gone wrong called Fields Avenue.

Many of the girls weigh barely 90 pounds, their high heels pushing their almost adolescent bodies at perverse angles. There are cross-dressers fooling no one, calling out to men with tattoos, Popeye forearms and gray hair on their backs.

"Lady boy!" they squeal. "Lady boy!"

Some men pass by with girls one-third their age, swinging their hands together like a couple on a first date. Others cavort with three girls at once, the women all clutching their client like daughters competing for Daddy's attention.

Fields Avenue, the main pedestrian drag in Angeles City, is a legacy of the time when this row of run-down bars was the romping ground of restless young American airmen stationed at Clark Air Base.

The U.S. base closed in 1992, and the often-randy airmen have gone with it. But the girls, the sex, the round-the-clock raunchiness remain. Only the customers have changed.

A thriving sex tourism trade attracts foreign customers by the thousands in search of something they cannot find back home: girls young enough to be their granddaughters selling sex for the price of a burger and fries.

Once populated by virile men in their early 20s who started each day with 100 push-ups, the place is now home to older men who need help pushing themselves out of bed in the morning.

Most are bused up from Manila, an hour away, on golf and sex package deals. This is no quasi-innocent boys' night out. Rather, it's a single-minded realm of weary-looking loners on a resolute hunt that smacks of feeding an addiction.

Many are ex-military men reliving former glories, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper wannabes, some gathering at the local American Legion post before embarking into the night.

There is a one-armed man, a retiree with a walker and another dapper gentleman who strolls along in a dress shirt, twirling an umbrella, whistling a private tune.

Many head to the bars with the red-light special called "The Early-Release": Buy your girl 10 drinks and she's yours, no questions asked.

Nobody asks questions here. Nobody gives their name. Credit cards are a joke; who wants to leave behind any economic traces that they ever set foot here?

A young dancer in tight red hip-hugger pants and matching sports bra acknowledges that Fields Avenue may not be pretty, but the money is good. She rolls her eyes at two overweight men who pass by looking like large reptiles dressed in children's clothing.

Sure, the sex is disgusting, she says. But at least it's over quickly.

Outside Koko Yoko, the doorman, a 33-year-old paraplegic, perches on a wheeled wooden pallet. He says his father was an American who once served at Clark, his mother a local girl. He contracted polio when he was 11 and has worked here ever since.

The street, he says, takes care of him. Soon, an idle stripper climbs onto his back, rubbing her crotch into the back of his neck.

Nearby a saggy-faced Australian lights a cigarette. He's been in Angeles City for about a month, his last stop on a sex circuit from Bangkok to Manila after getting laid off from his electrician's job in Sydney.

In Thailand, he says, the girls didn't speak the language. Manila hookers were too streetwise, the bars too spread out.

But this is Easy Street. He can sit atop his bar stool and ogle hundreds of passing girls fresh from the countryside who perfect the tricks of their trade before moving on to The Show in Manila.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Senator

While walking down the street one day a senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. "Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the senator.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and
one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.

They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.

They are all having such a good time that before the senator realizes it, it is time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises...

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven."

So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."

The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.
He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders. "I don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"

The devil smiles at him and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning


...... Today, you voted."

Friday, June 18, 2010

Pinay Teen Sex

Pinay Teen Sex Experiment On First Stage of Success


If you still remember, I was doing some experiments just to top the Google Search Engine when searching for the “Pinay Teen Sex“.

But I think, this position is not yet stable especially that I only started the experiment.


Doing this can be advantageous:

  • It can be considered as the war against online pornography on Pinay Teens (Filipino Teens).
  • It directs the traffic to this blog, instead of sending them directly to porno sites.
On the experiments I did on SEO (Search Engine Optimization), the experiments on the following keywords or keyphrases can now be considered successful since they are already on their stable spot on the Google Search Result Pages.

  1. Pinay Teen Sex
  2. Pinay Scandal, Pinay Celebrity Scandal, Pinay Sex Scandal
  3. Pinay Sex Video 
 If I will succeed on the experiment for the “Pinay Teen Sex” then this will be the fouth.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

'Poison letters' vs mayor Blueboy Nepomuceno

Supporters of Mayor Francis "Blueboy" Nepomuceno on Monday discovered and apprehended an estimated 150,000 anonymous "poison letters" allegedly worth P1.5 million at Angeles City Post Office.

City Administrator Mark Allen Sison told Sun.Star Pampanga in an exclusive interview that they received a tip from a concerned employee of the post office Sunday afternoon, alerting them of the arrival of boxes containing letters with no return addresses.

The tipster said the letters contained materials against Nepomuceno.
All letters contained what was described as "libelous and derogatory materials' against the city mayor and his administration.

"As soon as we received the tip, we waited in front of the Angeles City Post Office and waited for the assistance of the post office staff. Here, we found hundreds of letters all addressed to registered voters of Angeles City. We contacted some of the supposed letter receivers and asked them if they could open their letters, and to our shock the contents of the letters were indeed very disturbing," Sison said. Sison said that known Nepomuceno supporters were not included among the recipients of the letters.Arnel Avenir of the Angeles City Post Office said the letters arrived last Thursday in boxes and were already pre-stamped. The letters were supposed to be delivered Monday afternoon. "I was here since the last 2007 elections and this is the first time that we have encountered such situation," Avenir said, stressing that he has ordered non-delivery of the letters as investigations are being conducted by their office and the Philippine National Police.

Condemnation
Imelda Lansangan, 26, and a resident of Barangay Virgen De Los Remedios here, said she was shocked upon opening the anonymous letter. She was one of the supposed recipients who rushed to the Angeles City Post Office.

"I was shocked to see the letters. They are, in my opinion, harmful and can cause bad publicity for the mayor," Lansangan said. She said the letters are clear examples of dirty political tactics. Lansangan was pertaining to the contents of the poison letters. Each letter envelope contained two statements, one attributed to the Concerned Citizens of Angeles City (CCAC) and the other to Nagkakaisang Mamamayan ng Angeles City (NMAC).

Both organizations, however, are fictitious, according to the City Hall. The letters alleged of corruption, mismanagement and criticized the much ballyhooed Angeles City Sports Stadium started by the Nepomuceno administration late last year. The letters also showed caricatures of Nepomuceno posing with a background of money and material possessions. Sison said the issues raised in the letters are "fictitious, concocted and malicious."

He also said some of the issues in the letters have already been answered by Nepomuceno in previous interviews with the media. The letters were brought to the Philippine Postal Corporation Regional Office in the City of San Fernando. PhilPost Regional Director Love Joy Matias told Sun.Star Pampanga that the letters would at least cost some P1.5 million along with the stamp, envelope and printing cost of the materials.
Matias said the PhilPost has a strict regulation on illegal materials such as libelous letters and being sent through snail mail. Such materials, he said, should not be sent through mail.

He admitted that such campaign propaganda is allowed by the postal service agency so long as requirements like stamps and addresses, both sender and return, are complied with.

"This is even in the Constitution. We are not allowed to even peek at an envelope's contents. That is why I asked the city administrator how they were able to detect the contents," Matias said.

Matias has ordered holding of the letters at the Angeles City Post Office. He is set to issue an alert among all post offices in the region on suspicious bulk letters from anonymous senders that are used for political propaganda.

"With this case, I have referred it to our Legal Office in Manila for proper disposition and pending the complaint the party of Mayor Nepomuceno would file," he said.

Suspects
Sison said they already have a suspect in mind but refused to name the person on record.
He said they are definite the letters are politically-motivated and are supposed to derail the reelection bid of Nepomuceno this May 10.

"We know who ordered this. We have defeated them in the past and we know how their mind works. They have been faring poorly at the surveys and are desperate to ruin the popularity of the mayor," Sison said.
He said there are only two other rivals for the mayoralty post and it would be easy to establish connection of the poison letters.

Sison said they are prepared to file legal action after the conclusion of the investigations.
Despite the black propaganda, Nepomuceno remains strong in the mayoralty race, he added.
"The more they discredit the mayor, the more he is endeared in the hearts of the people. He will surely come out victorious in the May 10 elections," Sison added.


Published in the Sun.Star Pampanga newspaper on April 13, 2010.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Mayoralty Aspirant of Angeles City: Mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno

Mayor Francis Blueboy Nepomuceno of Team Friendship (National People’s Coalition)


The Running mate: Former vice mayor Ricardo Zalamea, M.D.,

His teammates: Raf “Pengot” del Rosario, Jr., Abelardo “Abel” Pamintuan Jr., Rico Suarez-Dizon, Jericho Aguas, Joseph “Alfie” Bonifacio, Atty. Arvin “Pogs” Suller, Rudy Simeon, Dan Lacson, Atty. Brian “Bry” Nepomuceno, and Dinong de Guzman.

“I allow them (opposition and critics) to throw in the punches until they grow tired. Then I stand up and let them throw punches again. When they grow tired again I go back to work and do my best at public service.”
Platform Agenda: Continuation of Programs (Health, Education, Impact Projects, Business Developments)


Mayor Nepomuceno is seeking another term in office. His past term was mark by strak improvements in local governance, impact projects, social programs, employment achievements and tax collection improvement. But his three years also saw to a constant criticism from minority city councilors and tirades from crtics from politics and their allies various sectors. Despite all these, Nepomuceno recognizes the dignity in silence focusing his energies in consolidating allies and programs.

Mayor Nepomuceno says the political noise, movements and tirades are all part of the local dynamics of politics.Nepomuceno is faced with two rivals in the 2010 mayoralty race here, the daunting Balibago Barangay Capatain Tonny Mamac and the returning Secretary Edgardo Pamintuan.
SSP: “Your critics and opponents are saying that you have not done anything in your three years in office, what can you say about this?”


Blueboy: “Actually we are the one who has done a lot for the city. People who say that I have not done anything are surely my opponents. There many things accomplished through my administration, there are roads, improvement of facilities. These are too many to mention, now the question if I haven’t done anything would be answered by the people in May 10.”

Sunday, March 21, 2010

History of Holy Angel University

In June 1933, Holy Angel Academy (HAA) opened its door to a modest group of 78 students in the Holy Rosary Parish Convent. It was initiated through the joint efforts of the late Don Juan D. Nepomuceno, a known philanthropist/prominent businessman and Fr. Pedro P. Santos, then parish priest of the town of Angeles and later Archbishop of Nueva Caceres. It’s primary purpose was to offer Catholic education in the secondary level, which the founder felt as the need of the community at that time. It was organized as a non-stock, non-profit corporation oriented toward service to the community.

The founders employed the able leadership of Ricardo V. Flores, an energetic educator from Pagsanjan, Laguna. Consequently, the Holy Angel Academy became the first Catholic coeducational high school run by laypersons with a first Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. By 1940, HAA moved to the Main building from the Parish Convent.

When the war broke out, classes were suspended and resumed only in 1945. By 1947, the High School Department has attained government recognition.

To provide educational opportunities for working students, the evening sessions in high school was offered in 1948. A tertiary department with the College of Commerce, Junior Normal College and Liberal Arts was also begun operating in 1948 for those who cannot afford to study to Manila.

In 1960, acceding to public request, the elementary department was opened. In 1961, the one- and two-year Secretarial courses were opened. To pave the way for further educational expansion, the two-year pre-engineering course
was opened in 1962. In the ensuing years, this department was extended to offer complete courses in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Industrial Management Engineering.

From Academy to College

Considering what has been attained, in 1962 the school was permitted to become the Holy Angel College with Don Juan D. Nepomuceno as the first President.

Under his leadership and the able assistance of his son, Mr. Geromin G. Nepomuceno, the school experience a revitalized management that led to the adoption of the fiscal policy, which opened new possibilities for further growth and expansion. The dream of making the school more responsive to the need of the community in particular and the nation in general began to assume reality.

In 1965, the Graduate School of education was opened primarily to foster professional growth among teachers in the community. This was followed by the opening of the Vocational/
Technical Department that offered courses in Industrial Electricity, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, Radio Electronics, Automotive Mechanics, and Machine Shop Practice. This department was established in response to the nation’s Manpower Development Program.

From College to University

Realizing the significance of the unprecedented growth of the College, the administration decided to aim for university status, which it attained on December 4, 1981. Engr. Mamerto G. Nepomuceno was installed as first university president March 8, 1982. On the same occasion, Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz of the Archdiocese of San Fernando proclaimed Holy Angel University a Catholic university. University enrolment peaked at 27,000 in SY 1983-1984.

On August 12, 1985, Sister Josefina G. Nepomuceno of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing was installed as Second President of Holy Angel University. Under this new leadership, the professional dimension of the University was pursued with greater vigor and its Catholic character given greater and renewed emphasis.

From 1985 to 1994, curricular offerings added were AB majors in Sociology and religious
Studies two year programs in Computer Science and theater Arts, Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, BSBA major in Small Business Management/ Entrepreneurship, BSED majors in Values Education, PE Health and Music and Library Science, BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering, and Associate courses in Computer Secretarial and Medical Secretarial. The Graduate School offerings were MA in Education major in College Teaching, English Teaching, Mathematics and Library Science, Master of Business Management.

The Center for Research and, Measurement, and Evaluation, the Institute of small-
Scale Industries and Enterprise Resources Center reflected the University’s thrust towards research and community service. After 33 years, the Grade School had its final graduation in April 1994 as a result of its phase-out.

Quest for Quality and Excellence

In April 1995, the programs in the college of Arts and Sciences, Business and Accountancy, Education, and Engineering attained FAAP second level (full) accreditation status through PAASCU. Thus, Holy Angel became the first and only university in Region 3 accredited by PAASCU.

In the same year, Sr. Josefina ended her 10-year term as president with Mrs. Bernadette M. Nepomuceno as successor. Her first year of administration saw reforms in structure as well as operations and new courses offerings: BSBA major in Hotel and Restaurant Management, BSSA in Computer Secretarial and Travel Management, and BS in Computer Science.

In 1997, the Laboratory Elementary School was established to meet the requirements of the College of Education for its teacher-training program.

On August 6, 1999, the programs in the four Colleges were reaccredited by PAASCU. The Electrical and Industrial Engineering programs were conferred Centers of Development Level II status by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

SY 2001-2002 saw the opening of new programs, namely Mater in Engineering Program, major in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Doctor in Business Management, BSEd in Home Economics and BSEd in Computer Education followed through.

In August 2001, CHED listed the University as one of the top 52 tertiary educational institutions in the country effectively conferring on it a deregulated status.

For SY 2002-2003, the new offerings were AB Psychology, BS Computer Engineering, BS Information Technology, BS Information Technology, BS Information Management, and BSEd Physical Education with specialization in Golf Sports.

In 2002, the University also hosted the First International Conference on Kapampangan Studies and established the Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies to preserve study and promote Kapampangan cultural and historical heritage.

In 2003, the University revisited its vision and mission. It focused on excellence, community linkages and promotion of local history and culture. It also rededicated its commitment to accessible quality education. Responding to popular demand, it offered Nursing, Architecture, Computer Engineering, Psychology, Sociology, Information Technology, and Library Science. It also initiated sweeping improvement in physical plant, namely Mamerto G. Nepomuceno Hall, Angel Buildings: St. Gabriel and St. Raphael, the Chapel of the Holy Guardian Angel, Café Juan, and JDN annex.

CHED further elevated the University to autonomous status thus acknowledging its academic leadership in Region III in 2003. in May 2005, PAASCU conferred the reaccredited status on the programs of the four colleges. Hospitality Management was given one year to prepare for its formal survey.

In December 2005, Accountancy, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, and Mechanical Engineering attained Level III accreditation making Holy Angel University one of the few schools that has attained this status. Electronics and Communications Engineering maintained its Level II reaccredited status.

In May 2006, PAASCU conferred Level I accredited status on the High School Program. The Graduate programs, namely Masters in Business Management and Master of Arts in education had the preliminary survey on September 1-2. In October, Hospitality Management achieved its Level I status.

On August 12, 2006, Dr. Arlyn S. Villanueva took the helm from Mrs. Nepomuceno in leading the University to its diamond jubilee in 2008. She vows to keep the founder’s dream aflame: Holy Angel University as the best higher education in Central Luzon anchored on the three E’s: Evangelization, Excellence, and Economy.

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